(Ha'aretz) Amnon Rubinstein - Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics reports a dramatic narrowing of the gap in the standard of living between Israeli Jews and Arabs. In 1986-87, only 9 percent of Arab families owned a car. In 2000, this figure had increased to 46 percent - only 10 percent less than the Jewish sector. The number of telephone lines reaching Arab households has gone from 33 percent to 85 percent - again only 10 percent less than among Jews. Computer ownership in Arab homes rose from 2 percent to 21 percent, compared to about 50 percent in Jewish households.
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