Nationalist activists send shockwaves throughout Judea and Samaria
A couple of days ago I sat with Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar somewhere in Gush Etzion. We discussed a new and provocative right-wing initiative while drinking ice water to ward off the afternoon heat. Nadia and Yehudit are both passionate, devoted veteran Land of Israel activists, and when they began to speak about a proposal that includes offering the Arab residents of Judea and Samaria Israeli citizenship, naturally, I was intrigued.
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“Because we believe in our sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, we are willing to pay the price and give the Arabs in the region citizenship,” explains Yehudit. “For our land we are ready to suffer and sacrifice. We will pay the price.”
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Perhaps surprisingly, the much-touted “demographic threat” is not among the side effects they’re worried about. They cite Yoram Ettinger, formerly the minister for congressional affairs at Israel’s Embassy in Washington, DC, and a former consul-general of Israel to the southwestern US, who is a recognized expert on Jewish-Arab demography. Ettinger maintains that the demographic problem is not as grave as it has been portrayed.
For one thing, the left has added one million to the Arab population in Judea and Samaria: their dead are still counted into the total, as well as those who have emigrated. At present, the Jewish birthrate exceeds the Arab birthrate in the region. With the increase in higher education for Arab women came a decrease in birthrate. Ettinger predicts that should the Israeli government treat aliya as a top national priority, by 2035 there will be an 80% Jewish majority.
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http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/nationalist-activists-send-shockwaves-throughout-judea-samaria/
Interesting comments b/w the right-wingers beneath.
