7.8 million Jews (or less)
+ 7 million non-Jews
=
a non-Jewish democracy
or
a tyranny of a narrow and evaporating Jewish majority
A democratic Jewish state cannot survive embracing the non-Jewish populations of the Gaza strip and West Bank.
The math does not work.
Israel is now a country of 9.75 million people. Roughly 20% of them are non-Jews. Many are Arab muslims, a small amount are Arab Christians, and an even smaller amount are not Christian, Jewish, or Muslim (viz. Druze, Bahai, and others).
This means that the Jewish population of Israel is about 7.8 million people. Leaving about 2 million non-Jews.
This number does not include the population of the West Bank and Gaza. Collectively, non-Jews in the West Bank and Gaza make up about 5 million people.
The math is uncompromising. A one state solution including the West Bank and Gaza leaves a population of 7.8 million Jews and 7 million non-Jews: this won’t work. There just aren’t enough Jews.
This is a radical but inescapable thought: the future of this region requires one safe Jewish state with a safe non-Jewish minority, and a second safe non-Jewish state with a safe Jewish minority.
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