For decades, political power has remained in the hands of the district's Jewish majority, leaving the black minority feeling neglected.
At one point it had a population that was of a Jewish majority.
"We have to maintain a strong and stable Jewish majority in our country."
Would Israel be allowed to start shipping out arabs to keep a jewish majority?
Proponents also called the law a way to preserve Israel's Jewish majority.
To work, those decisions must be by a Jewish majority.
They proposed to remedy this by forming a state with a Jewish majority.
It has been majority Jewish since about 1852 and continues through today.
He saw it as a liberal society in which all inhabitants would have equal rights, but with a Jewish majority achieved by immigration.
Nevertheless, the city still has a clear Jewish majority.