Maronites in Israel

Maronites in Israel (Arabic: الموارنة في إسرائيل; Hebrew: מארונים; Syriac: ܒܝܫܪܐܠ ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are an ethnoreligious minority who belong to the Maronite Catholic Church, which has historically been tied with Lebanon. They derive their name from the Syriac Saint Maron, whose followers moved to Mount Lebanon from northern Syria, establishing the Maronite Church, most of whose members currently reside in Lebanon. The Maronites in Israel encompass the long-existing Maronite community in Jish, Haifa, and Nazareth areas, as well as the families of former South Lebanon Army members, 7,000 of whom fled South Lebanon in April–May 2000 to Israel. Of these approximately 7,000 original migrants, 2,700 of them remained in Israel which by 2025 has increased by natural growth (births minus deaths) with their Israeli-born members to 3,500. Of the original immigrants who left over the years, most of them either move to Europe or the United States and some decided to return to Lebanon.

Since 2014, Maronites in Israel are eligible to register their ethnicity as "Aramean".