May 20, 2013
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Description
Israelis, are citizens or nationals of the modern state of Israel. Although Israel is a Jewish state, it has a multiethnic society, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. The largest ethnic group is that of Israeli Jews, followed by Arab citizens, mostly Arab Muslims, with smaller numbers of Arab Christians in addition to Druze, Circassians, and others. As a result, some Israelis don't take their nationality as an ethnicity, but identify themselves with both their nationality and their ancestral origins.
Due to the multi-ethnic composition, Israel is a multicultural nation, home to a wide variety of traditions and values. Large-scale aliyah in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from diaspora communities in Europe and Yemen and more recent large-scale aliyah from North Africa, Western Asia, North America, Former Soviet Union and Ethiopia introduced many new cultural elements and has had broad impact. The resulting cultural mix may be described as a melting pot.
Israelis and people of Israeli descent can be found internationally such as in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. As many as 750,000 Israelis are estimated to be living abroad, primarily in the France, United States and Canada - about 10 percent of the general population of Israel.
(via Freebase)
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![Gaza rockets kill three in southern Israel; IDF mulls 'possibility of a ground operation' [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-14201000/14201969/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=c7b18c4b752d488461b951c83c320701)
![Iron Dome system redeployed in southern Israel [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-14196000/14196174/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=8a4f797b74447f5f5e95180ad1e72ba3)
![Israel's annexation wall hindering Palestinian economic development a decade later [Palestine TV, Ramallah]](/images/image_cache/base-13727000/13727639/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=c77c90f10ecb7c1947555faaadc0cc15)
![US ambassador to Israel thanks Israelis for Sandy support [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-13256000/13256759/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=b822c6dc175f256a3e0ba7949e03cfc6)
![Egyptian intelligence official brokers unofficial truce to end Gaza border shelling [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-12911000/12911679/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=5aed5d22027b07d744db13a9c9f9d587)
