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Hamas wants more babies. Jews should too.

JL;DR SUMMARY In the aftermath of the October 7th attacks led by Hamas, many young Israelis have expressed a renewed commitment to having more children, viewing it as essential for Jewish survival and national resilience. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasJewish ValuesChildrenJewish SurvivalPopulation GrowthCultural DivideFertility RatesFamily NetworksCivilizational Continuity

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"But between 1960 and 1990, Israels fertility rate dipped to 2.6, before climbing back to 2.9 today."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Randalls study, which involved interviews with more than 16,000 Gaza women in Gaza, concluded that the First Intifada was a key driving factor for the surge in marriage and fertility."
Jenin, Palestinian Territories
"Comparatively, of all the Palestinians in the West Bank, 42 percent are children."
Lazio, Italy
"In Italy, Spain, and South Korea, birth rates are so low that populations will shrink by half within the lifetimes of todays newborns."
Madrid Province, Spain
"In Italy, Spain, and South Korea, birth rates are so low that populations will shrink by half within the lifetimes of todays newborns."
Seoul, South Korea
"In Italy, Spain, and South Korea, birth rates are so low that populations will shrink by half within the lifetimes of todays newborns."
England, United Kingdom
"Secular Jewish Israelis also have more children than the norm, despite working long hours, paying high childcare costs, and living in a country that does not offer especially generous parental leave."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"The average Israeli woman has 2.9 children, nearly double that of her peers in Britain (1.6) or France (1.8)."

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