Economic shifts also led to negative demographic movement and the Galilee Jewish population declined In 1660, the cities of Tiberias and Safed were laid in ruins by the Druze warlords, and the remains of the Jews fled to as far as Jerusalem.
Economic shifts also led to negative demographic movement. The Galilee Jewish population declined. The cities of Tiberias and Safed were laid in ruins by the Druze warlords. This was in 1660. The remains of the Jews fled to as far as Jerusalem.