Anyway, here's what the Beeb has to say:
Kadima was founded on the premise that Israel's long-term survival depends on safeguarding its Jewish majority and preventing Palestinian Arabs becoming the majority at any time in the future.Demography? Now there's a word to cover a multitude of sins, but only Israel's sins. It used to mean the study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics. Now it's a coded expression for colonial settlement, ethnic cleansing and racist laws.
Demography was the motivation for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's withdrawal of troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip last year and Kadima's election pledge to make future "territorial compromises" in the West Bank.
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