Editing Galilee (section)

==Demography==
{{Further|Demographics of Israel}}
[[File:Kinneret-moshava.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Sea of Galilee]] as seen from the [[Moshava]] [[Kinneret, Israel|Kinneret]]]]
[[File:GalilSchoolSign.jpg|thumb|200px|A sign in front of the [[Galil Jewish–Arab School]], a joint Arab-Jewish [[Primary education|primary school]] in the Galilee]]

In 2006, there were 1.2&nbsp;million residents in Galilee, of whom 47% were Jewish.<ref name=OferP>{{cite news |url= http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3481768,00.html |archive-url= https://archive.today/20121209081201/http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3481768,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date= December 9, 2012 |access-date= 2008-02-01 |date= December 12, 2007 |title= Jewish population in Galilee declining |author= Ofer Petersburg |work=[[Ynet]] }}</ref> The [[Jewish Agency]] has attempted to [[Judaization of the Galilee|increase the Jewish population]] in this area,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/20778/edition_id/426/format/html/displaystory.html |title= 30 settlements planned for Negev and Galilee |access-date= 2008-01-19 |date= 2003-08-08}}</ref> but the non-Jewish population also has a high growth rate.<ref name=OferP/>

The largest cities in the region are Acre, Nahariya, Nazareth, Safed, [[Karmiel]], [[Shaghur, Israel|Shaghur]], [[Shefa-'Amr]], [[Afula]], and Tiberias.<ref>{{cite web|title=Places To Visit In Israel|url=http://www.govisitisrael.com/haifa/150/|publisher=govisitisrae|access-date=2013-07-25|archive-date=2013-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704231322/http://www.govisitisrael.com/haifa/150|url-status=dead}}</ref> The port city of [[Haifa]] serves as a commercial center for the whole region.

Because of its hilly terrain, most of the people in the Galilee live in small villages connected by relatively few roads.<ref>{{cite web|title=Galilee in Jesus' Time Was a Center of Change|url=http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/biblearchaeology/a/041511-CW-Galilee-In-Jesus-Time-Was-A-Center-Of-Change.htm|publisher=Ancient History|access-date=2013-07-25|archive-date=2013-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615082639/http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/biblearchaeology/a/041511-CW-Galilee-In-Jesus-Time-Was-A-Center-Of-Change.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> A railroad runs south from [[Nahariya]] along the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean coast]], and a [[Jezreel Valley railway|fork to the east]] was opened in 2016. The main sources of livelihood throughout the area are agriculture and tourism. [[Industrial park]]s are being developed, bringing further employment opportunities to the local population which includes many recent immigrants. The Israeli government is contributing funding to the private initiative, the Galilee Finance Facility, organised by the [[Milken Institute]] and Koret Economic Development Fund.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1195127516602&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |title=Gov't expected to join financing of huge northern development project |author=Matthew Krieger |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=November 19, 2007 |access-date=2007-11-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813151910/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1195127516602&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=August 13, 2011 }}</ref>

The Galilee is home to a large [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arab]] population,<ref>{{cite report |author= Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |author-link= Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |chapter-url= http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton64/st02_17.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930183616/http://cbs.gov.il/shnaton64/st02_17.pdf |archive-date=2013-09-30 |url-status=live |title= Statistical Abstract of Israel |date= 2013 |chapter= Localities and Population, by Group, District, Sub-district and Natural Region |access-date= 2014-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= In Galilee, Israeli Arabs finding greener grass in Jewish areas |url= http://www.jta.org/2008/11/03/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/in-galilee-israeli-arabs-finding-greener-grass-in-jewish-areas |access-date= 2013-07-25 |newspaper=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |date= Nov 3, 2008}}</ref> with a Muslim majority and two smaller populations, of [[Israeli Druze|Druze]] and [[Arab Christians]], of comparable sizes. Both Israeli Druze and Christians have their majorities in the Galilee.<ref>{{cite report |author= Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |author-link= Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |chapter-url= http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton64/st02_13.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021023753/http://cbs.gov.il/shnaton64/st02_13.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-21 |url-status=live |title= Statistical Abstract of Israel |date= 2013 |chapter= Sources of Population Growth, by District, Population Group and Religion |access-date= 2014-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author= Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |author-link= Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |url= http://www.cbs.gov.il/statistical/arabju.pdf |title= The Arab Population in Israel |date= 2002 |at= sec. 23 |series= Statistilite |volume= 27 |access-date= 2014-06-15 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225719/http://www.cbs.gov.il/statistical/arabju.pdf |archive-date= 2015-09-23 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Other notable minorities are the Bedouin, the [[Maronites in Israel|Maronites]] and the [[Circassians in Israel|Circassians]].

The north-central portion of the Galilee is also known as Central Galilee, stretching from the border with [[Lebanon]] to the northern edge of the Jezreel Valley. It  includes the cities of Nazareth and Sakhnin, has an Arab majority of 75%, with most of the Jewish population living in hilltop cities like [[Upper Nazareth]]. The northern half of the central Lower Galilee, surrounding [[Karmiel]] and [[Sakhnin]], is known as the "Heart of the Galilee".

The eastern Galilee is nearly 100% Jewish. This part includes the [[Finger of the Galilee]], the Jordan River Valley, and the shores the Sea of Galilee, and contains two of Judaism's [[Four Holy Cities]].

The southern part of the Galilee, including Jezreel Valley, and the [[Mount Gilboa|Gilboa]] region are nearly 100% Jewish, with a few small Arab villages near the [[West Bank]] border. About 80% of the population of the Western Galilee is Jewish, all the way up to the Lebanese border. Jews form a small majority in the mountainous [[Upper Galilee]], with a significant minority Arab population, mainly Druze and Christians.

As of 2011, the Galilee is attracting significant internal migration of [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi Jews]], who are increasingly moving to the Galilee and Negev as an answer to rising housing prices in central Israel.<ref name=ynet>{{cite news |url= http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4031115,00.html |title= Haredim 'taking over' |newspaper= Ynetnews |publisher= Israel Business, ynetnews.com |date= 23 February 2011 |access-date= 2015-05-18|last1= Peteresburg |first1= Ofer }}</ref>