Ahead of Israel’s 77th Independence Day, the country passes the 10 million mark

Israel now has a population greater than several European countries.

Israeli children play with Israeli flags ahead of Israel's 77th Independence Day, at "Kobi kindergarden" in Moshav Yashresh, on April 29, 2025. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90

On the eve of Israel's 77th Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published data showing that the population of Israel now numbers approximately 10.1 million people.

The figure represents a significant increase from the approximately 806,000 people living there in May 1948. In fact, the Israeli population has increased by about 12 times since the establishment of the State.

‘Abu Yair!’ – For Syrians like me, Netanyahu is an unlikely hero

We've beem labeled traitors and Zionist agents who deserve Assad’s sarin gas, but after Nasrallah's death, we handed out baklava.

Syrians gather in the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib in the early hours of September 28, 2024, following news of the death of Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27. (Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

On October 7th of last year, I was casually scrolling through my Instagram account, when images of a sickening massacre started flooding my newsfeed. At first, I assumed such a degree of brutality could only have been carried out by the Assad regime and Hezbollah against yet another Syrian town. A chill ran down my spine when I realized that this had taken place in Israel and was perpetrated by Hamas. 

10 AÑOS JUNTOS.

Hoy hace 10 años empezamos esta bonita aventura juntos.

Hemos podido ver las principales noticias sobre Israel desde España, Argentina, México, Reino Unido, Estados Unidos y sobre todo desde la propia Israel.

También hemos podido disfrutar de los nuevos descubrimientos arqueológicos, que

¿Cómo se ve la Navidad en Nazaret?

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Happy 74th birthday, Israel!

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Israel's Independence Day: Why we are here, 74 years later

When the going gets rough, we are on the same side. We express our identity as Jews in different ways, but it is the same identity.

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FIREWORKS OVER the Knesset in celebration of Independence Day, Jerusalem.

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Jews all over the world celebrate Israel’s Independence Day – even those who have no intention of ever coming on aliyah, and many of whom have never even visited Israel.

“It’s a kind of insurance policy,” one overseas friend told me. “By supporting Israel financially and emotionally, I know that its sanctuary is available to me or my children or grandchildren, should the need ever arise.”

Saying goodbye to Dubai Expo, where Israelis could safely ‘enter’ Iran, Syria

The mega-event in the United Arab Emirates closed on Thursday, having hosted 20 million people in person and another 150 million virtually.

By SUE SURKES

Main image: The dramatic entrance to Expo 2020 in Dubai, which closed on March 31, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A six-month window during which Israelis were able to visit Iran, Syria, Yemen and other nations that normally won’t let them in, ended Thursday with the closure of Expo 2020 in Dubai.

Some 20 million people visited the event in person, with another 150 million touring the country pavilions and other exhibits virtually.

Israelis flood Nazareth for Christmas celebrations, while Bethlehem subdued

Tens of thousands visit northern town for festive events; in the West Bank, meanwhile, locals who depend on tourism for their livelihood say health crisis ‘worse than war’

By CLAIRE GOUNON

Visitors walk in Manger Square on Christmas eve outside the Church of the Nativity, revered as the site of Jesus Christ's birth, in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the West Bank on December 24, 2021. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

Tens of thousands of people visited Nazareth on Friday for the traditional Christmas procession despite the lack of international tourists, a welcome change for residents after last year’s cancellation of major events due to the pandemic.

FELIZ 2021

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FELIZ NAVIDAD.

Esta noche, mientras estemos cenando en familia podremos recordar el nacimiento de Jesús. Su nacimiento cambió la historia de la humanidad.

Te paso un pasaje de la Biblia, donde podrás leer el nacimiento de Jesús. Siempre es emocionante leerlo en el evangelio de Lucas. En el capítulo 2, del 1 al 20.

Israeli Singer Performing with IDF Female Combat Commander

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2020 New Year Fireworks Show in Nazareth

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Feliz Navidad.

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¿Deberían los CRISTIANOS celebrar la NAVIDAD? | BITE

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ISRAEL: JERUSALEM ‘MARCH OF FLAGS’ DRAWS TENS OF THOUSANDS

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PM Netanyahu's Greeting for Israel's 71st Independence Day

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Feel Israel

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Israelis wish the Iranian people a Happy Nowruz 2019

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Nightlife Duel - Tel Aviv VS. Jerusalem!

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Feliz NAVIDAD

Que la paz de Dios esté sobre vuestras vidas y podáis vivir una auténtica Navidad.