Isreal's Growth Recorded By THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, November 27, 1970-39 (co E pyright imoSJ A T L APE Z R 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. SMOKE SALE! 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. Due to a fire on our block we are having a STORE WIDE SALE. 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