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Rachel Bluwstein (1890–1931), Hebrew poet. Ludwig Blum (1891–1975), Czechoslovakia -born Israeli painter, known as "the painter of Jerusalem". Daniel Auster (1893–1963), three time Mayor of Jerusalem. Haj Amin al-Husayni (1897–1974), Palestinian Arab nationalist and influential Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine.
Demographic data from 1967 to 2012 showed continues growth of Arab population, both in relative and absolute numbers, and the declining of Jewish population share in the overall population of the city. In 1967, Jews were 73.4% of city population, while in 2010 the Jewish population shrank to 64%.
Jerusalem is situated on the southern spur of a plateau in the Judaean Mountains, which include the Mount of Olives (East) and Mount Scopus (North East). The elevation of the Old City is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft). [ 159 ] The whole of Jerusalem is surrounded by valleys and dry riverbeds (wadis).
In 2019, the official number of Arab residents in Israel was 1,890,000 people, representing 21% of Israel's population. [58] This figure includes 209,000 Arabs (14% of the Israeli Arab population) in East Jerusalem, also counted in the Palestinian statistics, although 98 percent of East Jerusalem Palestinians have either Israeli residency or ...
The Vietnamese people living in Israel are Israeli citizens who also serve in the Israel Defense Forces. [ citation needed ] Today, the majority of the community lives in the Gush Dan area in the center of Israel but also a few dozen Vietnamese-Israelis or Israelis of Vietnamese origin live in Haifa , Jerusalem and Ofakim .
Israel's foreign minister on Thursday rejected global calls for a ceasefire with the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and continued airstrikes that have killed hundreds of people in Lebanon and ...
Israel said it killed another top Hezbollah commander -- Muhammad Hussein Srour, the commander of Hezbollah's Aerial Command -- in a "precise" strike on Beirut Thursday. At least two people were ...
According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, as of January 1, 2020, of Israel's 9.136 million people, 74.1% were Jews of any background. [30] Among them, 68% were Sabras (Israeli-born), mostly second- or third-generation Israelis, and the rest are olim (Jewish immigrants to Israel)—22% from Europe and the Americas , and 10% from Asia ...