The Jewish population in Palestine increased ... When the state of Israel declared independence in 1948, neighboring Arab countries attacked, sparking the first Arab-Israeli war.

the West Bank and East Jerusalem and 1.6 million Palestinians are citizens of Israel. This makes up about half of their total population. The other half lives in other countries, including Arab ...

Of the 10 million citizens in Israel, approximately 76.9% of them (7.707 million people) are Jewish, and 21.0% (2.104 million people) of the population is Arab. Two percent of the population ...

More than 75 years after Israel declared statehood ... The rise of Palestinian Arab nationalism coupled with the rapid growth of Palestine's smaller Jewish population - especially after the ...

See map. Peace deals signed after the first Arab–Israeli war of 1948 ... Around half of the area’s population of 52,000 people are Druze Arabs. It is home to Israel’s only ski resort.

Jewish mortars and loudspeaker trucks shook Arab neighborhoods in early 1948 as sectarian fighting consumed the newly partitioned land that would soon become Israel. Amid the prolonged shelling ...

"Arab citizens of Israel, who make up 20 percent of the population, have access to only 4.6 percent of housing units offered for sale," the center said. Wadie Abunassar, the director of the ...

More than 75 years after Israel declared statehood ... The rise of Palestinian Arab nationalism coupled with the rapid growth of Palestine's smaller Jewish population - especially after the ...