Social: Population; Israel's permanent concern Journal Article

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Israel, as a Jewish sovereignty that has only passed 50 years since its illegal emergence, must always consider, on one hand, the standards of development and welfare of the members of society and, on the other hand, security, maintaining the demographic majority, and the political sovereignty of the Jews over this country; is it in favor of increasing the population or decreasing it? Subsequently, depending on the subject matter, three types of forecasts and estimates are presented: 1- Estimation of Israel's population for future years 2- Estimation of the population of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip 3- Estimation of the world Jewish population Given the general growth rate of the Jewish population and hypotheses related to their fertility rates, moderate and calm demographic changes are predicted for this society. The Hebrew University's forecasts regarding the demographic trends of the Diaspora Jewish population also indicate that during the years 1970 to 2010, approximately 30 percent of the size of this group's population will be reduced, but the number of elderly people within it will increase by a proportion higher than the rate of elderly people in any other society in the world. 02 million in the Gaza Strip, and 210 thousand people in East Jerusalem)(3) and taking into account that the population of these areas has doubled from the base year of the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics' prediction, which is 1985, until the end of 1998, meaning within 13 years, it would be impossible to double with a growth rate lower than 3 percent during this period.