New Statesman - <![CDATA[Yossi Yonah]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/yossi_yonah en <![CDATA[War by other means]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200510310014 http://www.newstatesman.com/200510310014 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GMT Yossi Yonah From the beginning, immigration has been an important weapon to secure the Jewish state. But new citizens from Asia and Africa have challenged Israel's idea of itself and raised deep anxieties

On the eve of every Jewish New Year, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics publishes a report on changes in the population. Faithful to tradition, the latest report was published on 3 October. It showed the total number of Israelis to be almost seven million, excluding 188,000 foreign workers. Of these, 5.3 million are Jewish and 1.4 million are "Arabs" (Muslims, Christians and Druze). Another 299,000 citizens are defined as "others", [...]

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