Isreal's Growth Recorded By
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 27, 1970-39
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Israel's Statistical Yearbook has
grown to some 700 pages of tab-
ulated facts and . figures. When
the current volume was sent to the
printers, it could report Israel's
population to be just 20,000 short
of 3,000,000,000. This includues
Jews and Arabs within Israel's
pre-June 1967 boundaries plus the
population of East Jerusalem, re-
united with the western part of the
city. The figure does not, of
course, include the million or so
Arabs living in the Israel-held ter-
ritories of Judea, Samaria and the
Gaza Strip.
Life expectancy in Israel is
among the highest. For Jews, it is
70 years for men and 73 years for
women. The corresponding figures
for Arabs are slightly lower. (East
Jerusalem's lower figures cut
somewhat the overall high aver-
ages for Israeli Arabs.) Still,
Arabs in this country have longer
life expectancy than in any Arab
country. "Progressive" or "reac-
tionary" alike.
Israel must be a good country
to look for a husband. In 1969
there were twice as many bache-
lor men as single girls in the
20.29 age group.
Marriage between Jews born
in Western countries and Jews
from Asia and North Africa
is now beginning to reach signifi-
cant proportions. As against 5 per
cent of the Asian and North Afri-
can bridegrooms who took "Ash-
kenazi" brides in 1959, the ratio
doubled by 1969 to 10 per cent.
Some 18,000 people died in Is-
rael in 1969. Of them, 3,000 died
of cancer, two of polio, two as a
result of abortion and 340 in road
accidents. These accidents took
more lives than Egyptian, Jordan-
ian, Syrian and terrorist activities
put together.
In 1969 Israel also lost another
estimated 7,000-8,000 people
through emigration. No exact
figures are available since many
of those leaving to settle abroad
do not declare themselves emi-
grant on departure. Of the 200,-
41)0_1sraells who left the coun-
try in its 22 years of existence
but have not returned, only
about 100,000 left as emigrants.
The others say that they intend
to come back at some later
date.
As for economic matters, the
dramatic annual increase in the
GNP is slowing down. In 1968, it
was 15 per cent higher than the
previous year. In 1969, the increase
was 12 per cent and the estimate
for 1970 is about 8 per cent. But
private consumption, which in the
past rose almost as fast as the
National Product (and sometimes
even faster)actually dropped by 2
per cent in 1969, compared to 1968
when it represented a 7.5 per cent
rise over the previous year. The
recent drop was causd primarily
by considerably lower purchases
of durable household goods, main-
ly TV sets, washing machines, re-
frigerators, etc. Every second Is-
raeli household now has a tele-
vision set, quite a high proportion,
considering that regular broad-
casts started only three years ago.
Every third home has a telephone,
though, during peak hours, it may
seem that every home has three
phones.
Tonnage of ships sailing under
Israeli flags grew more than
five-fold in ten years. In 1959,
there were 50 ships with a total
of 375,000 tons; in 1969, there
were 110 shins with over 2,000,-
000 tons. Besides, scores of tank-
ers, bulk-carriers and cargo
ships totaling many hundreds of
thousands of tons, sail under
flags of convenience.
There are 120 museums in Is-
rael. The largest number — 44 —
are museums of archeology and 22
are museums of history. It reflects
the exceedingly vivid icterests of
the people in their past and the
very lively excavating activity ac-
European Parliament
Approves Israel Treaty
STRASSBOURG, France (JTA)
—The plenary reunion of the Eu-
ropean Community Parliament has
approved the commercial treaty
signed last June with Israel.
This resolution, which was adopt-
ed by all parliaments of European
members countries, excluding Com-
munist delegates, underscores,
among other things, that only a
customs union or free exchange
area can satisfactorily solve eco-
nomic relations between the Euro-
pean community and Israel.
This Week in Jewish History
(From the files of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency) -
40 Years Ago This Week: 1930
The Jewish Agency formally declared that the British White Paper
was "incompatible" with the Palestine Mandate and "conceived in a
spirit which is not that of a government seriously interested in the
establishment of the Jewish National Home."
The secretary of the New York State Board of Medical Examiners
said "anti-Jewish" policies at medical schools were based primarily
on geography and not on conscious discrimination.
Three Catholic monks startled a Viennese Jewish congregation by
entering and saying kadish for Baron Otto von Taussig, a Jewish
convert to Christianity.
10 Years Ago This Week: 1960
The United States Army agreed to investigate charges by the
Jewish War Veterans that an ex-Nazi general employed at the Dachau
site had claimed the concentration camps were built after the war
by the Allies.
West Germany rejected attorney Robert Servatius' request for aid
to Adolf Eichmann's defense fund, explaining: "The case does not
come under the legal protection ordinarily accorded German citizens
abroad."
Germany's Social Democrats resolved that "the establishment of
diplomatic relations (with) Israel has become both necessary and
possible."
Israel said that "if a solution by integration in the Arab world
were actually carried out," she would compensate refugees for prop-
erty left behind "even before the achievement of a final peace settle-
ment or the solution of other outstanding problems."
Bnai Brith Millet chairman Dr. William Haber said Jewish colle-
giate enrollment was up 8.5 per cent and the religious quota system
"is today virtually dead."
Johannes Kremer, selection doctor at Auschwitz who served 10
years in Poland, was given a suspended 10-year sentence in Germany.
Archeologists north of Tel Aviv found a large stone with letters
carved by King Antiochus III of Syria and Chief Priest Ptolemy.
Joseph Ariel, former Israeli ambassador to Belgium and re-
searcher at the Yad Vashem Memorial Authority, charged that 16 key
Nazis were advisors to Egyptian President Garnet Abdel Nasser.
Dr. Franz Schlegelberger, Nazi deputy minister of - justice, was
allowed by a Dusseldorf court to continue on a 1700-a-Month pension
because he "did not act contrary to law" in creating Nazi laws and
ordering the execution of a Jewish prisoner.
The American Nazi Party, claiming it was illegally deprived of
the right of public assembly, sued the Anti-Defamation League, the
U.S. Interior Department, and the Washington Corporation Counsel,
General Hospital and district commissioners.
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companying it. Next come art
museums — 16 in number fol-
lowed by a meager six .science
museums, surprisingly few in a
highly science - conscious a n d
science-oriented country like Is-
rael.
Publishing figures confirm that
Israelis are People of The Book.
In 1969 over 2,000 new titles were
published. Novels topped the list
with 186 titles, followed by 171
titles on Judaica and 145 titles of
children's books. With an average
5,400 copies for each title, it adds
up to over 11,000,000 copies, or
almost four books for each man,
woman and child, Jew and Arab,
veteran or new immigrant.
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