The Jewish population of Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley grew by 12,297 in 2024, according to a report published over the weekend by the Yesha Council umbrella group of Jewish communities. As of Jan. 1, 2025, 529,704 Israelis live in the territory, amounting to approximately 5.28% of the total population of the Jewish state.
That figure does not include the some 350,000 Jews living in the eastern part of Jerusalem, which the Palestinians claim despite it being part of the Jewish state’s capital. The Yesha Council noted that the annual growth of Judea and Samaria’s Jewish population is 2.38%—more than twice Israel’s national rate.
The report also noted that over the past decade, there has been an exceptional 36% increase in the territory’s Jewish population. The report also noted that 13% of all Israeli troops killed during the war sparked by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack were from Judea and Samaria. (Read More)
