WEEKLY STANDARD
Actually, Palestinians Are Doing Pretty Well Under Israeli Rule
by Jonah Cohen
March 20, 2018

Massive empirical data about life in Israel and the Palestinian territories has been compiled by distinguished Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini and his recently translated 2014 book Industry of Lies shows just how ludicrous the genocide charge is…At the end of the Six-Day War in 1967, when Israel took over the territories from Jordan, the average Palestinian in the West Bank and Gaza expected to live just 49 years…Since 1984, Palestinians have lived an average of 75 years. That’s not only higher than the global average, but longer than the life expectancy in many Arab…countries…Israeli Arabs, meanwhile, have the highest life expectancy in the Muslim world. READ MORE