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The Demography Deniers' Numbers Racket

Doesn't Add Up

Even if the Israelis who take issue with Palestinian census numbers are right, their argument for continuing to rule the West Bank just doesn't add up, writes Gershom Gorenberg.

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Demography denial is back in fashion. It's Israel's equivalent of climate-change denial. Faced with numbers that threaten their ideology, some politicians dismiss the statistics or invent new ones.

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