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On 10 Jan 2009, at 13:10, Stefano Mori <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.adizes.com/insights58/index.html > > June 2008 > > > In our lifetime, Israel's Arab population will become the country's > majority ethnic group. Arabs have a high reproduction rate (which > might decline as their standard of living increases, but probably not > enough to nullify the projection). The Arabs would have become a > majority already, according to statistics I read when I was a student, > had it not been for the massive Jewish immigration from the former > Soviet Union in the 1980s. This inflow did not discredit the > projection, only postponed it. > > > To remain a Jewish state, Israel needs large numbers of Jewish > immigrants. That can happen if there is anti-Semitism or if life in > Israel is so much more preferable to any other place where Jews live. > To make Israel preferable to life anywhere else is an uphill battle. > Anti Semitism is a ready made solution. > It is ironic, it seems to me, that Israelis almost welcome anti- > Semitism. With a wry smile they often ask me: "So what are the Jews > doing in the Diaspora? They should make aliya (i.e., immigrate to > Israel)." > For the Jews in the Diaspora, anti-Semitism is something to dread. For > Israelis it seems to be the hope for the Jewish state to remain > Jewish. > If such a massive Jewish immigration to Israel occurs, it means that > there is massive anti-Semitism somewhere else. I wonder if I could > welcome such a solution to Israel's existential problem. If that > happens, anti-Semitism does not stop at the borders of the country > that is experiencing it. It will be tough for Israel, too, one way or > another. The Jews will in effect be congregated into a new ghetto, > this time the size of a country rather than a quarter of a city. But > still, it would be a ghetto, and under attack not only by its > neighbors but by many other anti-Semitic countries worldwide. Not a > pretty prospect. > If such a massive immigration does not occur, Arabs will become a > significant majority in Israel. They are already expanding into what > traditionally were Jewish settlements. Upper Nazareth, which was built > for Jews because Nazareth itself was Arabic and did not welcome Jews, > is now partly inhabited by Arabs, and the Arab section is expanding > rapidly. Carmiel, which was established to bring Jewish settlers to > the Galilee, is now increasingly populated by Arabs. In Jaffa, which > is part of Tel Aviv, Saudi millionaires are buying land that the Arabs > will not sell to Jews. > In a democratic country, which Israel is, every citizen has a right to > vote. With a majority Arab vote, will Israel remain a Jewish state? > Can these demographic changes lead to a civil war, since the Jewish > Israelis will not willingly give up their Zionist dream of a Jewish > state for the Jewish people? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
