GPF Team

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Jan. 6, 2017 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 Jewish state.

However, the fertility rate is not a significant concern for Jewish Israel. Per the latest available data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the fertility rate for Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs was an identical 3.13 children per woman in 2015. This means that Israel has no concerns regarding population growth since 2.1 is the necessary fertility rate for such growth. It also means that Israel has no concerns relative to its Arab population because the Israeli Arab fertility rate is not appreciably greater than the Jewish population’s.

Jan. 6, 2017 Islamic State fighters are trying to draw coalition forces away from Mosul.

Jan. 5, 2017 The Chinese president is becoming more direct in his accusations against his opponents.

Jan. 5, 2017 The demographics argument in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict deserves more scrutiny.