How Have the Israeli and Palestinian Populations Grown, and Why Are the Numbers Disputed?
Israel grew from 2 million to over 10 million; the West Bank and Gaza from 2 million to 5.4 million. The growth, and why the counts behind it are disputed.
Does the Media Accurately Report Israel’s Ceasefire Violations? Reading the Circulating Totals, the Endorsed Text and Each Party’s Own Record
Why Is Israel Blocking UNRWA From Delivering Aid to Gaza? Reading the Two Knesset Laws, Israel’s Own Intelligence Counts and the UN Inquiries
Did Israel Forcibly Displace Arabs During Its War of Independence? Reading the Archives, the 1949 Count and the Absentee Statutes
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Can Only Jewish People Easily Get Israeli Citizenship? Reading the Law of Return, Its 1970 Amendment and the Bureau’s Counts
Israel’s Law of Return gives Jews a direct route and extends it to five classes of non-Jewish relatives. The statutes, counts and court record.
Is Israel an Ethnostate? Reading the Basic Laws, the 1997 Typology and the Bureau’s Population Count
Israel’s 2018 Basic Law reserves self-determination to Jews. The statutes, the ethnic-democracy typology and the official counts, read in full.
Does Israel Deny Palestinian Refugees the Right of Return and Their Property? Reading the 1974 Vote, the Statutes and the Land Record
Israel voted against resolution 3236 in 1974, 89 to 8. Its entry statutes, the 1950 absentee laws and the land record show what followed.
What Role Did Herzl Play in the Concept of a Jewish Supremacist State? Reading the Founding Text, the Dissenting Records and the Statutes
Israel’s 1948 Declaration credits Herzl with convening the 1897 congress; a clause making self-determination exclusive to Jews was enacted in 2018.
Israel & Anti-Zionism
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How Does Zionism Relate to White Supremacy? Reading the 1975 Vote, Israel’s Statutes and the Measured Surveys
A 1975 UN vote classed Zionism as racism and was revoked in 1991. Israel’s statutes, birth counts, typologies and surveys, read against the claim.
What Role Did Antisemitism Play in the Rise of Zionism? Reading the Founding Texts, the Basel Program and the Rival Platforms
How Does Israel Use Military Seizure Orders for Land? Reading the 1979 Judgment, the 1967 Order and the Government’s Own Review
How Did Israel’s Intelligence Services Fail to Recognize Hamas’s Attack Plans? Reading the Agencies’ Own Reviews, the State Audit and the Scholarship
What Are the Historical Patterns of Discrepancies in Gaza Casualty Reporting? Reading Four Wars’ Paired Tolls, the Ministry’s Own Lists and Two Estimates
Which States and International Bodies Accuse Israel of Genocide? Reading the Court Filing, the Dated Statements and Israel’s Own Records
Can Uncultivated Palestinian Farmland Be Expropriated? Reading the 1858 Code, the 1979 Judgment and the Statutes on Record
Do Palestinians Have a Legal Claim to the Land Based on Indigeneity? Reading the Court Record, the Land Codes and the Enacted Texts
Does the IDF Have a High Tolerance for Civilian Casualties? Reading Israel’s Stated Test, the Reported Thresholds and Each Party’s Own Counts
Does the Gaza Ceasefire Plan Offer a Path to Palestinian Statehood? Reading Point 19, the Council Vote and Each Party’s Own Words
How Is Jewish Identity Tied to the Land of Israel? Reading the Founding Texts, the Dissenting Platforms, the Statutes and the Population Record
Is the Destruction of Cultural Heritage by Israel a War Crime? Reading the Treaty Elements, the Verified Site Inventory and the Prosecution Record
We Read Four of the Gaza Health Ministry’s Own Fatality Lists. What Do They Record About Women and Children?
Why Is the IDF Called the Israeli Occupation Forces? Reading the Founding Order, Israel’s Own Record and the Measured Corpora
Narratives & Tropes
View allIs AIPAC a Grassroots Organization? Reading Its Tax Return, the FEC Filings and the Lobbying Register
AIPAC calls itself grassroots on its 2025 Form 990. The same return reports no dues revenue and 42 volunteers; FEC filings show how its money arrives.
Does AIPAC Influence Media Coverage of Israel? What the Filings and the Coverage Counts Record
Campaign-finance filings, congressional travel disclosures, published coverage tallies and survey trends, and what each one actually records.
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