Arab Israelis Facts for Kids

Dispersion of Arab Israelis (2000)

Arab Israelis are Arabs who live in the State of Israel. They call themselves Palestinian Israelis. About 21% of the Israeli people are Arab Israelis.

As of 2015, there were about 2.1 million Arab Israelis, about 0.3 million of them were living in East Jerusalem and also a small number on the Golan Heights.

Most Arab Israelis are Muslims (84%), a small minority is Christian or Druze (both about 8%).

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Seif el-Din el-Zubi, member of the first Knesset
Arab Israelis from Shefa-'Amr demonstrating in front of the Haifa court building with Palestinian flags
Muslim performs prayers in El-Jazzar Mosque.
Rahat, the largest Bedouin city in the Negev
Druze dignitaries celebrating the Ziyarat al-Nabi Shu'ayb festival at the tomb of the prophet in Hittin
Catholic Mass in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Christian Arabs are one of the most educated ethnoreligious groups in Israel.
Catholic school in Haifa: High level Christian schools are among Israel's best performing educational institutions.
The lower town of Haifa, an area where Arabs, both Christians and Muslims, comprise around 70% of the residents.
Jaffa, which currently has 16,000 Arab residents, mixed of Muslims and Christians.
Old City of Acre, an area where Arabs make up 95% of the residents.
Nazareth, which is a mixed ancient city of Muslims and Christians, is the largest Arab city in Israel.
Umm al-Fahm is the third largest Arab city in Israel.
Baqa al-Gharbiyye is the eighth largest Arab city in Israel.
Nazareth Hi-Tech Park; the city has been called the "Silicon Valley of the Arab community".
Sakhnin industrial area
Sign in front of the Galil school, a joint Arab-Jewish primary school in Israel
Mar Elias, a kindergarten, elementary, junior high, and high school, and college in Ibillin, an Arab village in northern Israel.
The percentage of Arab students at the University of Haifa is around 41%.
Bedouin IDF soldiers of Rumat al-Heib (عرب الهيب) during a military parade in Tel-Aviv in June 1949
Druze commander of the IDF Herev battalion
Al-Midan Theater in Haifa
The house of culture and art in Nazareth
A wedding groom and his horse, Jisr az-Zarka, 2009
DAM band
"Doniana" is a popular Arab seafood restaurant in Acre
Moanes Dabour, professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Israel national team

Arab Israelis facts for kids

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