One in ten Jewish Israelis resides in a settlement; one in five residents of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem are Israeli settlers. It shouldn't be controversial to say that these settlements make a two-state outcome more difficult and less likely.
Well, if he is including all the post-1967 Jerusalem neighborhoods, which would bring the total Jewish population beyond the former Green Line to just under 700,000, he may be correct. Already in 2002:
The Arab population currently comprises 19% of the population of Israel,
and the most recent figures are:
On the eve of the new year 2012, Israel's population stood at 7,836,00 people according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Some 5,901,000 of the population (75.3%) are Jewish; 1,610,000 (20.5%) are Arabs; those not identified as either make up the remaining 4.2% of the population, or 325,000 people.Of course, there is the flip-side of that.
If Arabs living in Israel make up a similar proportion, around 20%, well, what's the principled problem with Jews living in a future "Palestine". This academic paper suggests otherwise.
And as I have insisted many times, what exists is basically a mirror-image on both sides of the Green Line.
So, if Jews are to be expelled, that is is to be expected that Jewish villages and communities need be destroyed for peace, well, this type of "peace" must be applicable for both populations in both locations.
What's good for an Arab is surely good for the Jew.
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