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This is a translation of an article that appeared on the Channel 20 news website in 2016. I’ve done this, because a lot of people have questioned the ZEHUT program of helping those Arabs in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza who want to leave.
https://www.20il.co.il/כתבת-וידאו-רוצים-מדינה-הגירה-מואצת-של-ע/
Want a country? Accelerated emigration of Arabs from Judea and Samaria abroad
The Arab media reports on nearly half a million Palestinians who have emigrated over the past decade from Judea and Samaria to the rest of the world. Favorite destination: USA
Aviya Reish, Content Editor, Channel 20 Website, 07 Aug 16,
22:02
The Palestinians admit - emigration of young people from Judea and Samaria abroad is accelerating.
According to the article, there are villages in the Ramallah area, such as Deir Dabwan, which are filled with palaces, most of which are abandoned, or inhabited by the elderly.
A resident of the village of Ramon, east of Ramallah, says that 40 out of 44 of his classmates live in the United States, and that the rest are constantly being offered the opportunity to emigrate, because living in the US is far more comfortable than Palestinian life in Judea and Samaria. According to him, there is an office in Ramallah that coordinates the arrival of Palestinians for interviews to receive a visa at the American Consulate in East Jerusalem, and there are many who use this service.
It was also reported that in a recent survey among residents of the Gaza Strip, 45% expressed a desire to emigrate if they could.
Wondering about their future in the Palestinian Authority
Emigration data over the years has varied by period and has been characterized by ups and downs. Until 1967 migration was a negative trend because the Jordanian government prevented economic development and higher education and people moved to the East Bank - Jordan. Subsequently, Israel opened universities and institutions of higher learing, and then it was possible to see that the negative balance was halted, although it always continued to a certain extent.
During the Oslo period, there was an internal migration, with many hopes, when Israel helped many return. During the war in Kuwait, a large number of Palestinians were deported and many returned to Israel.
But in general, one can point to a trend in recent decades of Palestinians who say that there is no future and hope in Israel.
Many are wondering about their future in the corrupt Palestinian Authority. Therefore, those who can move to the US, Europe, and the Gulf States.
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has demographic implications. If the trend of negative migration continues, it is possible that the conflict will be easier to manage, because the Palestinian bargaining position will weaken.
Professor Eyal Zisser explains in an interview with Sharona Mann on the program “It’s Today”: “It may be that this is a trend. We have clear data on everything that happened in Judea and Samaria during the period of Jordanian rule. There was a trend of negative population growth. Because Jordan did not develop institutions, there was migration from this area to the area of Jordan.”
“We arrived. We developed the area, and this emigration stopped. Since the Oslo Accords, we have no trustworthy and reliable data about what is happening in the area. The young people are voting with their feet, they have no confidence in the leadership or the societies they live in, and are seeking their futures in a better place.”
“The security situation is not simple, nor is the issue of the future. To live under the Palestinian Authority, a government that is not innocent? Is there a chance for a political future that will develop the region? And their thought is apparently that it is better to live in America.”
This is a translation of an article that appeared on the Channel 20 news website in 2016. I’ve done this, because a lot of people have questioned the ZEHUT program of helping those Arabs in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza who want to leave.
https://www.20il.co.il/כתבת-וידאו-רוצים-מדינה-הגירה-מואצת-של-ע/
Want a country? Accelerated emigration of Arabs from Judea and Samaria abroad
The Arab media reports on nearly half a million Palestinians who have emigrated over the past decade from Judea and Samaria to the rest of the world. Favorite destination: USA
Aviya Reish, Content Editor, Channel 20 Website, 07 Aug 16,
22:02
The Palestinians admit - emigration of young people from Judea and Samaria abroad is accelerating.
According to the article, there are villages in the Ramallah area, such as Deir Dabwan, which are filled with palaces, most of which are abandoned, or inhabited by the elderly.
A resident of the village of Ramon, east of Ramallah, says that 40 out of 44 of his classmates live in the United States, and that the rest are constantly being offered the opportunity to emigrate, because living in the US is far more comfortable than Palestinian life in Judea and Samaria. According to him, there is an office in Ramallah that coordinates the arrival of Palestinians for interviews to receive a visa at the American Consulate in East Jerusalem, and there are many who use this service.
It was also reported that in a recent survey among residents of the Gaza Strip, 45% expressed a desire to emigrate if they could.
Wondering about their future in the Palestinian Authority
Emigration data over the years has varied by period and has been characterized by ups and downs. Until 1967 migration was a negative trend because the Jordanian government prevented economic development and higher education and people moved to the East Bank - Jordan. Subsequently, Israel opened universities and institutions of higher learing, and then it was possible to see that the negative balance was halted, although it always continued to a certain extent.
During the Oslo period, there was an internal migration, with many hopes, when Israel helped many return. During the war in Kuwait, a large number of Palestinians were deported and many returned to Israel.
But in general, one can point to a trend in recent decades of Palestinians who say that there is no future and hope in Israel.
Many are wondering about their future in the corrupt Palestinian Authority. Therefore, those who can move to the US, Europe, and the Gulf States.
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has demographic implications. If the trend of negative migration continues, it is possible that the conflict will be easier to manage, because the Palestinian bargaining position will weaken.
Professor Eyal Zisser explains in an interview with Sharona Mann on the program “It’s Today”: “It may be that this is a trend. We have clear data on everything that happened in Judea and Samaria during the period of Jordanian rule. There was a trend of negative population growth. Because Jordan did not develop institutions, there was migration from this area to the area of Jordan.”
“We arrived. We developed the area, and this emigration stopped. Since the Oslo Accords, we have no trustworthy and reliable data about what is happening in the area. The young people are voting with their feet, they have no confidence in the leadership or the societies they live in, and are seeking their futures in a better place.”
“The security situation is not simple, nor is the issue of the future. To live under the Palestinian Authority, a government that is not innocent? Is there a chance for a political future that will develop the region? And their thought is apparently that it is better to live in America.”
