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2009-09-08 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel OKs hundreds of new WBank settler homes

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Posted by Fred 2009-09-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Happy to hear new home construction is up somewhere!

Posted by Besoeker 2009-09-08 05:33|| 2009-09-08 05:33|| Front Page Top

#2 On the down side, there will be massive south of the border migration to Israel.

Posted by ed 2009-09-08 06:40|| 2009-09-08 06:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Um, did Barak just tell Barack to go pound sand?

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2009-09-08 11:48|| 2009-09-08 11:48|| Front Page Top

#4 my first reaction was this was due to BHO misplaying. BHO, with his muslim world speech (which did not go over well in Israel) and his settlement freeze push (which fails to distinguish Jerusalem from the West bank, and seems soft on pushing the arabs for concessions) has very low approval ratings in Israel. So Bibi felt he had nothing to lose, and much to gain domestically.

But this AM Haaretz says most of these units had already had permits, but not final construction permits. So maybe its not as big a deal as has been made out.

Posted by liberal hawk 2009-09-08 12:29|| 2009-09-08 12:29|| Front Page Top

#5 I wish it were 4,000,000 permits. I also wish the U.S. Feds would pay more attention to OUR border issues. Although with "one man one vote" demography rules - and the Mexican border will defacto shift northward covering southern Arizona and much more...

Posted by borgboy 2009-09-08 14:05|| 2009-09-08 14:05|| Front Page Top

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