Palestinian Population Boom Worries Israel

January 06, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Some Israeli officials are worried that a growing Palestinian population could undermine the country's identity as a Jewish state. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, demographic figures project that Palestinians, who live mainly in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza, will outnumber Israelis in five years. Rory Challands reports from the West Bank.

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Gaza

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Demographics of the Palestinian territories

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