About 150,000 East African and black people live in Israel, amounting to just over 2% of the nation's population. The vast majority of these, some 120,000, are Beta Israel, most of whom are recent immigrants who came during the 1980s and 1990s from Ethiopia. In addition, Israel is home to over 5,000 members of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem movement that are descendants of African Americans who emigrated to Israel in the 20th century, and who reside mainly in a distinct neighborhood in the Negev town of Dimona. Unknown numbers of black converts to Judaism reside in Israel, most of them converts from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. COUNT 5
QSN1 How many East African and black people live in Israel? ANS1 About 150,000 QSN2 What percent of Israel's population is black? ANS2 just over 2% QSN3 When did they migrate to Israel? ANS3 during the 1980s and 1990s QSN4 Where did they migrate from? ANS4 Ethiopia. QSN5 Where are most of the black converts from? ANS5 the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.