(Huffington Post) Jonathan Adelman - In May 1948, Israel was a tiny state of 800,000 Jews and Arabs that suffered 6,400 deaths fighting five Arab states with almost 50 million people. Israel's population today is 8.6 million. Some 3.6 million Jews have moved to Israel since 1948, and immigration continues at over 25,000 a year, mainly from Russia, Ukraine, France and the U.S. Nearly 60% of Israel is the Negev desert, leaving the 92% of Israelis who don't live there only 3,400 square miles, less than one thousandth the area of the U.S. Israel, recognized by over 160 countries, is developing new relationships with key future powers. Israel has nearly $10 billion in trade with China and $4 billion with India. The writer is a professor at the School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
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