Editing Demographics of Israel (section)

=== Syriac Christians ===
'''Arameans'''{{Main|Arameans in Israel|Maronites in Israel}}
In 2014, Israel decided to recognize the Aramaic community within its borders as a national minority, allowing some of the [[Christianity in Israel|Christians]] in Israel to be registered as "Aramean" instead of "Arab".<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/304458 |title = Ministry of Interior to Admit Arameans to National Population Registry| date=16 September 2014 }}</ref> As of October 2014, some 600 Israelis requested to be registered as Arameans, with several thousand eligible for the status – mostly members of the Maronite community with some Assyrians as well.

The [[Maronites|Maronite Christian]] community in Israel of around 7,000 resides mostly in the Galilee, with a presence in Haifa, Nazareth and Jerusalem. It is largely composed of families that lived in [[Upper Galilee]] in villages such as [[Jish]] long before the establishment of Israel in 1948. In the year 2000, the community was joined by a group of [[South Lebanon Army|Lebanese SLA]] militia members and their families, who fled Lebanon after [[Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon#Withdrawal from the security belt|2000 withdrawal of IDF from South Lebanon]].

'''Assyrians'''{{Main|Assyrians in Israel}}
There are around 1,000 [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] living in Israel, mostly in [[Jerusalem]] and [[Nazareth]]. Assyrians are an [[Aramaic]] speaking, [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Rite]] Christian minority who are descended from the ancient [[Mesopotamians]]. The old [[Syriac Orthodox]] monastery of Saint Mark lies in Jerusalem. Other than followers of the Syriac Orthodox Church, there are also followers of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]] and the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]] living in Israel.