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 ...

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.

A diplomatic uproar has erupted across the Arab world following the release of a controversial map by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The map, published on its Arabic-language social media ...

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 ...

They aren’t thinking about Alaa Amara, the Israeli Arab shop owner ... are not listed on any digital maps. (The Israeli government has not kept up with their population growth, as it has for ...

"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 ...