02-09-2006, 05:16 AM
kandrathe,Feb 8 2006, 01:26 PM Wrote:Isreal is a bit unique in the region because most of the Isreali's are transplanted Europeans. Their values are European and Hebrew, and not Arabic or Islamic. Their values and culture are more like Europes and the US, rather than middle eastern.
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Quick factsheet to illustrate your assertion ;) :
Quote:Ethnic groups:
Jewish 80.1% (Europe/America-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab) (1996 est.)
Religions:
Jewish 76.5%, Muslim 15.9%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2003)
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