Israel/Occupied Territories 
Facts
Population:
5,938,093 (July 2001 est.)
note:
includes about 176,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, about 6,900 in the Gaza Strip, and about 173,000 in East Jerusalem (August 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
27.36% (male 831,523; female 792,982)
15-64 years:
62.73% (male 1,869,114; female 1,855,707)
65 years and over:
9.91% (male 253,105; female 335,662) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.58% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
19.12 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.75 male(s)/female
total population:
0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
7.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
78.71 years
male:
76.69 years
female:
80.84 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.57 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.08% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
2,400 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Israeli(s)
adjective:
Israeli
Ethnic groups:
Jewish 80.1% (Europe/America-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab) (1996 est.)
Religions:
Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
Languages:
Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
95%
male:
97%
female:
93% (1992 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $110.2 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5.9% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $18,900 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
4%
industry:
37%
services:
59% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
2.8%
highest 10%:
26.9% (1992)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.1% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
2.4 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
public services 31.2%, manufacturing 20.2%, finance and business 13.1%, commerce 12.8%, construction 7.5%, personal and other services 6.4%, transport, storage, and communications 6.2%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.6% (1996)
Unemployment rate:
9% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$40 billion
expenditures:
$42.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
high-technology projects (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, diamond cutting
Industrial production growth rate:
7% (2000)
Electricity - production:
35.437 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
99.89%
hydro:
0.11%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
31.899 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
1.061 billion kWh (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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(Pro-Palestinian), Ramallah West Bank
http://www.al-ayyam.com/
(Palestinian), Jerusalem
http://www.alhayat-j.com/
Al-Ittihad
(Communist Party organ Arab-language), Haifa
Al-Nahar
(Palestinian), Jerusalem
(Pro-Palestinian Authority), Jerusalem
http://www.alquds.com
Al-Sennara
(Independent Arab-language weekly), Tel Aviv
Al-Talia
(Arab-oriented communist weekly), Jerusalem
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For several years, it seemed as though cultural relations between Israel and Egypt were gradually being woven. But things have changed in the last few years, since the Al-Aqsa Intifada broke out.
One day the world will wake up. The two-state solution or the wish of full Israeli control is not possible. It can be taken by force perhaps, but is not a viable long-term solution.
According to a report by Peace Now, the expansion of Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem has accelerated since the November 2007 "peace conference" between Olmert and Abbas.
Why should what worked in Northern Ireland—indeed, what was pressed on Britain by the United States—be unthinkable in the Middle East? Are we in the West guilty of double standards yet again?
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