The State of Israel 1948 Population Approximately

The State of Israel (1948) • Population: Approximately 8 million (6. 2 million Jewish citizens, approx. 1. 6 million Palestinian citizens, and approx. 318, 000 other minorities) • Approximately 77% of population = Jewish Of this population: 32% European or American born 21% Israeli born 14. 6% African born 12. 6% Asian born • 20% Non-Jewish Arabs • Official Language: Hebrew

The West Bank • 5, 853 square km. • Population = Just over 2. 5 million people (all Palestinian EXCEPT for approximately 350, 000 Jewish settlers

The Gaza Strip • Size = 360 sq. miles 24 miles long, 10 -12 miles wide • One of most densely populated areas in the world • Population: 1. 5 million (majority refugees) All Palestinian • Over 80% live in poverty • Average of population = 16

Population Shifts 1870 Palestinians 367, 000 (98%) Jews 7, 000 (2%) 1912 1925 525, 000 598, 000 (93%) (83%) 40, 000 (6%) 120, 000 (17%) 1946 1, 237, 000 (67%) 608, 000 (33%) Source: Anna Baltzer - Witness in Palestine: A Jewish-American in Occupied Territories

1, 200, 000 P (67%) 608, 000 J (33%) 1946 Palestine under British Mandate 45% land – P 55% land – J Population: 69% P 31% J 1947 UN Partition Plan 22% Land – P 4 -5 Million Palestinian refugees outside 1949 -1967 Jordan and Egypt controlled dark parts 12% of historic Palestine 2007 with wall