Some Numbers Ahead of the 50th Yom Yerushalayim

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 05/17/17 | News Source: YWN

The following information, sent to the Jerusalem Municipality spokesman unit, was compiled in part by the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Studies.

This 28 Iyar will mark the 50th Yom Yerushalayim, the liberation of Yerushalayim from Jordanian occupation in the June 1967 Six Day War. The following statistics shows growth in the capital.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat adds, “Marking the 50th year of uniting Jerusalem, Jerusalem continues to blossom and grow in the fields of education, high tech, culture, business and all areas of life. “We launched an unprecedented effort in 2017 to increase quality of life and will continue investing in all areas of life”.

Following a decade of decline, in the six last years there has been an increase in the number of talmidim in the city’s Zionist education schools. During the six-year period the number of first graders increased by 26% in the Zionist schools in the capital from 3,842 to 4,853.

The institute documents that high tech in Jerusalem has grown in the past two years by 28% as opposed to a national increase of 8%.

The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reports that 92% of Jerusalem residents are satisfied with their lives.

As Israel marks 50 years since the liberation, some numbers documenting the city’s increase in many areas.