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The religion's situation in Israel was specified in an agreement signed in 1987 by then Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres as a "recognized religious community in Israel", that the "holiest places of the Baháʼí Faith, … are located in Israel, and confirms that the Universal House of Justice is the Trustee of the Baháʼí ...
The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics defines the population of Israel as including Jews living in all of the West Bank and Palestinians in East Jerusalem but excluding Palestinians anywhere in the rest of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and foreign workers anywhere in Israel. As of December 2023, this calculation stands at approximately ...
The city of Jerusalem is sacred to many religious traditions, including the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam which consider it a holy city. [1] Some of the most sacred places for each of these religions are found in Jerusalem, most prominently, the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif. [2] [full citation needed]
Decades before the latest eruption of war in Israel and Gaza that began with Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre — and well before Internet algorithms amplified misinformation — the Israeli-Palestinian ...
In 2023, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics revealed that Arab Christian women were the most highly educated demographic in Israel. [ 13 ] According to a 2016 study by the Pew Research Center , 33% of Jews (based on a sample of 3,020) have a college degree (ranging from 13% for Haredi to 45% for Hiloni ), compared to 18% for Christians ...
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Irreligion in Israel is difficult to measure. Though Israeli Jewish society is highly secularized when compared to the rest of the Middle East, the importance of religion in state life leaves little room for total disengagement from it. Some 20% of Israeli Jews do not believe in a deity, and some 15% claim to observe no religious practices.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on the Culture of Israel History Antiquity Second Temple period Middle Ages Ottoman Syria Old Yishuv Zionism Yishuv British mandate Independence Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Peace process Iran–Israel proxy conflict Timeline by year People Languages ...