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( Arab citizens of Israel)
1,144,000 plus
270,000 in East Jerusalem
and the Golan Heights (2006)
19.7% of Israeli population[1] Arab citizens comprise 20% of the population of Israel. The majority identify themselves as Palestinian by nationality and Israeli by citizenship.[5] Many Arab citizens hold a range of ties, including family ties, to Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. There has been relatively greater emphasis on Israeli identity among the Bedouin[6] and Druze, with all of the Druze drafted into compulsory military service [7][8] and a dwindling number of Bedouin volunteering.[9] Special cases are Arabs living in East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, occupied and administered by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967. The residents of East Jerusalem became permanent residents of Israel shortly after the war. Although they hold Israeli ID cards, only a few of them applied for Israeli citizenship, to which they are entitled, and most of them keep close ties with the West Bank.[10] However, as permanent residents, they are entitled to vote for Jerusalem municipal elections, although a low percentage does so. The mostly Druze residents of the Golan Heights are considered permanent residents under the Golan Heights Law of 1981. Few of them have accepted full Israeli citizenship, and the vast majority consider themselves to be citizens of Syria.[11] approx. 350 to 422 million[12]
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