One of my Google Alerts is for the search term “israel village” (yes, I’m still an unrepentant agrarian at heart).

This page came up on my search results a little while back, and I keep meaning to highlight it, but haven’t got around to it until now.

The document is in point form, and should take you less than a minute to read.  It begins as follows:

“Social change.” “Social justice.” “Equal rights.” All of these high-minded phrases describe the work of the New Israel Fund family.  But occasionally it is helpful to re-state the basics – in this case, the basic facts about what Israel really looks like as a society.

With this in mind, we have taken a look at Israel as if it were a village with 100 residents.   How would such a village look?

• The village would have 76 Jewish residents, 20 Arabs and 4 others
• Somewhere between half and three-quarters of the Jews would favor moving the Arabs out of the village.

It makes for thought-provoking reading, even if you’re not a fan of the aims and work of the New Israel Fund.