Palestinian Metawalis

Palestinian Metawalis are a Palestinian Shiite community. During the time of Mandatory Palestine, Palestinian Metawalis had seven villages wherein they constituted they majority.[1] During the first census of the British protectorate, Palestinian Metawalis were one of eight religious demographic groups categorized,[2] and tensions existed regarding whether these people would be geopolitically united with their Shiite Arab counterparts in southern Lebanon.[1]

References

"The Seven Lost Villages". 4 August 2006 – via Haaretz.
Barron, Table I.

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[haar-1] "The Seven Lost Villages". 4 August 2006 – via Haaretz.

[2] Barron, Table I.

Demographics in Israel
Israelis by Religion	Judaism Rabbinic Conservative Reform Karaite Haymanot Islam Sunni Shia Ahmadiyya Christianity Eastern Orthodox Catholic Protestant Druzism¹ Samaritanism Bahai
Jews	Ashkenazim Romanian Russian Sephardim Bulgarian Moroccan Turkish Mizrahim Iraqi Iranian Kurdish Yemenite Karaites Romaniotes Indian Cochin Bene Israel Ethiopian Beta Israel Falash Mura
Arabs	Arab Muslims Madani and Fellahin Bedouin Arab Christians Druze¹
Other Semitic	Assyrians Samaritans Arameans² Maronites
Other non-Semitic groups	Armenians Dutch Russians Subbotniks Circassians Bosniaks Vietnamese
Foreign nationals	African-American Hebrews Chinese Filipinos Greeks Indians Turks Kurds Palestinians Sudanese
¹ Druze have a status aparte from Muslim Arabs in Israel, since 1957. ² Arameans have a status aparte from Christian Arabs in Israel, since 2014.