Positive News for Israel in the New Year

With the holidays behind us, and the elections, I do have some good news to report about Israel.

No doubt, this is shocking to you.The population of Israel is booming, in contrast to most Western nations, and even many countries in the Arab world.? Meanwhile, Palestinian statistics consistently overstate their actual numbers by 1 million.? I have already written about this here.? One new point though ? the current 66% Jewish majority in the area of the pre-1967 Israel, Judea and Samaria could actually increase to an 80% majority in 2035, if Jewish immigration increases from the former USSR, France, Britain, Argentina and the US.? This is quite possible, in response to Israel?s positive economic indicators, the intensification of European anti-Semitism (largely because of growing Muslim populations), and the growth of Jewish-Zionist education.

? Israel?s economy is also booming.? Israel?s 2009-2012 economic growth of 14.7% leads the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, ahead of Australia ? 10.7%, Canada ? 4.8%, US ? 3.2%, Germany ? 2.7%, France ? 0.3%, Euro Bloc ? 1.5% decline. Also, Israel?s unemployment rate edged down to 6.7% in November from 6.9% in October. Tourism numbers went up to an all-time high of 2.9 million tourists in 2012. Simultaneously, much of the civilized world is or seems about ready to sink into a recession.? Also, unlike the US and many other nations, Israel does not have crushing debt and entitlement burdens.? Meanwhile, few of the non-oil producing Arab nations are doing well economically. More

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