Jews: 5,260,000 (%76)
Arabs: 1,350,000 (%20)
"Others"*: 290,000 (%4)
Jewish & "Other" Israelis born in
Israel: 4,485,000 approx. (%65)
Jewish & "Other" Israelis born abroad: 2,415,000
approx. (%35)
in
approx. (%35)
in
Former Soviet Union: 950,000 (%13.76 approx.)
Morocco: 157,000 (%2.27 approx.)
Romania: 110,000 (%1.6 approx.)
N.America (mostly U.S.) : 77,000 (%1.11 approx.)
Poland: 64,000 (%0.66 approx.)
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*Others are mostly new immigrants who are not recognized as Jewish by the Interior Ministry.
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Famous Israeli Figures born in the Middle East
Yazd, Iran: Moshe Katsaf (President)Isfahan, Iran: Shaul Mofaz (Minister of Defense)
Iraq: Rabbi Ovaida Yousef (Religious Leader of 'Shas' Party)
Baghdad, Iraq: Benjamin Ben Eli-Azer, a.k.a. 'Fouad' (ex-Minister of Defense)
Kurdistan, Iraq: Yitzhak Mordechai (ex-Minister of Defense)
Tunisia: Silvan Shalom (Foreign Minister)
Morocco: David Levy (ex-Foreign Minister)
Morocco: Shlomo Ben-Ami (ex-Foreign Minister)
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