WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nearly half of all Israeli Jews are descended from immigrants from the European Jewish diaspora. Approximately the same number are descended from immigrants from Arab countries, Iran, Turkey and Central Asia. Over 200, 000 are of Ethiopian and Indian-Jewish descent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jews claim lineage from the Tribe of Judah and the Tribe of Benjamin, and partially from the Tribe of Levi since the ten northern tribes were considered lost following the Assyrian captivity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Religious and ethnic groups Jews constitute about three-fourths of the total population of Israel. More than one-fifth of the population consists of Arabs, almost all of whom are Palestinians from Sunni Muslim (roughly three-fourths) or Christian communities.

Detailed explanation-4: -About eight-in-ten (81%) Israeli adults are Jewish, while the remainder are mostly ethnically Arab and religiously Muslim (14%), Christian (2%) or Druze (2%). Overall, the Arab religious minorities in Israel are more religiously observant than Jews.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is inaccurate to say Arab Palestinians lived there first. Jews have lived on the land of Israel continuously for almost 4, 000 years. The land of Israel is the birthplace of the Jewish people.

Detailed explanation-6: -Judaism–Hiloni (33.1%) Judaism–Masorti (24.3%) Judaism–Dati (8.8%) Judaism–Haredi (7.3%) Islam (18.1%) Christianity (1.9%) Druze (1.6%) Others and unclassified (4.8%)