Examiner:
Demographic trend in Israel, Jews and Arabs
Israel is urged by erstwhile friends to cede territory, to avoid being overwhelmed demographically. The demographic situation, however, has reversed itself. Much of the alarm occurred over Palestinian Authority (P.A.) population statistics that turned out to be erroneous. The P.A. claimed 2.5 million residents, but has only1.55 million. Emigration helped reduce its population.
The percentage of Jewish births in Israel has increased from 69% in 1995 to 75%. One of the reasons is that Russian immigrants and “yuppies” switched to typical Israeli rates.
The Arab birth rate in Israel and Judea-Samaria has plummeted. “The significant decline in Arab fertility rate reflects a significantly improved standard of living, resulting from successful integration into Israel's infrastructures of health, education, employment, commerce, politics, media, sports, culture and the arts. The Arab-Jewish fertility gap was reduced from six births per woman in 1969 to 0.7 in 2008.” [more]
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