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Israel counts its Christians
JERUSALEM (JTA) - One in 50 Israelis is Christian. According to data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics in Jerusalem ahead of Christmas, Israel has 148,000 Christian citizens, making up 2.1% of the population.
Most of these are Christian Arabs, but the figure includes some 28,000 immigrants from the former Soviet Union whose Jewish spouses obtained naturalization rights under the Law of Return. Israel is also home to around 180,000 legal and undocumented foreign workers, many of whom are Christian.
Most of these are Christian Arabs, but the figure includes some 28,000 immigrants from the former Soviet Union whose Jewish spouses obtained naturalization rights under the Law of Return. Israel is also home to around 180,000 legal and undocumented foreign workers, many of whom are Christian.
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