Near East: the demographic factor in the Arab-Israeli conflict

Gérard-François Dumont (1)

1 MÉDIATIONS - Sciences des lieux, sciences des liens

The Near East is now in the throes of its eleventh war since 1948, the belligerents having been Israel and, depending on the year, armies or groups from the Arab world. The mainsprings of the discord are not only geopolitical or religious. Demographic history offers another key with which to decrypt the conflicts in the region. Here is a timeline of some of the main facts.

Mots clés: Middle East; war; Israel; Palestinian Territories; Palestine; geopolitics; migration; mortality; birth rate

Domaines: Science politique; Démographie; Géographie

Gérard-François Dumont. Near East: the demographic factor in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Population&Avenir, 2024, 766, ⟨10.3917/popav.766.0003⟩. ⟨hal-04495287⟩