On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 14:32, Adam Raizen wrote:
I really find it incredible that you're objecting. A lot of things have been said against the government of Israel, but I haven't heard anyone questioning the statistics it gathers for its own bureaucratic purposes on its own citizens (these data do not include any information on Palestinians in the territories). How might the statistics be biased exactly? Too many or too few Jews? Too large a population, or too small? What would be the purpose of that? (Don't answer, it's a rhetorical question. I'm not going to debate this.)
As long as you cite the source, I have no objections. I don't think there's anything wrong with citing statistics collected by a government. Our citation of the comparable U.S. sources hasn't drawn this much fire.