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Originally Posted by yezhanquan
@balde: demographics. I'm sure the Internet knows more about that than I do.
Both SH and I come from a place which has been compared to Israel. So, we do have an inkling or two on the sense of being surrounded.
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what demographics ?
while i'm not exactly sure about the details of Singapore, i do know that in 1948 you had 600,000 jews in israel surrounded by 150 million arabs
60 years have passed, and now there are almost 6 MILLION jews in israel
the demographics were even MORE against israel in 1948, and its only became larger and more powerful with time
its army is the strongest in the mid east, with a defence alliance with the US
its industry's only expending (it just got into OCED this month)
and its GDP per capita is practically at European levels
from where i'm looking, israel's existence NOW, seems infinity more likely then it did in 1948
and i'm not really sure why so many people seem to think its existence now is on "borrowed time"
who's going to end it exactly ?