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men) paid 6,456 NIS taxes less, in Gaza (total 1,890 men) – 8,934 NIS less than he would pay in
Israel proper.
17 “Peace Now” claims that 77% of settlers are those of “quality-of-life.” (see report at
http://www.peacenow.org/policy.asp?rid=&cid=3377). The figures in the report are not supported
by the table and clear-cut statistical analysis.
18 Foundation for the Middle East Peace reports, for example, that on December 13, 1996 (see
Web site at http://www.fmep.org/settlement_info/1996_settlement_timeline.html), the Netanyahu
cabinet approved the restoration of unspecified levels of benefits and subsidies to settlers and to
manufacturing, industrial, and commercial enterprises locating in settlements, which will now
enjoy “A”-level national priority area status. The Rabin government had earlier canceled or
reduced some of these incentives.
19 All of our predecessors excluded Arab voters from analysis for various reasons.
20 Participation in the 2001 Elections dropped to 62.3%.
21 We are grateful to Professor Gary King of Harvard for a discussion on this point.
22 True, if we knew the variances for every statistical area, it would be possible to infer some
statistical statements about individuals as well. Unfortunately, variances are not reported by
statistics, only averages. Still, though not reported, the variances might not be too large. People
prefer to live near their social peers. There are a few “mixed” communities, such as Ramat Gan,
but even in such a community within electoral areas the variance is likely to be small.
23 The first trio is now a standard reference point in every study; see, e.g., Friedlander et al 2002.
24 The Electronic File with the 1996 and 1999 election results was created by the group Mikum
and later sold to the Israeli Statistical Bureau. The number of electoral areas was higher than the
number of statistical areas, about 6,500 in number.
25 There were several more comparatively minor twists in the data, like special balloting urns for
soldiers and diplomats. Due to the small number of eligible voters among the Arabs in East
Jerusalem and the Druze villages on the Golan Heights, all of their electoral and statistical areas
were united in one. This does not affect our research since we are concerned with predominantly
Jewish areas.
26 The country of origin was assigned to the second generation according to how they identify
themselves, even though they were Israeli-born.
27 Israeli statisticians chose to record the number of years spent in study: 0-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-15,
16+, which in fact prevents us from identifying the actual number of people holding BA/BS or