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Haifa ( / ˈhaɪfə / HY-fə; Hebrew: חֵיפָה, romanized : Ḥēyfā, IPA: [ˈχajfa]; Arabic: حَيْفَا, romanized : Ḥayfā) [2] is the third-largest city in Israel —after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv —with a population of 290,306 in 2022. The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel. [3] .
Apr 19, 2018 · “Haifa’s Jews and Arabs are the same Jews and Arabs as in Jerusalem, but here things work in a stable way.” Yahav’s office is lined with portraits of his predecessors, the first two...
The Haifa District was home to approximately 20,000 inhabitants, 96 percent Arab (82 percent Muslim and 14 percent Christian), and four percent Jewish. As aliyah increased, the balance shifted. By 1945 the population was 53 percent Arab (33 percent Muslim and 20 percent Christian) and 47 percent Jewish .
Oct 21, 2023 · Haifa is not like the rest of Israel, Najame says. Biden snubbed by Middle East allies as Arab world seethes over Gaza hospital blast. “We live together here, Arab people and Jewish people....
Feb 7, 2024 · Haaretz Editorial. Feb 7, 2024. Beit Hagefen, an Arab-Jewish cultural center in Haifa, is threatened by silencing and infringement of freedom of expression.
Jan 17, 2023 · Its campus, located in a part of Israel with significant Jewish and Arab populations, strives to serve as an oasis of coexistence. Among the university’s joint community projects is Hai-fa...
History. Cities in the 1922 census of Palestine, at the start of Mandatory Palestine. Most cities were 96–100% Palestinian Arab; only five cities were significantly "mixed": Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, Safad and Tiberias. Mixed cities shown in 1944.
