[lbo-talk] Israel demographics?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Aug 2 21:59:53 PDT 2006


On Aug 3, 2006, at 12:46 AM, Jesse Lemisch wrote:


> These figures are quite startling. They are indeed voting with
> their feet,
> in a way that has to have an impact in Israel and even possibly on
> their
> politics (though I can't be optimistic about this).

The Jewish pop is growing - about 1.6% a year over the last decade. But the Arab pop is growing twice as fast. Plenty here: <http:// www1.cbs.gov.il/reader/?MIval=cw_usr_view_Folder&ID=141>.

By the way, the sum of the Jewish and Arab pops is about 102% of the total. Are there Arab Jews who get counted twice? Is it like "Hispanic" here, "which can be of any race"?

Doug



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