i visited israel in 2002 and even at that time, there were almost as many palestinians in the occupied territories as there were jews in israel proper.
There are 6 million Jews in Israel proper, with about 500,000 more in the West Bank.
Official statistics put the Palestinian population at 2.3 million in the West Bank, but as Wikipedia points out, this number was based on extrapolating birth rates, didn't account for emigration, and so the real population is probably only 1.5 million. The population of Gaza is probably about the same.
So, let's rewrite your assertion mathematically:
3 million is about equal to 6 million.
No, it isn't.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Israeli opposition paints Netanyahu as inadvertently destroying the Jewish state
- 24/01/2013 08:30:37 PM
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the demographic issue has been there for at least 10 years
- 24/01/2013 09:10:14 PM
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Gross factual error, anyone?
- 24/01/2013 09:57:01 PM
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memory does fail sometimes....
- 24/01/2013 10:23:36 PM
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IF birth rates remain consistent and IF emigration rates dropped...yes.
- 24/01/2013 11:13:40 PM
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I'm not sure why they assume Palestinians would have the right to vote if absorbed.
- 24/01/2013 09:51:46 PM
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