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Israeli tourism remains in state of collapse amid war

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The Gaza war continues to take its toll on Israel’s tourism industry, with the country seeing only 58,600 tourist visits in January, compared to the 257,400 tourists who visited during the same month last...
Israeli citizens pack donations of food and other necessities for Israeli soldiers and citizens in the south, in Tel Aviv, Oct. 9, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israeli population poised to pass 10 million in 2024

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Israel’s population grew by 1.9% in 2023 and is set to pass 10 million in 2024, according to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. As 2023 draws to a close, Israel’s...
Catholics take part in a Virgin Mary procession in Haifa, April 30, 2023. Photo by Shir Torem/Flash90.

Christian population in Israel up 1.3% last year

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About 2% of Israelis are Christians, and the community is expected to continue to grow at an annual rate of over 1%, official statistics released Thursday ahead of Christmas show. About 190,000 Christians live in...
Central Election Committee workers count ballots at the Knesset in Jerusalem, two days after the general election, Nov. 3, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Most Israelis unhappy with the state of democracy

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More than half of Israelis are dissatisfied with how democracy works in their country. The results from the Central Bureau of Statistics' 2022 Social Survey on the Perception of Democracy and Civic Engagement were published...
Jews gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for the final selichot, or penitential prayers, ahead of Yom Kippur, Oct. 9, 2019. Source: Twitter.

Half of Israeli Jews favor separation of religion and state

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Forty-nine percent of Israeli Jews, or 2.3 million people, believe that there should be a divide between religion and state, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics' annual survey on the influence of religion. The...
Israelis wave flags at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on the eve of Jerusalem Day, May 9, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Nearly half of the world’s Jews live in Israel

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At the start of 2022, there were a total of 15.3 million Jews in the world, 7 million of whom, roughly 46% of all Jews worldwide, resided in Israel, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics...
Israeli Arabs and left-wing activists take part in a rally marking the 74th anniversary of "nakba," the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948, near Sakhnin, in northern Israel, April 5, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

Losing the Galilee: Why are Jews a declining minority in this key area?

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The Jewish presence in the Galilee is shrinking—in part, critics say, because of government policies that effectively discriminate against Jews in favor of Arabs, who constitute the vast majority of the area’s inhabitants. The...

Israeli birth rate on decline, government data shows

With 4,709 fewer births recorded in 2020, Israel’s birth rate declined 2.6 percent over the previous year, according to data released from the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. Of the 177,307 children born in...
Israeli Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata (back row, seventh from the right) welcomes new immigrants from North America at Ben-Gurion International Airport, April 26, 2021. Credit: Nefesh B'Nefesh.

Israeli population reaches 9,449,000 at start of 2022

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Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) estimates Israel’s population at 9,449,000 as of Dec. 31, 2021. Of that number, 6,982,000 are Jewish (73.9 percent of the total population), 1,995,000 are Arab (21.1 percent) and 472,000 identify as...
Hezbollah fighters holding the terror group's flags. Credit: nsf2019/Shutterstock.

Hezbollah’s notorious Unit 133 is back in business

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Earlier this month, the Israel Defense Force and Israel Police announced that they had thwarted a significant weapons-smuggling attempt from Lebanon into Israel. A total of 43 firearms worth millions of shekels were confiscated...