Yoram Ettinger, who has held important positions in the Israeli Embassy in Washington, is now Director of Special Projects at the Centre for Political Research at the University of Ariel ( Samaria). But it is especially the group of US-Israel Demographic Research, and continues to dispute the official statistics published by the Palestinian Authority and the Central Office of Statistics in Israel, which put the figure at about surreal the Palestinian population that lives in Judea and Samaria.
Today he sounded the alarm about the famous "economic peace" that seeks to establish Binyamin Netanyahu, and he said that could "reverse the migratory flow of the Palestinian people." It is recognized that the demographics is a key to the Israeli-Palestinian problem, and is a key element in policy development. Therefore, in the opinion of Yoram Ettinger, "The Palestinians and the Israeli left have always had a tendency to inflate the importance of the Palestinian population to cause panic among the Israeli population and make it easier to accept the idea of an Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria. "
Wednesday held the inter-ministerial meeting to endorse the four major economic zones planned projects in Judea and Samaria, to the benefit of the Palestinians: an industrial zone near Beit Lehem, a major agricultural project near Jericho a business area near the Jordan River and near Jenin.
Ettinger warns Israelis risk that can cause these projects: "We must keep in mind that in the field of demography, migration factor is more important than the birth rate. If these economic projects for the Palestinians emerge, they will attract to Judea and Samaria many Arabs, as was the case at the beginning of Zionism, when the economic boom caused by the Jews here have attracted many Arabs from the Middle East. "
Ettinger is categorical: "If Israel wants to maintain a clear Jewish majority between the Mediterranean and the Jordan, should encourage the emigration of Palestinians to other Arab countries, as is the case, not reverse this trend turning Judea and Samaria in economic paradise for the Palestinians or other Arabs in the region. "
figures to support, Ettinger shows "that every time Israel wanted to improve the economic conditions of Palestinians, the flow of emigration to Jordan was suspended and has instead reversed by the arrival of many Arabs to Judea and Samaria. He says there are external factors that force many Palestinians to want to "look elsewhere": the rise of Hamas, or the rising price of oil, which offers interesting prospects for work in Gulf countries for example .
Other long-term imperative for Israel, according to Yoram Ettinger: "Whatever agreements which could one day be signed between Israel and the Palestinians, Israel must maintain control of crossing points between Judea and Samaria and the Jordan. If ever an Israeli government that ceded control to the PA or even an international body, masses of Palestinians would fall into these areas, not to the outlook that they will provide, but simply because the terrorist organizations would pay very dear each family would move there in order to reverse completely demographic balance in the west of the Jordan, and directly threaten Israel's existence. "
by Shraga Blum
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