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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Jewish 76.5%, Muslim 15.9%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2003)
Above is a breakdown of religions in Israel from the World Fact Book.
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But before the Zionism trend pre-1900s, there were actually hardly any Jews living in Israel. Only about 10,000 I believe. I'll look up the numbers later.
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http://i-cias.com/e.o/israel_5.htm
Until 1948-51, Jews were a minority in what is now called Israel.
In a scant 100 years, they went from 12,000 to over 1 million. They only comprised of 12-30% of the population until the end of WWII.
I believe Israel has a right to exist because we can't go back in time, but it is not hard to see why the Arabs of the region have resisted their presence.