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PA Admits Inflating Palestinian Population in Judea and Samaria
(Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch - The Palestinian Authority consistently inflates the Palestinian population in Judea and Samaria. In a recent "brief on the status of the Palestinian people at the end of 2025," the PA Central Bureau of Statistics claimed a population of 5.56 million in the State of Palestine, with 3.43 million in the West Bank. Yet, recent PA admissions for upcoming municipal elections reveal that the actual population in Judea and Samaria is at most 2.9 million - 530,000 fewer people than previously claimed. Similar to the death tolls in the war in Gaza, the PA and other Palestinian actors often distort population statistics to promote their political agenda.