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The growth rate of the Christian population in Israel over the years is constant and is always on the rise, the numbers show. For comparison, the growth rate in the Jewish population was 1.5% and in the Muslim population 2.2%.</blockquote></ref>) Christian minorities who are remnants of the pre-1948 Arab majority, along with a small [[Druze]] community.  It is the location of most Biblical events.

The growth rate of the Christian population in Israel over the years is constant and is always on the rise, the numbers show. For comparison, the growth rate in the Jewish population was 1.5% and in the Muslim population 2.2%.</blockquote></ref>) Christian minorities who are remnants of the pre-1948 Arab majority, along with a small [[Druze]] community.  It is the location of most Biblical events.

It is the original historical homeland of the Jews.<ref>[https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/opinions/jews-aboriginals-make-powerful-team/ Jews and aboriginals make a powerful team - The Canadian Jewish News], Jan 26, 2015 <br>— As Irwin Cotler is fond of saying “Jews were the aboriginal people of Israel.”...</ref><ref>Ryan Bellerose,  "[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/bellerose-aboriginal-people Are Jews Indigenous to the Land of Israel? Yes.]" Tablet Mag. Feb 8, 2017.

 

Israel is the original historical homeland of the Jews.<ref>[https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/opinions/jews-aboriginals-make-powerful-team/ Jews and aboriginals make a powerful team - The Canadian Jewish News], Jan 26, 2015 <br>— As Irwin Cotler is fond of saying “Jews were the aboriginal people of Israel.”...</ref><ref>Ryan Bellerose,  "[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/bellerose-aboriginal-people Are Jews Indigenous to the Land of Israel? Yes.]" Tablet Mag. Feb 8, 2017.

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As an indigenous activist—I am a Métis from the Paddle Prairie Metis settlement in Alberta, Canada—there is one question I am most often asked by the public, one that can instantly divide a community due to its intense and arduous subject matter.

As an indigenous activist—I am a Métis from the Paddle Prairie Metis settlement in Alberta, Canada—there is one question I am most often asked by the public, one that can instantly divide a community due to its intense and arduous subject matter.