[WCUSP] Fwd: [womeninblack] DISTRIBUTE WIDELY PLEASE: Selling Palestine in New Jersey + More on "Settlers to US Jews: Help us to stay"

Sun Feb 18 14:21:21 CST 2007

--- womeninblack] DISTRIBUTE WIDELY PLEASE:
> Selling Palestine in New
> 	Jersey + More on "Settlers to US Jews: Help us to
> stay"
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paula Abrams-Hourani"
> <paula.abrams at chello.at>
> 
> Dear,
> 
> Many on the Women in Black list may already be on
> Diana Dolev's - however, 
> this should certainly be given wide circulation;  it
> is incredibly blatant 
> robbery of Palestinian land.
>
http://www.amana.co.il/Index.asp?CategoryID=108&ArticleID=350
> 
> best wishes,
> Paula
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Diana Dolev" <didolev at netvision.net.il>
> From: Dorothy <dor_naor at netvision.net.il>
> 
>  Dear All,
> 
>  Below is a link to a sale in New Jersey of
> Palestinian land or homes
>  on Palestinian Land in the West Bank (called
> Yesha--Yehuda and
>  Shomron--by these settlers).  It would be great if
> someone could go as
>  a potential buyer and get information about how
> much the land (or
>  homes) is selling for, and where situated.
> 
>  My guess is that if there is a project as this in
> one area, there are
>  others, as well.  Information on such selling of
> Palestinian land
>  would be much appreciated.  If email to me bounces
> (I'll be abroad
>  from March1-April 18), send to info at icahd.org.
> 
>  Thanks, Dorothy
> 
>  
>  From: VOBARON at aol.com 
>  Take a look at this. It's hard to see where it will
> all end.
> Virginia
> 
>  On February 25th, there will be a sale of the land
> of Palestine in
>  Teaneck, New Jersey to illegal colonial settlers:
> 
> 
>
http://www.amana.co.il/Index.asp?CategoryID=108&ArticleID=350
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Paula Abrams-Hourani 
> 
> More on the same.... with a remark by Dorothy Naor
> at the top.
> best,
> Paula 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Diana Dolev 
> 
> Thanks to David for forwarding and to Arieh for
> calling attention to this important item regarding
> selling West Bank lands to American buyers.
>  The Jerusalem Post reveals the details about the
> sale of homes in the West Bank to American buyers. 
> Don't let anyone kid you! State lands are lands
> stolen by the Israeli government from Palestinians. 
> Israel steals and then says the lands belong to it! 
> Hopefully Dror Etkes is right that permits to build
> won't be given, but even if they are not, this does
> not mean that Americans who ideolically believe that
> all of historical Palestine is land God promised the
> Jews won't buy.  And if they do, and if the
> ideological settlers get the money they want and
> apparently need, the building will go on as it has
> till now.  No one and nothing baring a miracle or
> catastrophe will stop them.
> 
> Dorothy
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Arieh Lebowitz 
> 
> FYI, Arieh   See below.  
>  SOURCE
>
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359817633&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
> Settlers to US Jews: Help us to stay
> By Michal Lando and Tovah Lazaroff / The Jerusalem
> Post / February 9, 2007  
> 
> Settlers have appealed to American Jews to save
> their communities by buying homes in the West Bank
> and renting them out to young families at affordable
> rates to help solidify Israel's hold on the area. 
> 
> !!! In a dramatic appeal that showed how the absence
> of government-assisted construction in the West Bank
> has stunted growth, settlers have warned American
> Jews that otherwise Judean and Samarian residents,
> particularly young couples, could leave.  !!! 
> [Emphasis added.]   They have asked United States
> Jews to financially fill in the gap left by the
> Israeli government, which at one time massively
> subsidized West Bank housing. Such help trickled to
> a slow stop this decade and finally dried out this
> year, settlers said. 
> 
>  On February 25 settlers will be in Teaneck, New
> Jersey hoping to entice ideological Americans to buy
> homes in places like Karnei Shomron, Eli, Otniel,
> Kiryat Arba and Shiloh. "Almost all communities in
> Yesha (Judea and Samaria) are full, with no
> possibility of accepting new young couples or
> families," said the Amana Settlement Movement in a
> letter to potential American buyers.  "If we don't
> find a solution now, we will create our own
> population freeze, which may, in turn, begin a
> phenomenon unknown before in Yesha, that of families
> leaving our communities," warned Amana, which is the
> largest and oldest organization that develops land
> in Judea and Samaria. 
> 
> Amana was not assuaged by the 5.2 percent Jewish
> population hike in the West Bank, which was almost
> three times as high as the 1.8% growth registered in
> the rest of the country in 2006. Most of that
> population hike reflects the population increases in
> three large cities and is not reflective of most of
> the communities in the area where growth is
> stagnant.  It's not just the current residents who
> are being dissuaded by the lack of available
> apartments, Amana executive director Alon Farbspein
> told The Jerusalem Post. "A lot of people want to
> live in Yesha and they have no place to go. We need
> to build more," said Farbspein. Building lots are
> available within permissible construction areas in
> the West Bank, it's the funds that are absent,
> Farbspein said. 
> 
>  As evidence that legal construction exists in the
> territories in spite of the international
> condemnation against it, in 2005 the government
> published some 1,500 housing tenders for the West
> Bank. In addition 1,728 homes were constructed. But
> those constructed homes were private, said Emily
> Amrusi, the spokeswoman for the Council of Jewish
> Communities of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip.
> What is absent is subsidized construction, she
> added. 
> 
>  While Amana welcomes American buyers in all legal
> West Bank settlements, in a move that highlights the
> ideological aspect of the campaign, Amana has
> promoted 10 small and mid-size settlements of which
> at least seven are outside the boundaries of the
> security fence. They are also outside of the
> settlement blocs which Israel assumes it will retain
> in a final-status agreement. 
> 
>  In a colorful ad which Amana has taken out in the
> Jewish media, including one that will be sent to
> members of JPost.com, it invites buyers to walk in
> Abraham's footsteps and to help nurture the Zionist
> dream. "This would be an ideological investment,"
> said Aliza Herbst, spokesperson for Pinchas
> Wallerstein, chairman of the Binyamin Regional
> Council. "It is geared towards people who believe it
> is important to have a strong presence in Judea and
> Samaria, answering the needs not only in terms of
> security, but also as far as young families go, this
> is what they can afford."   In light of the focus on
> illegal construction in the West Bank, Amana has
> promised that houses will be built on "government
> lands allocated by the settlement department of the
> World Zionist Organization," and that "proper
> building licenses" will be obtained. 
> 
>  The idea is that Americans would purchase the homes
> and rent them out to settlers, without having to
> deal with the hassles that accompany rental
> properties. Everything from property management to
> rent collection and transfer will be handled by
> Binyanei Bar Amana, a subsidiary housing
> organization of the Amana organization.  The project
> is being billed as an opportunity for American Jews
> to have a say in Israel's future. The Amana campaign
> reminds US Jews that they could leave their
> "thumbprint" on Israel's destiny. 
> 
>  "We are trying to help the settlements grow and
> prosper, and we see it as an investment in Israel's
> future," said Rabbi Pruzansky of Congregation Bnai
> Yeshurun. His Orthodox synagogue in New Jersey is
> hosting the February 25 event with Amana. "We think
> it's good to remind Israelis and the Israeli
> government, that there are Jews in the world that
> believe God gave the land of Israel to the Jewish
> people. It's our job to ensure its survival,
> viability and prosperity and that's the primary
> motivation," Pruzansky said. 
> 
>  He added that he had spoken with a number of his
> congregants who had expressed interest, though some
> of the details of the project still needed to be
> worked out. One concern is whether Americans who buy
> homes would be compensated if the settlements were
> evacuated, Pruzansky said.  
> 
> Houses will be sold starting at $93,000 and will be
> rented out at a minimum of $250 per month, though
> prices will vary. Amana has agreed to arrange
> financing, and provide guided tours of the
> communities in question. Should American buyers wish
> to sell their home, Amana will have the house
> vacated and made ready for sale. 
> 
>  The hope is to kill two birds with one stone:
> Americans who ideologically support the settlements
> can secure land in the territories by building more
> houses, and at the same time ensure that young
> families can continue to repopulate the settlements.
> In Karnei Shomron for example, said Amrusi, 100
> couples married last year. In her home settlement of
> Talmon one third of the residents live in caravans
> or rented basements because there is no housing. 
> 
>  Dror Etkes of the non-governmental group Peace Now
> which monitors the territories said he was skeptical
> that Amana would get permits to build the homes even
> if it persuaded Americans to buy them. Unlike the
> picture presented by the settlers, it was his
> experience that people had a hard time getting rid
> of their homes in the territories. "We know that in
> a few settlements they have trouble getting rid of
> houses. What I think is that they are trying to
> recruit money from outside, so they have more money,
> and better cash flow. They would like to have more
> available money to be used."  Etkes said that Shilo
> and Kiryat Arba, two of the settlements where
> Americans can choose to build, had empty houses. 
> 
>  So far Amana has enlisted New York State
> Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who represents the 48th
> District, a largely Orthodox area of Brooklyn.
> Hikind, who was a follower of Rabbi Meir Kahane's
> Jewish Defense League, returned from Israel last
> week where he met with a range of Israeli
> intellectuals to discuss the role of American Jews
> in Israel, and plans to promote the project full
> force. To start, Hikind said he will be purchasing
> one of the houses together with a friend. "Whenever
> I speak about the situation in Israel people always
> ask me what they can do," said Hikind. "I'm going to
> give them something to do, something very real to be
> proud of. It's like Israel Bonds, making a
> commitment to the land of Israel, not just in words,
> but also in action." Hikind said he intends to do
> everything he can to "get the message out." Asked
> whether he was concerned about American Jews who are
> politically opposed to buying land in the
> settlements, Hikind said "there are enough people in
> the Jewish community who care deeply about the land
> of Israel and this is about investing in the land of
> Israel." 
> 
>  Greer Faye Cashman and Shelly Paz contributed to
> this report.
> his article can also be read at
>
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359817633&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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