Why these Islamic ummah.. kingdoms.. heroes of Islam with all the oil money can not give some 50 billion dollars a year to Palestinians to buy those houses that are build by Israelis?? Instead of that they build Mosques in west and some rich rebel character like Osama comes out of Muslim community and idiots like this one spend money to generate nut cases and thugs that kill people for no good reason but International terrorism in the name of Islam..
You do make a very good point here. The houses are well built, and the Palestinians could do with living in areas that are well constructed, democratic and hold a good standard of living. As I understand it, corruption is rife around that region especially amongst Palestinians
http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results(AFP) – 5 days ago
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority has taken "significant steps" to improve governance and tackle rampant corruption but must follow through with implementation, the World Bank said on Wednesday.Any ways HighOctane ., please go through that link and interactive map to realize the problem of Jewish settlements in Palestine.
Sorry - I still am missing something really obvious it seems. I don't mean to frustrate you, honest.
From my understanding, the shallow view of the settlements is this:
1 - Israel wants to show it's power superiority/dominance
2 - Israeli's feel there is a biblical/religious reason to it
3 - That is was formerly their land
To me, all ownership of land is theft anyway, so this discards 3.
Point 2 I do find it hard for Israeli strategists to accepted since I can't imagine sharp Israeli leader's falling for Santa.
As for Point number 1 - I do struggle with this one. Reasons:
- There is so much land in the South
- Israel even formerly funded Hamas when they though religion could do any harm as in the video you've shown
- The general population of Israel feel a need to exert some superiority after all the years of hardship endured
That said, I do also acknowledge the following:
- The Gaza strip is evacuated of Israeli settlements as of 6 years ago. A comparison of living standards between Gaza and the West Bank for a Palestinian would be interesting to research.
- If the West Bank is left to itself, even as a Palestinian state, I wonder how corruption will lead it to become a failed state. If on the other hand Palestinians could be won over, there is higher chance of co-existence with Palestinians living under Israeli governance.
yeezevee, I understand the Palestinians and non-Israeli Arabs as a group are more in the wrong than Israel, but I can't help thinking how if they were to exit the West Bank, then at least all the transport routes they control can lessen the choking of Palestinians in their daily life.
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