Israeli-Palestinian demographics.(LETTERS)

Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Your article "Palestinians mull a majority" (Page 1, Feb. 27) notes, "One group of Israeli researchers ... charge that the Palestinian census is riddled with mistakes" However, it fails to explain why.

Here is some of the documentation that supports the researchers' view:

* The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census includes roughly 400,000 overseas residents, 200,000 Israeli Arabs in Jerusalem and about 200,000 emigrants since 1997. Hence, the World Bank shows a 32 percent gap between PCBS figures and actual ...

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