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[–] roastedDeflator@kbin.social -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

a large part of israeli jews came back from arab countries

I wouldn't call it large. Check out in this article the pi chart called
Figure 2: New immigrants in Israel according to country of origin, 2006 (bpb) Lizenz: cc by-nc-nd/2.0/de

Of course if you have a source that says otherwise, I'd be happy to take a look at it.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizrahi_Jews_in_Israel (you can find the sources referenced there)

61% of israeli jews in 2005. 50.2% in 2009.
and that's with all former-ussr jews counted as ashkenazi jews, despite some of them actually being mizrahi (bukharan jews and mountain jews).

[–] roastedDeflator@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I see your point. The percentages of the zionist migrations during last century are one thing, let's say. The percentages of the current population is another story.

Personally, I totally don't trust wiki in relation to its content on the matter so I will use another source that I do trust: the Jewish Voice for Peace FACT SHEET from 2015. Of course they have different and more recent percentages but this does not affect the point. Amongst other very interesting things they say:

Of 7 million Israelis, 35-40% are Mizrahim, 15% are Russian immigrants, 20% are Palestinian Israelis, 2.2% are Ethiopian, and 25-30% are Ashkenazi Jews and others. This means 55-60% of the Israeli population is ‘nonwhite’; together, Mizrahim and Palestinian Israelis form a majority.