Original sentence: About 200 Christian families are thought to be eligible.Aramaic Center of Jish.Arameans in Israel are members of the Syriac Christianity sects in Israel, claiming Aramean origin.Christianity in Israel.He advocated on behalf of his Aramean followers and thanked the Interior Ministry's decision as a "historic move".In September 2014, Ministry of the Interior Gideon Sa'ar instructed the PIBA to recognize Arameans as an ethnicity separate from Israeli Arabs.Many in the Israeli academia advocate the recognition of the Aramean identity and have called on the government of Israel to promote the awareness regarding this issue on the basis of the international principle of ethnic self-determination as espoused by Wilson's 14 points.Neo-Aramaic languages.One of the staunchest supporters of the recognition of the Aramean identity is Father Gabriel Naddaf who is one of the leaders of the Christians in Israel.Representatives of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate officially denounced the move.Since 2014, Israel's Administration of Border Crossings, Population and Immigration (PIBA) has recognized the right of Israeli Christians, most of whom had previously been registered as Arabs, to claim Aramean ethnicity.The Aramean ethnicity is to be applied to 10,000 Maronites and 500 Syrian Catholic Church adherents in Israel, which until 2014 had been counted as part of the 127,000 Arab Christians in Israel.The first person to receive the "Aramean" ethnic status in Israel was 2 year old Yaakov Halul in Jish on October 20, 2014.The recognition of the Aramean ethnicity caused mixed reactions among Israeli minorities, the Christian community, and Palestinians.Under the Ministry of the Interior's guidance, Christians born in to Christian families or clans who can speak Aramaic language are eligible to register as Arameans.While some celebrated the success of their long legal struggle to be recognized as non-Arab ethnic minority, other members of the Arab community in Israel denounced it as an attempt to divide Arab Christians
Edited sentence: Arameans in Israel may refer to:.Assyrians/Syriacs/Chaldeans in Israel.Since September 2014 Christian families or clans who can speak Aramaic language are eligible to register as Arameans in Israel