When will the world wake up to Israel's "slow but steady" genocide of the Palestinians? In 1948 there were approximately 1.2 million Palestinians living in Israel. And today there are only just under 6 million of them left.
Israel / Palestine: Arab / Jewish Population (1950-2005)
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Year Jews Arabs Total % of Jews to Total
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1950 1,203,000 1,172,100 2,375,100 50.650%
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1960 1,911,300 1,340,100 3,251,400 58.783%
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1970 * 2,582,000 1,045,000 3,627,000 71.188%
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1980 3,282,700 2,100,000 5,382,700 60.986%
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1995 4,495,100 3,506,900 8,002,000 56.173%
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2005 5,275,700 5,139,100 10,414,800 50.656%
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Sources & Notes:
Sources by Year:
Esco Foundation Palestine: A Study of Jewish, Arab, and British Policies Vol. 1, p.46, Yale University Press, 1947
1950-2005
Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics "Statistical Abstract of Israel 2007: Population, by Religion," ICBS website accessed on May 6, 2010
Notes:
*
Decrease in the Arab population between 1960 and 1970 due to Arab refugees from the 1967 War.
Israel / Palestine: Arab / Jewish Population (1950-2005)
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Year Jews Arabs Total % of Jews to Total
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1950 1,203,000 1,172,100 2,375,100 50.650%
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1960 1,911,300 1,340,100 3,251,400 58.783%
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1970 * 2,582,000 1,045,000 3,627,000 71.188%
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1980 3,282,700 2,100,000 5,382,700 60.986%
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1995 4,495,100 3,506,900 8,002,000 56.173%
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2005 5,275,700 5,139,100 10,414,800 50.656%
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Sources & Notes:
Sources by Year:
Esco Foundation Palestine: A Study of Jewish, Arab, and British Policies Vol. 1, p.46, Yale University Press, 1947
1950-2005
Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics "Statistical Abstract of Israel 2007: Population, by Religion," ICBS website accessed on May 6, 2010
Notes:
*
Decrease in the Arab population between 1960 and 1970 due to Arab refugees from the 1967 War.