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Government expected to approve construction of new Arab city
Roni Sofer
Published: 18.07.08, 15:57
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1. Bad idea, another Gaza?
petra ,   usa   (07.18.08)
2. So I assume jews will be allowed to
Jimbob ,   London   (07.18.08)
live there too, or will this just be for the 5th column?
3. Brilliant: Confiscate land from the Druze and give to arabs.
Zionist   (07.18.08)
4. arab city
hy   (07.18.08)
Arabs want a new city, they can go to jordan. Israel does not have enough room. Sheetret has lost his marbles. This government is one of cowards, asskissers, and arab lovers, like olmert's wife Aliza who doesn't mind flyinig to the US to art exhibits.
5. chetrit has invited arafat to eat a couscous !!!
leon cohen   (07.18.08)
how to trust this man !!!
6. Kadima!
Erik   (07.18.08)
Israel's first governing party to make Arab settlement and Jewish expulsion its governing principle.
7. AND WILL A JEWISH TOWN BE BUILT IN SYRIA , ARABIA, EGYPT????
andrew ,   miami,fl   (07.18.08)
STOP BEING SO STUPID ! ! !
8. " CITY DRAWN UP BY ETHNOGRAPY"
ROLAND SEENER ,   LONDON ENGLAND   (07.18.08)
THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC STATE, IS IT NOT?...IT WILL BE ACCUSED OF ADOPTING GHETTO,/ APHARTEID PRINCIPLES.IF AS A JEW I CANNOT LIVE IN THIS NEW MODERN ARAB CITY,AND AS AN ARAB, I CANNOT LIVE IN A JEWISH ONE....SHELVE THE PROJECT!
9. Build this city in Syria or Iran!
(07.18.08)
Most arabs in Israel prefer these regimes rather than Israel. They will be grateful for the first time in their life to the state of Israel!They will be free to live israel apartheid regime lol !!! Liberty to the arabs of israel!!! :))
10. Foolish government - Israel owes arabs zero.
(07.18.08)
The more you do for these people the more they hate you and are ready to kill you. They respect ony strength not weakness. WHEN will you learn?
11. #7 Will a Jewish town be allowed in ISRAEL?
Miriam ,   Israel   (07.18.08)
Israel keeps building Jewish towns and then evicting the Jews from there. That's what happened in Gaza, Amona, Chevron, etc.
12. #6 Right on!
Miriam ,   israel   (07.18.08)
13. Now, don't interpret this is a message biased against
Avraham ,   NYC   (07.18.08)
Israel's Arabs. But with Galillee's population half-Arab, and Israel being first and foremost a Jewish State, should not there be increased efforts to promote Jewish life in the region and encourage olim and Jews from the overcrowded coastal strip to to enjoy better quality of life?
14. Integration not segregation is the solution
Rami ,   Nazareth, Israel   (07.18.08)
As an Israeli-Arab, I strongly object to building an exclusively Arab city in Israel. I believe that Jews and Arabs should be free to live anywhere in the country and not in segregated communities. Leaders who support this project, whether Jews or Arabs, do not have the best interest of the country in mind. The reality is, we all are destined to live together , leadership should have the vision to plan for this common future.
15. Integration ?
Sagi ,   Israel   (07.18.08)
A pipe dream. It will never work because they do not want us and we do not want them. East is East and West is West and ne'er the twain shall meet.
16. Pandering to the 5th column
Arie ,   BaGolan   (07.18.08)
olmert and his gang are doing everything they can to retain power, including surrender to an enemy that would vote for them to continue the surrender process going
17. olmert's plan to build another base for islamofascists
Arie ,   BaGolan   (07.18.08)
18. More Psychotic Behavior from Olmert's Govt. Shas is to blame
BJL ,   us   (07.18.08)
19. Israel You've Got to Be Kidding
Bill ,   US   (07.18.08)
The day after you release the baby killer Kuntar and arrest six Arabs with citizenship for plotting to murder you, your government announces it's going to take your tax dollars to build a new city for young Arab couples to breed new families for you to support. And you wonder why Israelis want German citizenship just in case.
20. creating arab ghetos at taxpayer expanse isnt the solution
zionist forever   (07.18.08)
There are a growing number of arabs in Israel that want the Galalee either as an indipendent entitiy from Israel. Either a fully indipendent state or some degree of law making authrotiy indipendent from Jerusalem. Building whole new exclusive arab cities in the Galalee is only going to add support to this demand. The solution is integration not more seperaation. How many jews in the big cities can say that they share an apartment block with an arab? If the arabs want to live in Israel they need to make more of an effort to integrate into society not live in their own gehtoes they also need to be required by law to do some kind of civiian national service. If the arabs dont want to integrate then they need to ask themselves if they belong in Israel at all. There are alot more worthy projects to spend that money on than the creation of an arab super gheto
21. # 6 NICE
What a SHOCKER!   (07.18.08)
22. I can't comment, I'm totally freaked out.
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (07.18.08)
I tried to write a comment but this just boggled my mind.
23. To #14, Rami
Elianah ,   London, UK   (07.18.08)
I agree. Why not just build a city and allow all who want to live in peace with their neighbors move in, sort of like another Neve Shalom?
24. #14, Wasn't there a pogrom against Jews in Arab town?
AK   (07.18.08)
and recently? Somehow Jews don't fare well living with Arabs, even in their own country, Israel. your attitude seems to be : what's mine is mine and what's your's is mine, as well. That doesn't bode well for integration, just for Arab domination.
25. To Rami-Your suggestion is well and good
Arie ,   BaGolan   (07.18.08)
So explain to me why Arabs are allowed to live where ever they wish, yet Jews are not allowed to live in "Arab towns"?
26. Jewish taxpayers can pay, but
Arie ,   BaGolan   (07.18.08)
Why is it that the Arab community can feel they deserve an exclusive own to be paid for by mainly JEWISH TAXPAYER funds, yet the Arab community demands the right NOT to engage in any form of national service, claiming we are trying to destroy their culture and sense of self? Before the city is even conceived, let the Arab community provide payback to the State - national service is a good Start!
27. new town
Ben ,   US   (07.18.08)
Will Jews be able to live there too ?
28. #15 Sagi: East is East alright!
Cynic #2   (07.18.08)
but I am not sure to whom do you refer when you say West is West. By your inference, you are an Israeli Jew that is 'West', does not belong to the EAST, and that means .......your origins are not from the EAST so what do you base your claims to the Land of Israel on? You are just a European colonizer.
29. I can't stop thinking how to get rid of the already inumerou
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (07.18.08)
arab towns in Israel and this imbecile comes out with this new idea. What a nerd!
30. ANOTHER STUPID OLMERT DECISION!
Claudia ,   Tampa USA   (07.18.08)
When are the Israeli's going to stop bending over backwards to the liberal thought if only we do more they will want peace. Let them live in Nazareth, the city where Jesus grew up is already 80% Arab. Haven't you noticed all the Christian holy places are mobbed with Arabs ready to slap a mosque over anything possible? And Israel doesn't nothing about it.
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