West Bank withdrawal to 'keep country Jewish'
But new study refutes PM's claim, calls Palestinian 'population bomb' a lie
 
HERZLIYA, Israel – Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a national address here yesterday announced his administration will push for a Palestinian state and Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, saying Arabs might soon outnumber Jews and threaten Israel's Jewish character unless the Palestinians quickly are offered a state of their own.
His announcement comes amid a new study presented this week, which contends Olmert's withdrawal policy is based on erroneous data and predicts that in 20 years Jews will outnumber Arabs by two-to-one.

"Olmert needs to immediately redo his forecasts and look at the accurate data," said Bennet Zimmerman, leader of an American research team that released a highly regarded population study earlier this week at Israel's prestigious Herzliya Conference.

"Israel is relying on false Palestinian population statistics and outdated Jewish birth rates to act on unrealistic doomsday scenarios when in actuality Israel has a strong, unthreatened Jewish population for at least the next 20 years. There is no demographic reason whatsoever to withdraw from the West Bank," he said.

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