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Group Vies
With Settlers

Jerusalem (JTA) — Jewish
settlers in the administered
territories say their
numbers are growing, but
the dovish Peace Now
movement maintains the
settlers will always remain a
tiny fraction of the popula-
tion there.
Both sides cite statistics to
back up conflicting claims
over the effect the intifada is
having on the demographic
balance in areas beyond the
pre-1967 lines.
Jewish settlement leaders
point with pride to a virtual
doubling in their numbers
since the start of the intifada
exactly five years ago.
But officials of Peace Now
cite statistics showing the
settlers are still — and will
remain — a negligible
percentage of the overall
population in the territories.
Observers connected with
neither movement, like
demographer Meron
Benvenisti, say both sides
are guilty of tenden-
tiousness, though both make
points that deserve serious
consideration.
Peace Now, in a report
based on official government
statistics, predicts the Pales-
tinian population of the
West Bank and Gaza Strip
will top 2 million in 1993.
The report cites a continu-
ing high birthrate and a re-
cent upswing in immigra-
tion into the areas, ap-
parently in the aftermath of
the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
According to the report,
the present population of the
territories includes 1.7 mill-
ion Palestinians and 109,000
Jews, or 94 percent as
against 6 percent.

The only area where Jew-
ish settlement may have
brought about a change in
demography is the hilly re-
gion south of Hebron, which
was always sparsely
populated by Palestinians.
Other than that, says the
report, there is no specific
area of the West Bank or
Gaza Strip where the Jews
come anywhere near to out-
numbering the Palestinians.

The report counts 144 set-
tlements in areas beyond the
pre- 1967 borders. In 107 of
them, the Jewish population
is less than 500 souls; in 27,
the Jewish settlers number
less than 100.
A settlement umbrella
group, on the other hand,
says 115,000 Jews were liv-
ing in the territories at the
beginning of 1992, rising to
126,000 today.

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