Demographics and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The demographic argument in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict deserves more scrutiny.
I want to preface this piece, reprinted from Geopolitical Futures, by saying that I accept and endorse Caroline Glick's argument in "The Israeli Solution" that Palestinian census numbers have been grossly inflated, and that in fact Palestinian Arabs account for no more than 1/3 of the total population -- not half -- of Israel and the West Bank, thus arguing rather strongly for a One-State Solution.
However, assuming that we can trust the Palestine Authority's and the UN's census numbers over the past 25 years (and why would they lie, right?), the so-called "demographic argument" against Israel is still a crock. Here's why. -- RDM
by George Friedman
January 6, 2017
Summary
Advocates of a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict often argue that demographics loom as an existential threat to Israel’s continued existence as a democracy and a Jewish state. However, the demographics argument presents a false dichotomy because there is no threat to a Jewish majority within Israel’s…
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