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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (152929)	11/29/2004 10:00:23 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

So you agree that without US aid, Israel would not have survived? Not in its present form anyway? So how much aid do the Palestinians get? Do tell.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (152929)	11/30/2004 7:19:56 AM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"And who wonders why the birthrate in Gaza is 10 babies per woman?" That's an interesting statistic, where is your source? In 1948: assume 500,000 women in a population of 1,000,000.(http://www.pnic.gov.ps/english/Population/Population_Increase.html) At 10 babies per woman one gets 5,000,000 babies in the first generation. Assume a death rate of 50 per 1000 live births for these babies.(over double the reported value)http://www.google.dk/search?q=cache:v7wu8ivbGMgJ:www.moh.gov.ps/annual/2003/0_introduction/8_ind_w.pdf+child+death+rate+in+palestine&hl=da In 1968 2,100,000 women now produce 21,000,000 babies in the next generation. In 1988 the third generation will produce 90,000,000 babies. Here is the interesting part. Since 1948 about 3 generations have passed so by your statistic(10 babies per woman) in 2008 there will be a Palestinian population of at least 80,000,000. The projection for 2020 is a total of 7,500,000. Growing Fast - Palestinian Population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. FAFO Report 353, 2001. (also available at: www.fafo.no/pub/rapp/353/353.pdf)