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Palestinians say Jews will be a minority by 2016
2014-12-31
[IsraelTimes] A Paleostinian census published Monday claims that Paleostinians living in Israel, the West Bank and Gazoo will outnumber Jews in the same area by 2016.

The census, taken by Paleostinian Central Bureau of Statistics, cited the number of Paleostinians in the area at 6.08 million, compared to 6.10 million Jews.
Except that from the Israeli perspective, only the number of Arabs in Israel matters, not the number in the Palestinian territories. And they do their own count there, no doubt not riddled with the problems of over counting births, double counting Jerusalem residents, and undercounting deaths and emigration that has so troubled Palestinian census numbers in the past. Remember when it was discovered they had a cool million fewer people than claimed?
The census, carried by the Paleostinian Ma?an News Agency, predicted that by the end of 2016 both groups will number 6.42 million people. By 2020, according to PCBS, Paleostinians will number 7.14 million with Jews only making up 6.87 million of the population.
See comment above.
The numbers highlighted what Israeli Jews call the ?demographic threat? posed by continuing to hold on to the West Bank, with the possibility of the country having to choose between being democratic or Jewish. However,
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  The Palestinians also aren't taking into account immigration to/emigration from Israel. As reported today by The
Times of Israel:

Immigration to Israel hits 10-year high with record French influx

France tops aliyah chart for first time with 7,000 newcomers; Ukrainian numbers triple as civil war rages

Jewish immigration to Israel hit a ten-year high in 2014, with over 26,500 people making aliyah over the course of the year, the Jewish Agency said Wednesday.

According to statistics released by the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption Ministry, Israel saw a 32% rise in immigration compared to 2013, and the highest immigration rate since 2002, when 33,539 made aliyah.

According to Central Bureau of Statistics data, emigration rates are also declining. The figures released in recent months suggest that Israelis are much less inclined to permanently leave the country than they were 10 or 20 years ago, with 2012, the last year for which figures on long-term emigration are available, showing the lowest emigration rates since the founding of the state in 1948.

With regard to emigration, I suspect the Palestinians cannot say the same.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-12-31 18:27  

#2  Every Intifada drops a significant number of Paleos
Posted by: Frank G   2014-12-31 09:28  

#1  They're riffing off Tavis Smiley?
Posted by: Pappy   2014-12-31 08:58  

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