•Israel being a self-defined “Jewish and Democratic state” and the only predominantly Jewish nation around the globe, about 75% of all residents living in Israel are Jewish.The remaining 25% of the population are mainly Arabs –both Christians and Muslims.
•Many Israelis have foreign roots. Among the Jewish population, roughly two-thirds are so-calledSabrasactually born in Israel, while the other 33% chose life in Israel as immigrants.
•Most Jewish migrants come from Europe or the United States.
•In addition to the Jewish immigrants makingaliya, i.e. returning to the Promised Land, life in Israel attracts poor migrant workers from countries like China, Nigeria, the Philippines, Romania, or Thailand.