Am ha-Aretz : Comparative lists of Israel’s area and population
Comparative lists of Israel’s area and population [ Israel ]
There is so much negative attention on Israel in the world’s media and among the world’s politicians. Jihadist and other propaganda often accuses Israel of being “expansionist”. Many people really do not realize how tiny the Jewish State is. To put things in perspective, here are comparisons of Israel’s area and population.
Area:
* 20,770 km� — Israel (excluding disputed territories)
* 22,789 km� — San Francisco Bay Area
* 26,990 km� — Israel (including disputed territories)
* 27,336 km� — Massachusetts
* 1,717,854 km� — AlaskaPopulation:
* 5,364,560 — Israel (non-Arab)
* 5,456,428 — Metro Detroit
* 6,631,100 — Israel (including “Israeli Arabs”, but not Arabs of the disputed territories)
* 7,039,362 — San Francisco Bay Area
* 9,157,540 — Greater Chicago
* 9,628,595 — Israel (including “Israeli Arabs” and PLO Arabs)
* 16,373,645 — Los Angeles and the Southland
* 21,199,865 — New York City and the Tri-state Area(Israel’s population as of the end of 2002. Population of US cities as of 2000.)
In other words, Israel has the territory and the population of a metropolitan area. It is besieged by large and populous dictatorships. Keep this in mind the next time you hear about the big bad “Zionist aggressor”.
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