Immigrants and religions redefine Israeli society

Israel is commonly referred to as the Jewish state, but the label may not capture Israels rapidly changing demographics. A wave of immigration over the past few decades has created ethnic and religious diversity. Also, some 20 percent of Israelis are Muslims, Christians and other minorities.

Worldfocus special correspondent Michael Greenspan and producers Yuval Lion and Ara Ayer explore Israels melting pot.

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[terajasoos]

i slept with da roundfaced girl in red sweater who crosses da reporter at :41 secs some yrz back in germany.

[lucasthefirstking]

@Mahdavi1990

from different part of the world 3th world country ....are abit suffiring but like the russian lady said ! we have here patience...it takes time and some of them already do it! and part of the society!

of course there is abit racism but it's so small and people like you who speaks about israel knows nothing and just want to hurt this society! PS i Immigrated to israel from danmark 3 years ago...and i'm happy i did it

[lucasthefirstking]

@Mahdavi1990

how do you know that uh?!?! you are a british let me guess a muslim! good guess!!!!

any way i don't think it's hurting any one! i think it's positive for all of the israelis! i'm german and danish and i'm happy to hear in the street russian spanish french english! but the fact that we all speak hebrew and rised on the same values history and things united us! in my house you can find morrcan and yemnite food and the same on the mizrachi families! some people like etopian who came

[ChosenOneJew]

@Blackfalcon174

Stay off the Camel Piss Ahmed, Mizrahi Jews alone are about 40-50% of Israeli's...

And every single Arab inside Israel is an immigrant from all kind of Islamic states.

Afterall Never forget from where the Islamic Arab invaders came from.

And just because Muslims stole alot of modern countries does not mean its there lands.

The Arab Invader originated in Saudia Arabia and by force invaded and occiupied the countries that the live in today such as Egypt, Iran, Labnon and so on...

[Blackfalcon174]

@coas21

This is absolutely a lie, and you 100% know that you are lying.

The truth is: there are no native Israelis, 80 % of the israelis are immigrants from Poland, Germany, Russia, and Ethiopia.

[projections]

"Feel at home" at the expense of the true owners of the home, Palestinians.

[coas21]

There are no native "Palestinians", most of the Arabs in Israel are immigrants from Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Turkey and even Bosnia and former USSR..

[Mahdavi1990]

They make it all look so perfect in this video, when it is the furthest thing from the truth.

In fact, these differences among all the immigrants is hurting Israel.

[seekermichael007]

Stuff you don't see on the main U.S. channels. It really packed alot of info and images into a short span. Very informative. Israel and Israeli society is a real mystery to many western goy who don't get the opporunity to go there...

[stri8ted]

Fantastic presentation, would love to see more of Israel.