8. Jewish migrants around the world
Jews are more likely than other major religious groups to live outside their country of birth, yet they account for just 1% of all global migrants.
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Jews are more likely than other major religious groups to live outside their country of birth, yet they account for just 1% of all global migrants.
Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by country.
Israelis’ views of Netanyahu, Gantz and Lapid lean negative, and they have especially unfavorable views of Palestinian leaders.
The shares of Israelis who see very strong conflicts in their society have shrunk, but public opinion has grown more polarized in other ways.
Adults in Israel are closely divided on whether they trust the national government to do what is right for the country, and just 35% are optimistic about the future of Israel’s political system. Institutions such as the military, police and Supreme Court are generally seen as having a positive influence on society, though these views […]
Israelis are divided over the military response in Gaza, with Arabs much more likely than Jews to say it’s gone too far. Arabs’ and Jews’ views of many aspects of the war differ.
Israelis generally describe their society as one rife with divisions. More than half say there are strong or very strong conflicts between people who are religious and people who are not religious (56%), between Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis (61%), and between those on the political left and right (69%). Still, the shares who see […]
56% of Israelis say their people are committed to lasting peace, but fewer say this of the Palestinian people or the leaders on either side.
This section describes the methods used to estimate religious composition at the country level, regionally and globally; our procedures for measuring religious groups’ demographic characteristics and their religious “switching” rates; as well as methodological challenges that we considered in some countries. The final section lists the 201 countries and territories that make up each of […]
In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have had especially large losses.
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