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The numbers which appear below in the Official Population Statistics of Judea and Samaria (Yesha), aka the West Bank, are not readily accessible to the general public. They come directly from the Population Registry of Israel's Interior Ministry and are painstakingly gathered and formulated by the office of Knesset Member Yaakov “Ketzaleh” Katz. The growing number of Jews in Judea and Samaria is getting the attention of influential people. Despite headlines of world leaders planning a Palestinian State on Jew-free turf, a slow and quiet Jewish population explosion there has already rendered these designs wholly unrealistic. As of June 30,...

Thursday, July 28, 2005 Palestinian Terms for Peace The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct 'Palestinian people' to oppose Zionism. -- PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein, March 31, 1977 Let us, for the sake...

Aug. 3, 2004 12:21 | Updated Aug. 3, 2004 18:44 MI: Palestinian terror barrel is bottomless By NINA GILBERT Major-General Aharon Zeevi (Farkash), head of the IDF Intelligence branch Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?ssbinary=true&cachecontrol=*%3A0%2C30%3A10+*%2F*%2F*&blobtable=JPImage&blobcol=urlimage&blobwhere=1088910686553&blobkey=id&blobheader=image/jpeg"> Avi Dichter, Head of the GSS (Shin Bet) Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski/Jerusalem PostA week after Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter said that "the Palestinian terrorism barrel has a bottom - and we can get to it", OC Intelligence Maj.-Gen Aharon Ze'evi (Farkash) informed the Knesset Tuesday that Palestinian terror against Israel "has no end and Israel cannot fight terror only through military means." Responding to a question by...

Sarid: My mistake was not speaking strongly enough against Arafat By Mazal Mualem "I don't think I spoke out strongly enough against Yasser Arafat. In retrospect that was a mistake that had a severly detrimental effect on Meretz," MK Yossi Sarid, who resigned last week as chairman of the party in the wake of its failure in the elections, said yesterday at a meeting of the Meretz leadership in Tel Aviv. Sarid said that his failure to distance himself from the Palestinian leader had resulted from Meretz's desire to honor the principle that negotiations should be held with elected representatives....