Doms in Israel

There is a Dom community in Israel. It is estimated that about 5,000 Dom live in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Invisible to most Jerusalemites, between 1,200 and 3,000 of Dom reside near the Lion's Gate at Bab Hutta, and around Burj Laklak Street. The Dom population in Israel have dwindled over the years because many fled to Jordan during Israel's wars, particularly the Six-Day War in 1967. Israeli Doms are concentrated in Jerusalem and in the West Bank and Gaza. They are integrated into Muslim Palestinian society and are regarded by Israeli authorities as an integral part of the Arab population of East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Historical evidence about Doms in Israel
In the mid-18th century, German pilgrims told of encounters with Gypsies; The German traveler Stephan Schulz met Gypsies near Acre, and the German Ulrich Jasper Zatzen met groups of Gypsies near Bethlehem , near Carmel on Mount Hebron and near the city of Nablus. In the 1840s, the German Krieger met gypsies in the Bethlehem area. In those years, the British John Wilson met Gypsies in the Majdal area west of the Sea of Galilee. The poet Ludwig August Frankl visited Israel in 1856 and met a group of gypsies near the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem. In 1855, the British Mary Rogers met Gypsies near the village of Araba in the Nablus region. Sep Wilson published in 1870, an article about gypsies they met near Jericho. In 1890, the archaeologist Flinders Petrie met a group of gypsies in an open field near the city of Jaffa. In 1909, an article was written in the "Haharot" newspaper , which told about the arrest of gypsies who were engaged in theft in Jaffa. Robert McAllister published in 1914 a book about the language of the Gypsies. The book also included a hundred stories that dealt with their lives.