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PA: Arabs outnumber Jews in Israel plus Palestinian territories
The Palestinian Authority says there are now more Arabs than Jews in Israel and the Palestinian territories combined, Channel 2 reports.
According to the data from the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics, there are approximately 4.8 million people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip together — roughly 1.8 million in Gaza and 3 million in the West Bank.
The PA couples that data with figures from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), and claims it shows there are 6.58 million Arabs in Israel and the Palestinian territories, compared to 6.38 million Jews.
The CBS says there are 8.5 million people in Israel, including 6.38 million Jews (and other minorities) and just under 1.8 million Arabs.
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