Comments on: Israel http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/09/04/israel/ Thinking Ahead Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:46:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: leah http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/09/04/israel/#comment-635 leah Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/?p=317#comment-635 I'll tell you why people live in Maaleh Adumim. It's 10 minutes from Jerusalem. It costs an average of $150,000 - $175,000 to buy a 3 bedroom apartment here, as opposed to double that in Jerusalem. It used to be Jordan - pre-1967. For most people living there, it's just another suburb. People in Jerusalem, both Jews and Arabs, do not consider people living in Maaleh Adumim to be "settlers". I live in Maaleh Adumim. I moved there because my elderly dad lived there and I wanted to be close to him. Since, my kids have their schools and friends there, and it's difficult to up and go. That green line is imaginary to me anyways - made by politicians. We should be living together anyways and not be partitioned by walls and checkpoints. I'd feel alot guiltier had I lived in Ramat Aviv in Tel Aviv where an Arab village was destroyed in 1948 to make way for this "trendy" neighborhood. I’ll tell you why people live in Maaleh Adumim. It’s 10 minutes from Jerusalem. It costs an average of $150,000 – $175,000 to buy a 3 bedroom apartment here, as opposed to double that in Jerusalem. It used to be Jordan – pre-1967. For most people living there, it’s just another suburb. People in Jerusalem, both Jews and Arabs, do not consider people living in Maaleh Adumim to be “settlers”. I live in Maaleh Adumim. I moved there because my elderly dad lived there and I wanted to be close to him. Since, my kids have their schools and friends there, and it’s difficult to up and go. That green line is imaginary to me anyways – made by politicians. We should be living together anyways and not be partitioned by walls and checkpoints. I’d feel alot guiltier had I lived in Ramat Aviv in Tel Aviv where an Arab village was destroyed in 1948 to make way for this “trendy” neighborhood.

]]> By: The Sudanese Thinker » Thieves! http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/09/04/israel/#comment-634 The Sudanese Thinker » Thieves! Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:52:36 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/?p=317#comment-634 [...] Building settlements on Palestinian territory = stealing land. It’s wrong and it’s super wrong. Period! You can criticize and say whatever you want to say but justifying this latest move as okay and saying no problemo is one very big gigantic problemo in my opinion. More stuff related to this here, here and especially here. [...] [...] Building settlements on Palestinian territory = stealing land. It’s wrong and it’s super wrong. Period! You can criticize and say whatever you want to say but justifying this latest move as okay and saying no problemo is one very big gigantic problemo in my opinion. More stuff related to this here, here and especially here. [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/09/04/israel/#comment-633 Patrick Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:33:52 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/?p=317#comment-633 Oh yeah, that's what I meant. I'll edit it. Oh yeah, that’s what I meant. I’ll edit it.

]]> By: Joel http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/09/04/israel/#comment-632 Joel Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:37:45 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/?p=317#comment-632 "building 700 new settlements" What? The article says 700 HOMES in TWO SETTLEMENT BLOCKS. “building 700 new settlements”

What?

The article says 700 HOMES in TWO SETTLEMENT BLOCKS.

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