[RobbyS]

The fight between the Jews and the Arabs was caused by the immigration of Jews after WWI, during the nazi persecution of the 30's and and WWII. It was this that led the Arabs to refuse to go along with the UN plan for a partition of the Palestinian mandate into Jewish and Palestinian territories. The Arabs in the area that the UN assigned to the Jews refused to be a minority in a Jewish state. Hence they invited the surrounding Arabs states to invade and overwhelm the Jews. But the Jews already had a strong militia system and were able to defeat the invading Arab armies. So the Jews own what they own by right of conquest.

Having said that, much of the problems of the Israelis is their population problem. As they have a European birthrate, their population increase now depends entirely on immigration. Meanwhile the Arab population is burgeoning. The avaerage Jewish woman has fewer than 2 children; the average Palestinian, more than twice that. By 2050 the Jews were be outnumbered even with the pre-1967 boundaries.

[nate4one]

The avaerage Jewish woman has fewer than 2 children; the average Palestinian, more than twice that. By 2050 the Jews were be outnumbered even with the pre-1967 boundaries.

Very interesting.

Sounds like the American vs. Mexican issue concerning population.
Gives the birthcontrol issue a warrant for review!

(And before anyone calls me "latino hater", look at my page, my wife is 100% Mexican! :o) )