Palestinian citizens of Israel

Palestinian citizens of Israel, also known as 48-Palestinians (Arabic: فلسطينيو ٤٨, romanized: Filasṭīniyyū Thamāniya wa-ʾArbaʿīn; Hebrew: 48-פלסטינים) are citizens of Israel that self-identify as Palestinian. No official statistics exist on this population; according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, the Arab population in 2019 was estimated at 1,890,000, representing 20.95% of the country's population.

Not to be confused with Arab citizens of Israel.

Palestinian citizens of Israel
الفلسطينيو المواطنون في إسراىٔيل
פלסטינים אזרחי ישראל
Regions with significant populations
 Israel
Languages
Arabic

While known officially by the Israeli government only as "Israeli Arabs" or "Arab Israelis", the development of Palestinian nationalism and identity in the 20th and 21st centuries has been met by a marked evolution in self-identification, reflecting a rising identification with Palestinian identity alongside Arab and Israeli signifiers. Many Palestinian citizens of Israel have family ties to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as well as to Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

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