Demographic time bomb defusing: 'Palestinian' birth rate down in Gaza

And this is only what they admit. The Gaza Strip’s Ministry of Interior reported Saturday that 59,154 newborns were registered in 2010 and 3,976 deaths, rates that were both down from the previous year's levels.Director of the ministry’s statistics department, Riyad Az-Zaytouna, said the birthrate decreased by 6,000 compared to 2009 with a less steep decline in the number of deaths.The official