that leave the country all the time, because can't find a job or a place to stay.

Judea and Shomron are JEWISH! They are occupied by illegal arab settlers. We Jews were here before them and we will be here when they are gone.

Dream on though

I would say that a large percentage of the moves are due to the hosing prices in the city. Why remain in a city when you can buy a larger house, cheaper in a nearby town? Many will stay in the center because that's where most of the jobs are.

Duh, high rents, and Haredi and ultra orthodox are taking over large areas making it harder for secular residents to live there. Also many Israelis are leaving the country before the war starts, as are olim who can't find jobs or reasonably priced rentals. High food prices are also a driving factor since the prices are higher in the capital,and other big cities compared to smaller towns. Infact the closer you atre to the arab towns the cheaper the price of food!

and no amount of BS coming from your mouth and the mouths of countless muslums can change the facts. It was and shall always be Hashems. And he gave it to us to hold forever

Nope, # 4 is not funny nor should he dream on. You see you hateful little jerk, every inch of this land you place your feet on belongs to Israel. All of it. The West Bank included, is ours. Accept it or deny it, all the land of Israel belongs to Israel.

moan that Olim are leaving, others are leaving blah blah blah blah. You guys must be on drugs... Were Israel so piss poor as you would like to believe, would you have over 200K illegals there in the country working for you, with many more wanting to reach Israel inorder to simply survive? Would you have over 50K Philipinas in Israel caring for the elderly and the very young? Would the hostile Arab population who derive benefits from you, stay? They wouldnt stay in Israel were you that piss poor. They are not that dedicated to the "LAND" of Palestine as they would like you to believe. Seriously your whining and moaning is getting very old. Israel is doing well if not great..that is a fact.

We left Jerusalem in 1997 after living there for 17 years. Thank goodness we left when we did - for the most part, the city has become a filthy slum. The middle class is nearly all gone. The Arab and Haridi sectors continue to grow at alarming rates and are poorer than ever. In 1998 we bought a 5 room apartment in Modiin along with a brand new car with the money we received for our 3 room apartment in Ramat Eshkol - and we had money left over. Unless you're ultra-orthodox or mega-rich and living in one of the few remaining wealthy neighborhoods like Yemin Moshe, Baka or Rechavya-Talbia, I can't understand why anyone would want to live in Jerusalem.

They can't find jobs, 23,000,000 American''s are looking for work, Half of College Graduates haven't found jobs since they graduated, many have returned home Unemployement in Spain is at 50%, Greece isn't much better THE WORLD IS A RECESSION !!

Because if I forget Jerusalem may my right arm whither.

What does world recession have to do with Jerusalem. What does Machal have to do with your identity? You are lost, blowing your brain in the wind, buddy.

The article talks about the shrinking of all large Israeli cities (including tel Aviv), yet the headline refers to Jerusalem only. Seems someone is trying to make this story fit their agenda.

You see Birdi, I never said that the land of Israel didn't belong to Israel (which is an utter nonsense to say since its obvious). What I said is that the West Bank isn't Israel and never will be yours since Jews cannot claim it as theirs. The Israeli army is occupying it and Jewish settlers are building illegally on it (with complicity of the Israeli gov). Because you see, if you knew a little bit of history of your land, you'd knew that this land has been under constant colonization starting from day 1 (much before that Jews or even the word jews were invented). Jews aren't more of land owners than Palestinians, ottomans, Canaanite, Romans, or anything else I can forget. It's not because some book written thousands ago says something that it makes it right. And certainly not a reason to kill people

Mioonaires have funds to fall back on Have millions of dollars to fall back on 200- Millionaires, you have a census of some sort ? It could have been 198 or 210, An exact figure shows that you're fibbing I have brains, as for yourself, I doubt it, Taking your nonsensical posts into consideration You had once said to me, that you would never do anything to harm Israel, you've done nothing but The difference is that I stayed and you high-tailed back the U.S. with your tail between your legs One thing that I'm glad about, you weren't in my Yechida, I would had to watch my back & font

It's not up to me to hunt for them You better beleive Ithat I'll watch my back, with the likes of you anywhere near me

Judea and Samaria are the historical heartland of Israel with Jerusalem at their center. These areas are and always will be part of Israel

& Jerusalem I know that you're a coward, you have admitted it by fleeing, I know that I'm Machal, yiou have to prove it to be otherwise, all we have is our word, which we all know isn't worth a single turd

resume your game of pocket pool, don't forget to wash your paws afterwards

I have a great idea, contact your local Sears store, buy one of their treadmills so you can practice running faster

Gregg is entitled to his opinion I don't necessarily agree with him but that's the way the cookie crumbles lol.

DEAR ALL.... YOU FORGET THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE OSLO PEACE ACCORD SIGNED BY ISRAEL.... WE ARE NEGOTIATING A LASTING PEACE.... SHANA TOVA.... GERSHON....