Editing Tiberias (section)

==Demographics==
According to the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), as of August 2023, 49,876 inhabitants lived in Tiberias. According to CBS, as of December 2019 the city was rated 4 out of 10 on the socio-economic scale. The average monthly salary of an employee for the year 2019 was 7,508 NIS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2022/local_authorities20_1879/138_6700.pdf|title=Central Bureau of Statistics - local authorities}}</ref> Among today's population of Jews, many are [[Mizrahi Jews in Israel|Mizrahi]] and [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic]]. The yearly growth rate of its population is 3.9%.

Following Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000 many ex-[[South Lebanon Army]] soldiers and officers who fled from Lebanon settled in Tiberias with [[Lebanese people in Israel|their families]].<ref name="Shachmon 2019">{{Cite journal|last1=Shachmon|first1=Ori|last2=Mack|first2=Merav|date=2019|title=The Lebanese in Israel – Language, Religion and Identity|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.169.2.0343|journal=Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft|volume=169|issue=2|pages=343–366|doi=10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.169.2.0343|jstor=10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.169.2.0343 |s2cid=211647029 |issn=0341-0137}}</ref>

In the Ottoman registers of 1525, 1533, 1548, 1553, and 1572 all the residents were [[Muslims]].<ref>[[Bernard Lewis|Lewis, Bernard]] (1954), Studies in the Ottoman archives—I, ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'', Vol. 16, pp 469–501.</ref> The registers in 1596 recorded the population to consist of 50 families and four bachelors, all Muslim.<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977,  p. 188</ref> In 1780, there were about 4,000 inhabitants, two thirds being Jews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/lettersfrompales00jollrich|title=Letters from Palestine, descriptive of a tour through Gallilee and Judaea, with some account of the Dead Sea, and of the present state of Jerusalem|first=Thomas Robert|last=Jolliffe|date=11 February 2018|publisher=London, J. Black|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} In 1842, there were about 3,900 inhabitants, around a third of whom were Jews, the rest being Muslims and a few Christians.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gC1QXYDYMg0C&pg=PA471 The Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: v. 1–27, Volume 23] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117183759/https://books.google.com/books?id=gC1QXYDYMg0C&pg=PA471 |date=2020-01-17}}, C. Knight, 1842.</ref> In 1850, Tiberias contained [[Old synagogues of Tiberias|three synagogues]] which served the [[Sephardi]] community, which consisted of 80 families, and the [[Ashkenazim]], numbering about 100 families. It was reported that the Jewish inhabitants of Tiberias enjoyed more peace and security than those of [[Safed]] to the north.<ref>M.Gilbert, Israel: A History (1998), p.3</ref> In 1863, it was recorded that the Christian and Muslim elements made up three-quarters of the population (2,000 to 4,000).<ref>Smith, William (1863) ''A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, and Natural History'' Little, Brown, p 149</ref> A population list from about 1887 showed that  Tiberias had a population of about 3,640; 2,025 Jews, 30 Latins, 215 Catholics, 15 Greek Catholics, and 1,355 Muslims.<ref>Schumacher, 1888, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme19pale#page/n210/mode/1up  185]</ref>  In 1901, the Jews of Tiberias numbered about 2,000 in a total population of 3,600.<ref name="Jewish Encyclopedia: Tiberias2" /> By 1912, the population reached 6,500. This included 4,500 Jews, 1,600 Muslims and 400 Christians.<ref name="CE2">{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14716a.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Tiberias|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=2009-09-21|archive-date=2009-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029210404/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14716a.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[1922 census of Palestine]] conducted by the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate authorities]], Tiberias had a population of 6,950 inhabitants, consisting of 4,427 Jews, 2,096 Muslims, 422 Christians, and five others.<ref name=Barronp6 /> There were 5,381 Jews, 2,645 Muslims, 565 Christians and ten others in the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]].<ref>Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas ?]</ref> By 1945, the population had increased to 6,000 Jews, 4,540 Muslims, 760 Christians with ten others.<ref>Village Statistics, 1945</ref>

During the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|1948 Arab-Israeli War]], Palestinian Arab residents of Tiberias besieged its Jewish quarter. [[Haganah]] troops then successfully attacked the Arab section of the city, and British troops evacuated the Arab residents upon their request.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tiberias {{!}} Israel {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Tiberias |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> Some fled in the wake of news of the [[Deir Yassin massacre]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pappe |first=Ilan |title=The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine |publisher=Oneworld Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-85168-555-4 |location=London |pages=92}}</ref> The entire Arab population of the city was removed in 1948 by the British and partly because of [[Haganah]] decision.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gilad |first=Moshe |date=May 18, 2022 |title=How Israel Destroyed Old Tiberias |language=English |newspaper=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-how-israel-destroyed-old-tiberias-1.10805992 |access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref> After the war had ended, a large number of Jewish immigrants to Israel settled in Tiberias.<ref name=":0" /> Today almost all of the population is Jewish.