Israel population

New Karnei Shomron roof plan to add 6,000 homes, public infrastructure

Officials said the agreement could triple Karnei Shomron’s population, marking the first roof plan of its kind in the West Bank.

|ByJUDITH SEGALOFF
(left to right) Sagi Hadaril, Yehuda Eliyahu, Yonatan Kuznitz, Bezalel Smotrich, and Haim Katz. June 14, 2026.
The art market on Nachalat Binyamin street in Tel Aviv, December 30, 2025.

Israel enters new demographic era as population growth dips under 1% - study

The study revealed that the main factors for this decrease were a negative net migration rate, a stagnation in birth rates, and an expected increase in the absolute number of deaths in 2025. 

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
YITZHAK RABIN and Yasser Arafat, under the gaze of then-US president Bill Clinton, sign a peace protocol on the White House lawn in 1993.

Half of Israelis fear add'l political assassinations, 30 years after Rabin's murder

Thirty years after Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, a new survey finds 52% of Israelis fear another political killing, and most say incitement is unchecked.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS
People watch the military airshow as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, in Saker Park, Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

Multi-front war caused emigration from Israel, Knesset report says

Nearly 50% of those who left Israel were Olim.

|ByEVE YOUNG

GROWING STRONGER & COMING ON HOME

OCTOBER 15, 2015ByMICHAEL JARON
The Jerusalem Post

Israel's soaring population: Promised Land running out of room?

Today's population of 8.4 million is forecast to reach 15.6 million by 2059 and 20.6 million in a high case scenario.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015ByREUTERS
Jewish Youths in Israel wave flags and stand atop a hill. The author recalls his own young days in Zionist youth groups.