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Public support for Iran strikes high among Jewish Israelis, deeply divided from Arab Israelis

Arab Israelis overwhelmingly prefer diplomacy, with only 14% favoring the military dismantling of Iran’s capabilities.

 Illustration of Israeli public support for military action in Iran, June 17, 2025.
Girls walk on the outskirts of the Bedouin city of Rahat, southern Israel

IDI: Stark disparities in shelters, protective structures for Arab vs. Jewish localities

Olim from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah flight" to the Ben Gurion airport

Jewish population increases by 100,000 this year, to 15.8 million worldwide

 People watch the military airshow as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, in Saker Park, Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

A break down of Israel's population on the country's 76th Independence Day


What are the most popular Jewish baby names in Israel?

From Avi to Yosef, biblical to modern and everything in between.

Babies (Illustrative)

Report: Only 26,200 Holocaust survivors will be living in Israel by 2035

The report found that at the end of 2016 there were some 186,500 Holocaust survivors living in Israel.

A Holocaust survivor shows the number that was tattooed on his arm in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust

Harvest for the World

The Jerusalem Post

Racing toward disaster: Israel's unsustainable population bomb

There was a time when having a large family in Israel may have been a patriotic act.

An athlete runs with an Israeli flag during the fifth international Jerusalem Marathon, March 13, 2015.

Haredi, Arab populations grow in Jerusalem as overall growth declines

Approximately 18,000 residents moved out of Jerusalem in 2015, while 8,200 ultra-Orthodox and 7,800 Arabs moved in.

A haredi in Jerusalem

Anti-Semitism in the Armenian press: “Driving forces of treacherous hatred”

The Jerusalem Post

On Israel's 69th birthday, population reaches 8.68 million

The country is rapidly approaching the tipping point where the majority of the world’s Jews will be living in Israel.

A baby sits in front of an Israeli flag

Now is the time for Israel and American Jewry to work together

What a bitter irony to live in a world in which Israel is the one country in which a Jew does not have the freedom to express his or her Judaism.

Western Wall

Lies, damn lies and demographics: Are Jews now a minority between the river and the sea?

Israeli statisticians bemoan "inflated" Palestinian figures, which suggest Arabs outnumber Jews across Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Jewish youth gather outside Damascus gate on 'Jerusalem Day,' May 17, 2015.

Overpopulation is pushing Israel over the edge, expert says

Dr. Alon Tal, founder of Adam Teva V'Din – Israel Union for Environmental Defense, says that the most pressing issue facing Israel today is overpopulation.

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