Pod Save America Hosts Call on Democrats to Cut All Israel Military Aid, No Longer Accept AIPAC Funding
Jews, Israelis Targeted in Austria Amid Surge in Antisemitic Incidents; Local Jewish Community Calls for Action
‘All of Our Strength’: Over 1,000 Pro-Israel Activists Gather in DC for Solidarity Conference
‘Devastated’: Wesley LePatner, Killed in Manhattan Mass Shooting, Was a Jewish Communal, Philanthropic Leader
Sen. Angus King Vows to No Longer Vote for Israel Military Aid Until Gaza Conditions Improve
Europe Won’t Pressure Israel to ‘Commit Suicide’ Amid Gaza Backlash, Palestinian State Push, Says Israeli FM
Israel’s National Soccer Coach Attacked in Athens Before Soccer Fans Chant ‘F–K Israel, Free Palestine’ at Match
New York Judge Sentences Neo-Nazi to 5 Years for Livestreaming Bomb Threats Against Jewish Hospitals
US Pressures Lebanon to Issue Cabinet Decision to Disarm Hezbollah Before Talks Continue
UK Plans to Recognize Palestinian State in September Unless Israel Meets Conditions, Starmer Says
Israel’s Population Nears 8.2 Million as Country Celebrates 66th Birthday
Error: Contact form not found.
by JNS.org
The Israeli flag. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
JNS.org – Days before Israel’s 66th Independence Day, the Israeli population reached 8.18 million people, according to a report by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics. This is more than 10 times the size of the population (806,000) when independence was declared in 1948.
Israel’s Jewish population numbers about 6.14 million, roughly 75 percent of the total population. There are 1.7 million Arab citizens in Israel, making up 20.7 percent of the population. Those in the “other” category, including non-Jewish immigrants to Israel and their descendants, comprise 351,000 people—4.3 percent of the total population.
Some 178,000 babies were born in Israel since last year’s Independence Day, marking an all-time high in the birth rate. About 40,000 people died over the last year, and 24,000 new immigrants moved to Israel. Israel’s population had a net growth of about 137,500 people since Independence Day in 2013.
