The demographc argument has just died
The demographc argument has just died
I received the following letter from Yoram Ettinger in Israel:
The assumption that Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza pose a demographic threat to Israel has to be radically revised, according to a team of American and Israeli researchers who presented their new findings at the American Enterprise Institute (Jan. 10, 2005) and the Heritage Foundation (Jan. 11, 2005).
The researchers reported that the 2004 Palestinian-Arab population was closer to 2.4 million than to the 3.8 million reported by Palestinian Authority (PA) officials.
The million-and-a-half person gap occurred because the PA numbers are based on Palestine Bureau of Statistics (PBS) 1997 projections, not on actual population counts. The PBS used the PA’s official 1997 census as a base population and assumed the population would grow at 4 to 5% a year, one of the highest growth rates in the world. When the research team reviewed PA Ministry of Health birth data and actual border entry/exit data, they found that the PBS’ expectations were not met in any year between 1997 and 2004.
Attached you'll find an executive summary of the study. For the full study, the PowerPoint presentation and the formal news release, please visit www.pademographics.com.
Hang Tough,
Yoram
Posted by Joseph Alexander Norland at January 10, 2005 02:29 PM
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Bill
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This is HUGE. Why isnt this more widely reported?
Posted by: Bill on January 10, 2005 10:01 PM
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BobW
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Subject: Incorrect Title
Is there political significance to the population statistics? Take all cited numbers and state whether this will change the pending status of Gaza District or the boundaries of Israeli Jerusalem. Will the statistics change the pending Arab state corridors?
Does the Knesset's Arab list change?
The Arab populate is a sideshow. It is an important sideshow but the existential threat being neglected is the more difficult Jewish-Israeli split.
All else is a diversion no less than Gaza purchased souvenirs.
(Shalom, Bill. The US Public Health Service has be in Yesha for over 4 years already preparing statistics under the pretext of disease and vector control monitoring. Re lack of reporting, see my above "more difficult Jewish-Israeli split.)
Kol tuv,
BobW
Posted by: BobW on January 11, 2005 02:35 AM
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The demographc argument has just died
I received the following letter from Yoram Ettinger in Israel:
Posted by Joseph Alexander Norland at January 10, 2005 02:29 PM