Israel’s six-decade demographic shift

Via Andrew Sullivan we get a pretty stark look at the formation of the Jewish state over the past six decades.

I don’t really see an end to the suffering of either the Israelis or the Palestinians any time soon, let alone any reason to believe America will extract itself from this conflict.  I wonder how long it will be before the map is all white, with no green at all save perhaps the Gaza reservation?  I wonder if there is any other way?

It is a terrible tragedy, no matter which way you spin it.  Here’s the latest from Haaretz:

Some 50,000 new housing units in Jerusalem neighborhoods beyond the Green Line are in various stages of planning and approval, planning officials told Haaretz. They said Jerusalem’s construction plans for the next few years, even decades, are expected to focus on East Jerusalem.
Most of the housing units will be built in predominantly Jewish neighborhoods beyond the Green Line, while a smaller number of them will be built in Arab neighborhoods. The plans for some 20,000 of the apartments are already in advanced stages of approval and implementation, while plans for the remainder have yet to be submitted to the planning committees.

There will be no end to the settlements, only an end to the Palestinian West Bank