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bThe young soldier is sent back into civilian life at the age of btwenty-one, and only then can he begin his career. The Arab is bfree from military service. He is free to work and make money at beighteen and to marry early—another factor that is not immedi- bately perceived in the cold statistics of the Central Bureau. bAnd then, of course, there is abortion, almost exclusively a bJewish phenomenon in Israel. Even before the Knesset passed bthe murderous abortion law a few years ago, the Ministry of bHealth admitted that there were around 40,000 abortions a byear. To quote the Jerusalem Post (March 10, 1978): “Many phy- bsicians and sociologists believe the actual number is much bhigher. With the new liberalized abortion law already in the bbooks, this rate of ‘natural decrease’ will grow even more sharp- bly.” Indeed, and so much more so that it is estimated that each byear close to 100,000 Jewish babies are legally murdered in Is- brael. As the younger generation of Sephardic Jews comes more band more under the influence of leftists and the secular educa- btional system, its traditionalism, the greatest factor in large fam- bilies, will be eroded even more. bThis decline in Jewish birthrate more than matches any bdrop in the Arab birthrate which will take generations to be bmeaningful. Dr. Moshe Hartman goes even further and claims: b“Contrary to expectations, industrialization and urbanization bhas not reduced the Arab birthrate, which is among the highest bin the world” (Jerusalem Post, March 3, 1978). The reason is bclear. The tremendous economic growth given the Arab sector bby Jewish liberalism has made it possible for the Arabs to have bchildren without economic struggle. And, of course, that is the bresult of the Israeli welfare-state policy which, in the words of bOra Shem-Or, “encourages greater reproductivity in the Arab bsector thanks to the monthly grants paid for each child” (Yediot bAharonot, May 8, 1978). bThe Jewish subsidizing of the Arab birthrate is only one bmore disastrous aspect of a policy that stems from fear of world breaction to “discrimination” and liberal guilt feelings that, once bagain, are at odds with and overcome both Jewish tradition and bcommon sense. What is even more outrageous is the statement bby Dr. Hartman before the Knesset Committee on Aliyah and bAbsorption: “Whereas in all countries suffering from boverpopulation, there exists a policy of family planning, we have b
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