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| May 30, 2017
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Report: Study shows Jerusalem’s Arab population growth less than Jewish

 

A Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies report that Jerusalem’s population growth per capita has remained steady since 1967, and that due to education, modernization ushering women’s advancements, the argument that Jerusalem will have a non-Jewish majority in the future is no longer accurate.

By Amit Cotler

 

The population in Jerusalem has been steadily increasing since 1967 while the increase in the city’s Arab population is on a steady decline, according to new research.

“The Jewish populace is, of course, the majority, and although that majority is diminishing, the rate in which it is doing so is slowing down,” said Yair Assaf-Shapira, a researcher in the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. Continue Reading »

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| August 17, 2015
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Study: Israeli Arabs hospitalized in Israel recognize an affinity with Israel

Study conducted by an Israeli hospital determined that the parents of Israeli Arab children, that have been treated in Israeli hospitals, feel a stronger sense of loyalty with the State of Israel. 

By Rotem Elizera 

 

Despite all the rifts in the Israeli society, there is one place where we’re all equal: The hospital. 

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh with his granddaughter, who was hospitalized at the Schneider Children’s Medical Center in 2013. (The study apparently does not apply to him or his ilk that became mega-millionaires perpetuating the Arab-Israel conflict.)

When it comes to sick children, the feeling of solidarity between the patients and their family members from all ends of society is even deeper, and they all feel the same concern for the sick child. Continue Reading »

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| April 16, 2015
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Study reveals Children of Holocaust survivors most anxious over Iranian nuclear threat

Israeli study finds that the children of Holocaust survivors are more sensitive to the Iranian nuclear threat and have a more gloomy outlook on the world.

By i24news

 

Adult children of Holocaust survivors are more concerned about the threat of a nuclear Iran than those whose parents were not survivors, a new Israeli study shows.

The main gate at the entrance Auschwitz in Poland – Photo: AFP

“Transmitting the Sum of All Fears: Iranian Nuclear Threat Salience Among Offspring of Holocaust Survivors” is a study written by Dr. Amit Shrira of Bar-Ilan University. It was published in the journal “Psychological Trauma,” an American Psychological Association journal dedicated to the study of trauma and its aftermath.

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| October 28, 2014
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Study: Intel, Google top two employers sought after by graduates in Israel

 

The survey was conducted among 2,200 participating undergraduate students in academic colleges & universities throughout Israel.

By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI

 

A majority of students want to work at hi-tech companies upon graduation, according to a BDI-COFACE study released on Monday.

Intel’s offices in Petah Tikva

Intel’s offices in Petah Tikva: Intel Israel accounts for a fifth of the country’s high-tech exports. – Photo: REUTERS

Thirty-one percent of college and university students want to work at hi-tech companies even if they are not studying in the exact sciences. Fifteen percent said they want to work in services, 13% in finance, and 4% in education.

Leading the list of the 50 most sought after firms to work in were Intel, Google and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Continue Reading »

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| February 7, 2013
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Israel saw 60% rise in number of single new moms in last decade

There were 13,500 single moms in 2011 raising kids under 17 as compared to 8,400 in 2000

5,050 single women living alone gave birth to children in 2011, as compared to 2,600 in 2000

Households with children spend more on junk food, cigarettes.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Some five thousand never-married single women became mothers in the last decade, the Central Bureau of Statistics revealed in a survey of the country’s families and households, increasing the number of never-married single women raising children under 17 by themselves by 60 percent between 2000-2011. There were 8,400 never-married single mothers in 2000, and 13,500 in 2011.

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| February 6, 2013
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Turkel Report ll: Israel must adopt int’l war crimes inquiry procedures

State commission probing deadly 2010 Marmara incident issues 2nd report, advises that Israel must enact legislation to cover ‘legal loopholes’ concerning potential war crimes investigations/charges

Aviel Magnezi

 

The Turkel Committee recommended Wednesday that Israel pursue legislation that would adhere to international war crime investigation norms, which are not already covered by existing Israeli law.

The committee, tasked with probing the 2010 raid on the Marmara, a Turkish vessel heading a Gaza-bound flotilla meant to breach the maritime blockade imposed on the Strip, released the second part of its report Wednesday, focusing on the legal aspects of the raid.

The report focused on Israel’s own investigation process in the matter and the various legal ramifications on Israel’s standing in the international community. Continue Reading »

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| February 5, 2013
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Joint Israeli-Palestinian Study: No demonization of Israel in PA’s school books

Latest study finds both Israeli & Palestinian school books of equal bias; Fayyad welcomes study.

Israel: Study itself is biased, completely unrelated to reality

By Elior Levy

 

Demonizing and dehumanizing the enemy are mostly absent from Israeli and Palestinian school books, a new study released Monday shows.

Surprising study Photo: AP

Surprising study – Photo: AP

While Israeli claims of Palestinian incitement are far from uncommon, the international study showed them to be largely baseless and accused both sides of a one-sided narrative.

The Council for the Religious Institutions of the Holy Land commissioned the study to examine how Israeli and Palestinian textbooks portray both sides in connection to the conflict and the peace process. Continue Reading »

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| January 22, 2013
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Report: 27% of Israelis struggle with Hebrew

Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics finds that Hebrew is native tongue of only 49% of Israelis, with  26% of Russians, & 12% of Arabs don’t speak any Hebrew at all.

By Yaron Druckman

 

Hebrew as a foreign language? More than six decades after the establishment of the State of Israel and more than a century after the revival of the Hebrew language as a spoken vernacular, data indicate that the language is not as culturally solid in Israel as one might expect. According to information released Monday by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Hebrew is the native tongue of only 49% of Israelis over the age of 20. Continue Reading »

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| January 1, 2013
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Israeli population approaches 8 million in 2013

Israel has more than 6 million Jews and 1.6 million Arab citizens

A record 170,000 babies were born in Israel in 2012

Jerusalem is Israel’s most populated city, with 804,400 residents

By Zeev Klein

 

 

Pop open the champagne corks. The Israeli population totals 7,981,000 citizens.

This past year also saw the most babies born in Israel’s history: about 170,000 according to the Central Bureau of Statistics, which released these numbers to coincide with the secular New Year.

About 170,000 babies were born in Israel over the past year. – illustrative Photo: Shuki Yosef

The number of people who died in 2012 was 41,938.

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| October 30, 2012
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Experts: 14% of Israelis suffer from clinical depression

A 1/4 of women & an 1/8 of men will suffer from at least a single episode of depression during their lifetimes.

 

Fourteen percent of Israelis, as well as 14% of the world’s total population, suffer from clinical depression, but many do not seek professional help, according to experts organizing World Anxiety and Depression Awareness Month in November.

Various pills – Photo: Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters


The condition, which can be treated successfully with medication and psychological or psychiatric support, is the most common mental condition in the world.

The prevalence is higher among women than men: a quarter of women and an eighth of men will suffer from at least one episode of depression during their lifetimes. Continue Reading »

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| March 11, 2012
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Israeli study shows: Plants ‘talk’ through the roots

The Ben-Gurion University team discovers plants can transmit distress signals to each other through their roots.

Israeli scientists have uncovered messages transmitted underground – not by enemy agents, but by garden pea plants.

The Ben-Gurion University team discovered that plants can transmit distress signals to each other through their roots. An injured plant “communicates” to a healthy one, which in turn relays the signal to neighboring plants, possibly enhancing the other plants’ ability to deal with stress in the future, according to the study, recently published in the periodical PLoS (Public Library of Science One ).

The researchers, headed by plant biologist Ariel Novoplansky of the Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, exposed five garden pea plants to drought conditions.

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