Editing Israelis (section)

===Other citizens===

====African Hebrew Israelites====
{{Main|African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem}}
The African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem is a small religious community whose members believe they are descended from the [[Ten Lost Tribes]] of Israel. Most of the over 5,000 members live in [[Dimona, Israel]] although there are additional, smaller, groups in [[Arad, Israel|Arad]], [[Mitzpe Ramon]], and the [[Tiberias]] area. At least some of them consider themselves to be Jewish, but Israeli authorities do not accept them as such, nor are their religious practices consistent with "mainstream Jewish tradition."<ref>{{cite book|author=Martina Könighofer|title=The New Ship of Zion: Dynamic Diaspora Dimensions of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-YEcgmaAdAC|year=2008|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=978-3-8258-1055-9|page=12|quote=The African Hebrew Israelites do not practice Judaism according to mainstream Jewish tradition and have not been accepted as Jews by the Israeli authorities.|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928154904/https://books.google.com/books?id=M-YEcgmaAdAC|url-status=live}}</ref> The group, which consists of [[African Americans]] and their descendants, originated in [[Chicago]] in the early 1960s, moved to [[Liberia]] for a few years, and then immigrated to Israel.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

====Armenians====
{{Main|Armenians in Israel}}
There are about 4,000–10,000 [[Armenians|Armenian]] citizens of Israel (not including Armenian Jews). They live mostly in Jerusalem, including the [[Armenian Quarter]], but also in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jaffa. Their religious activities center around the [[Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] as well as churches in Jerusalem, Haifa and Jaffa. Although Armenians of [[Old Jerusalem]] have Israeli identity cards, they are officially holders of [[Jordan]]ian passports.<ref>Joyce M. Davis. [http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=548&pagetypeID=4&sitecode=HQ&pageno=3 Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729081526/http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=548&pagetypeID=4&sitecode=HQ&pageno=3 |date=29 July 2013 }}. Catholic Near East Welfare Association.</ref>

====Caucasians====
A number of immigrants also belong to various non-Slavic ethnic groups from the Former Soviet Union such as [[Tatars]], [[Armenian people|Armenians]], and [[Georgians]].

====Circassians====
{{Main|Circassians in Israel}}
[[File:Cherkess7.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Circassian youth showcasing traditional male and female Circassian costumes in Israel]]

In Israel, there are also a few thousand [[Circassians]], living mostly in [[Kfar Kama]] (2,000) and [[Rehaniya|Reyhaniye]] (1,000).{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} These two villages were a part of a greater group of Circassian villages around the [[Golan Heights]]. The Circassians in Israel enjoy, like [[Druze]]s, a ''status aparte''. Male Circassians (at their leader's request) are mandated for military service, while females are not.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

====East Europeans====
Non-Jewish immigrants from the [[Post-Soviet states|former Soviet Union]] most of whom are [[Zera Yisrael]] (descendants of Jews) who are [[Russians]], [[Ukrainians]], [[Moldovans]] and [[Belarusians]], who were eligible to immigrate due to having, or being married to somebody who has, at least one Jewish grandparent. In addition, a certain number of former Soviet citizens, primarily women of Russian and Ukrainian ethnicity, immigrated to Israel after marrying Arab citizens of Israel who went to study in the former Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. The total number of those primarily of Slavic ancestry among Israeli citizens is around 300,000.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

====Finns====
Although most Finns in Israel are either Finnish Jews or their descendants, a small number of Finnish Christians moved to Israel in the 1940s before the independence of the state and have since gained citizenship. For the most part the original Finnish settlers intermarried with other Israeli communities, and therefore remain very small in number. A ''moshav'' near Jerusalem named "[[Yad HaShmona]]", meaning the Memorial for the eight, was established in 1971 by a group of Finnish Christian Israelis, though today most members are Israeli, and predominantly Hebrew-speaking.<ref>{{cite web|title=Front page Current Affairs Embassy Honorary Consulates Services Team Finland Finland in Israel History Finnish associations About Finland Links Feedback Contact Front page > Finland in Israel > Finnish associations Finnish Associations|url=http://www.finland.org.il/public/default.aspx?nodeid=39222&contentlan=2&culture=en-US|publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224210756/http://www.finland.org.il/public/default.aspx?nodeid=39222&contentlan=2&culture=en-US|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Landers|first=Ann|title=Readers Recall Heroic War Efforts|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/02/07/readers-recall-heroic-war-efforts/|access-date=25 January 2014|newspaper=NYT|date=7 February 1997|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224210754/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-02-07-9702070085-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Samaritans====
{{Main|Samaritans}}
The [[Samaritans]] are an [[ethnoreligious group]] of the [[Levant]]. Ancestrally, they are descended from a group of [[Israelites|Israelite]] inhabitants who have connections to ancient [[Samaria]] from the beginning of the [[Babylonian captivity]] up to the beginning of the [[Common Era]].{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Population estimates made in 2007 show that of the 712 Samaritans, half live in [[Holon]] in Israel and half at [[Mount Gerizim]] in the West Bank. The Holon community holds Israeli citizenship, while the Gerizim community resides at an Israeli-controlled enclave ([[Kiryat Luza]]), holding dual Israeli-Palestinian citizenship.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

====Vietnamese====
[[File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Vietnamese following the Hebrew teacher in the Ulpan at the Absorption Center in Afula.jpg|thumb|right|Ulpan for Vietnamese refugees in [[Afula]], 1979]]
The number of [[Overseas Vietnamese|Vietnamese people]] in Israel is estimated at 200–400.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=35 years on, where are Israel's Vietnamese refugees? |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/35-years-on-where-are-israels-vietnamese-refugees/ |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=31 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731171524/https://www.timesofisrael.com/35-years-on-where-are-israels-vietnamese-refugees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Most of them came to Israel between 1976 and 1979, after the Israeli Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]] granted them political asylum.<ref name="auto"/> The Vietnamese people living in Israel are Israeli citizens who also serve in the [[Israel Defense Forces]].{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Today, the majority of the community lives in the [[Gush Dan]] area in the center of Israel but also a few dozen Vietnamese-Israelis or Israelis of Vietnamese origin live in [[Haifa]], [[Jerusalem]] and [[Ofakim]].{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}