The majority population of Israel are Jews.
Nope.
"The current population of the Greater Israel is about 12.9 million: 6.2 million Jewish Israeli citizens, 2.1 million non-Jewish Israeli citizens, and 4.5 million non-Jewish Palestinians who are not recognized by Israel as its citizens even though they’ve been under Israeli occupation and control for 48 years. - See more at:
Selective voting in the land of Greater Israel
"Greater Israel" LOL. No such thing.
In 2017, Israel's population was an estimated 8,643,600 people, of whom 6,459,700 (74.8%) were recorded by the civil government as
Jews. 1,799,400
Arabs comprised 20.8% of the population, while non-Arab Christians and people who have no religion listed in the civil registry made up 4.4%.[263][1] Over the last decade, large numbers of migrant workers from Romania, Thailand, China, Africa, and South America have settled in Israel. Exact figures are unknown, as many of them are living in the country illegally,
African migrants had entered Israel.
Immigration to Israel in the years 1948–2015. The two peaks were in 1949 and 1990.
Israel was established as a
homeland for the Jewish people and is often referred to as a
Jewish state. The country's
Law of Return grants all Jews and those of Jewish ancestry the right to
Israeli citizenship.
yerida in Hebrew), primarily to the United States and Canada, is described by demographers as modest,
diversity of Jewish backgrounds. Approximately 76% of
Israeli Jews are
born in Israel, 16% are immigrants from Europe and the Americas, and 8% are immigrants from Asia and Africa (including the
Arab world).
Ashkenazi Jews, constitute approximately 50% of Jewish Israelis.
Jews who left or fled Arab and Muslim countries and their descendants, including both
Mizrahi and
Sephardi Jews,[273] form most of the rest of the Jewish population.[274][275][276] Jewish intermarriage rates run at over 35% and recent studies suggest that the percentage of Israelis descended from both Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews increases by 0.5 percent every year, with over 25% of school children now originating from both communities.
Russian descendants of Jewish origin or family who are not Jewish according to rabbinical law, but were eligible for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return.
[update], 385,900 Israelis
lived in
West Bank settlements,
Six-Day War, in cities such as
Hebron and
Gush Etzion bloc. In addition, there were more than 200,000 Jews living in
East Jerusalem,
Golan Heights.
lived in settlements in the Gaza Strip, known as
Gush Katif, until they were evacuated by the government as part of its 2005
disengagement plan.[283]
