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Old 05-20-2006, 17:23 PM   #56 (permalink)
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Firstly what the hell do you mean by that?
An Arab majority would mean the end of Israel as a Jewish state. We can discuss the merits of the existance of Israel if you want (although I can't promise to be dispassionate about it), but regardless of whether you wish Israel well or not, an Arab majority would kill it.

Your economic information is a bit out of date

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Israels public debt is 101% of the GDP
About 98% now.

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with an unemployment rate of about 10.6%
Less than 8.9% now. Not fantastic, but better than France and Germany.

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and 20% of the popultaion lives below the poverty line, which is less than Jordan, but more than Egypt (16%) and IIRC about the same as Syria.
I don't think poverty in Israel is the same thing as poverty in Egypt, Jordan or Syria. Israel is a first world country whether you like it or not.

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Israels unemployemnt rate is infact the highest in the region exceptn for Jordan.
See above, and also, Israel's government doesn't purposely keep inefficient nationalized industries or bloated bureacracies just to keep unemployment down, as some countries do.

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Tarde with Arab countries is the states only way forward, (in addition to reconstruction of the economic setup).
Besides my response of "no, Israel can develop independent of the Arabs as it has for over 50 years", I repeat my previous question: in what way is Israel opposing trade with Arab countries?

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