(Ynet News) 154,500 Christians live in Israel, representing 2.1% of the total population, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported Thursday. This does not include foreign workers residing in Israel. 81% of Christians in Israel are Arabs, the majority residing in the north. 20,000 live in Nazareth, 14,100 in Haifa, 12,800 in Jerusalem, and 9,100 in the northern town of Shfaram. 29,000 Christians arrived from the former Soviet Union during the 1990s.
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