Jaffa - Demography

Demography

Modern Jaffa has a heterogeneous population of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Jaffa currently has 46,000 residents, of whom 16,000 are Arab citizens of Israel and 30,000 are Jews. The majority of the Arab population lives in the renewed southwestern neighborhood of Ajami. Tabeetha School in Jaffa was founded in 1863. It is owned by the Church of Scotland; it provides education in English to children from Christian, Jewish and Muslim backgrounds.

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