article_snippet.sent: That year, 1860, is when Israel considers to be the start of the conflict with the Palestinians when Jews founded the first neighbourhood outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City.
article_snippet.sent: New figures released ahead of Independence Day by the Central Bureau of Statistics showed Israel's population now stands at 8,345,000.
article_snippet.sent: Of that number, 6,251,000 or 74.9 percent are Jews and 1,730,000 or 20.7 percent are Arabs.
article_snippet.sent: The remaining 340,000 listed as 'other' comprise non-Arab Christians, members of other religions and those unclassified in the population register.
article_snippet.sent: New figures include around 310,000 Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the Six-Day War of 1967 and later annexed in a move not recognised by the international community.