IMMIGRATION AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC BALANCE IN ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.

The article examines the immigration and demographic balance in Israel and its occupied territories. According to an Israeli government publication, 1990 is a historical year of aliya (immigration) as approximately 200,000 immigrants arrived in the country. Its impact on the Israeli national vision is considered. Information about the Six-Day War in June 1967, threat to the liberal-demographic values, Jewish immigration from the Soviet Union since the second world war and immigration patterns is futher presented.