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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=27901
Jews Are Leaving Jerusalem Due to Severe Housing Shortage
(Israel Hayom) Nadav Shragai - Some 18,000 Jewish residents of Jerusalem move away from the city annually (some 320,000 in total over the last two decades) due to a severe shortage in available housing. Over the last decade, only 2,000 new housing units have been built every year (according to the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies), while annual demand is around 4,000 to 4,500. If this migration continues, the relative percentage of Jerusalem's Jewish population is bound to shrink and the percentage of the Arab population, which is currently approaching 40%, will continue to increase.