Many anti-Israel protesters make the claim that Israel is 'trying to empty the land of Palestinians'. Are they?
The Palestinian population in the West Bank has increased from 462,000 in 1948 to 2.38 million in 2005.
The Palestinian population in Gaza has increased from 82,000 in 1948 to 1.37 in 2005.
The Muslim population of Jerusalem has increased roughly 5 fold from 1967 (when Israel re-unified the city) to 2009, from 58,000 to over 278,000.
The Jewish population of Jerusalem increased only by a factor of only 2.8, from 196,000 to 480,000 over the same period.
Either the claim that Israel is 'trying to empty the land of Palestinians' is untrue or the Israelis really are incredibly incompetent in their pursuit of that aim.
The Palestinian population in the West Bank has increased from 462,000 in 1948 to 2.38 million in 2005.
The Palestinian population in Gaza has increased from 82,000 in 1948 to 1.37 in 2005.
The Muslim population of Jerusalem has increased roughly 5 fold from 1967 (when Israel re-unified the city) to 2009, from 58,000 to over 278,000.
The Jewish population of Jerusalem increased only by a factor of only 2.8, from 196,000 to 480,000 over the same period.
Either the claim that Israel is 'trying to empty the land of Palestinians' is untrue or the Israelis really are incredibly incompetent in their pursuit of that aim.
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