Israeli population

'Abigail', 'Muhammad' are most popular baby names in Israel 2024

This is the second consecutive year that Abigail has topped the list, with 1,137 babies named.

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 FROM LEFT: Foreign Minister Israel Katz greets French counterpart Stephane Sejourne and British counterpart David Lammy in Jerusalem, in August. According to a poll, even center-left Israeli voters repudiate European pressures, says the writer.

Israelis don't care what the world thinks about the war- opinion

 THE WRITER addresses a conference in Milan. The trauma of October 7 spurred an unprecedented wave of solidarity and mutual support among Israelis, she notes.

How Israel ranks among the happiest nations despite constant turmoil - opinion

 Cosmetic surgeries, such as rhinoplasty, are on the rise among Israeli youth.

Israeli teens are getting hooked on plastic surgery - report


Israel expected to become most crowded Western country by 2050

MK Alon Tal warned that Israel is expected to lose open spaces on a scale that is eight times the size of the city of Tel Aviv by 2050.

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Jewish obstacles standing in the way of religious freedom - opinion

Israel does not have a civil marriage option. So if a citizen wants to get married civilly, they need to do so outside the country.

Aryeh Deri

Bringing Middle East peace- through mentoring Jewish and Arab youth

Jewish Agency ‘Youth Futures’ program bridges gaps in Jerusalem

SHADI ABU JABER (right), director of Youth Futures in East Jerusalem, and Shai Eglitsky, director of Youth Futures in West Jerusalem.

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Current Israeli birth rates unsustainable, says expert

Population could exceed 15 million in 35 years.

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Report: Only 26,200 Holocaust survivors will be living in Israel by 2035

The report found that at the end of 2016 there were some 186,500 Holocaust survivors living in Israel.

A Holocaust survivor shows the number that was tattooed on his arm in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust

The demography of Jerusalem

If current trends continue, the ratio of Jews and non-Jews will level off around mid-century, and thereafter Jews in Jerusalem will be the minority.

AN AERIAL view of the Temple Mount and east Jerusalem.

Israelis missing in Las Vegas are safe and accounted for

"All of the Israelis that we were looking for have been located," the official told 'The Jerusalem Post,' confirming that their diplomats on the ground in Nevada were on their way back to California.

Las Vegas police stand guard along the streets outside the the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds after a shooting

Israel’s Senior Citizens make up 11.3% of the total population

Ahead of International Senior Citizens Day on October 1, the Central Bureau of Statistics published their findings on topics relating to Israel's 65 and up population.

Elderly couple (illustrative)

Israeli tourist arrested for climbing Brooklyn Bridge for a selfie

The arrest comes days after a group of youths nearly died while taking a selfie on thin ice on a pond in Central Park.

The Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan is seen from a helicopter in New York City, April 22, 2010.

What do you think of when you hear the word 'Israel'?

THE TEL AVIV skyline