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Yoram Ettinger is an Israeli demographer, diplomat, and right-wing activist. Ettinger is known for advancing the thesis that the Palestinian Authority over-counts Palestinian numbers and fertility, and that Jews will remain a majority within the former territory of Mandate Palestine west of the Jordan River .1 Ettinger's demographic forecasts are widely cited by Israeli right-wing politicians in support of annexation of the West Bank , but have been contested by experts. From 1989 to 1992, Ettinger was the minister for congressional affairs at the Israeli embassy to the United States.2
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Israeli demographer Yoram Ettinger (born 1945) is an Israeli researcher, diplomat, writer, lecturer and consultant to Israeli and US legislators and their staffers.He is an expert on US-Israel relations, Middle East affairs and Jewish-Arab demography.Ettinger is a co-founder of the America-Israel Demographic Research Group (AIDRG), which has documented a 2 million gap in the number of Arabs in Judea & Samaria and Gaza . Ettinger's demographic forecasts are widely cited by Israeli right-wing politicians in support of annexation of the West Bank , but are disputed by professional demographers.
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Israeli demographer Yoram Ettinger ( Hebrew : יורם אטינגר ) is an Israeli researcher, diplomat, writer, lecturer and consultant to Israeli and US legislators and their staffers. He is an expert on US-Israel relations, Middle East affairs and Jewish-Arab demography. Ettinger is a co-founder of the America-Israel Demographic Research Group (AIDRG), which has documented a 2 million gap in the number of Arabs in Judea & Samaria and Gaza . Ettinger's demographic forecasts are widely cited by Israeli right-wing politicians in support of annexation of the West Bank but are disputed by professional demographers.
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israeli demographer
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israeli researcher
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