Jewish Majority and Arab Minority in Israel—Demographic Struggle
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Jagiellonian University
Publication date: 2007-03-26
Polish Sociological Review 2007;157(1):105-120
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this article is to take a closer look at national Israeli policies in the domain of
population growth. Demography plays a powerful role in understanding the Israeli society and the changes
it has experienced over time. The “demographic struggle” presents the constant effort of the Jewish
population to maintain, regardless of the costs, the numerical majority of the Jews in Israel. The central
means to achieve the demographic dominance are the immigration policies and fertility rate, therefore the
control over these factors of social life is of primary importance to the Israeli authorities. The methods of
managing and influencing the two demographic indicators are discussed in the article in details, since the
differences between the Arab and Jewish communities in this area are crucial. The article presents also
briefly the role of demography in constituting ethnic democracy in Israel