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Saudis discover Jaffa
Ofer Petersburg
Published: 30.03.08, 13:54
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1. good!
(03.30.08)
no more arabs please!
2. Hope
Khalil ,   Cairo, Egypt   (03.30.08)
I just hope they're not buying these homes as investments to be sold later to Zionists. I am hoping that the said businessmen are doing this to help out Israeli Arabs being pressured to sell by Zionists. Also seeing as these lands are Arab property and should remain so. If this is so, then your downfall is one step closer oh people of ZIon.
3. do not allow this at all!
(03.30.08)
do not allow foreign arab influence into israel through real estate. this is what they are doing in europe and look what is happening there. do not allow this to happen. money is not everything. keep your country free of more arabs. also, take to court anyone that refuses to sell to jewish realestate companies and individuals. this in america constitutes racial discrimination and is not allowed. fight this trend legally. also, insist that if jews and israelis are not allowed access to real estate in arab lands and countries, no arab that is a foreigner is allowed to purchase israeli properties as well. money should not be the issue. the issue is keeping your country's identity jewish.
4. if we dont want Israel owned by rich arabs laws are needed
zionist forever   (03.30.08)
We need laws which prevent an enemy state buying up property in Israel. Once the whabis start spending billions in arab Jaffa. Allthough it sounds good right now it could all end up backfiring and we will have a rich arab Jaffa where all the tourists are going to want to go spend their money at the expense of Tel Aviv which doesnt have these private billonare investers and it could also increase the arab presence in the area. We need to put a stop to things like this before arabs all over Israel start selling up to rich arabs from abroad and we sell Israel piece by piece.
5. WAKE UP
ANTI ZIONIST ,   YERUSHALAYIM   (03.30.08)
ZIONIST FOREVER YOU ARE NOT. YOU ARE DONE. ZIONISM IS FINISHED. THERE IS ONLY ISRAEL TODAY.EITHER YOU CHOSE ISRAEL AND LIVE IN PEACE OR ONE DAY YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOSE WAHABISM TO STAY ALIVE
6. Overpriced Country For Sale ...
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (03.30.08)
Lousy neighborhood, few resources, limited water supplies. Contact the Olmert Realty Co. for further information. Ask for Livni.
7. Time to Impose Non-Resident Tax
Mortimer ,   Montreal Canada   (03.30.08)
Israel should join other jurisdictions in imposing non-resident tax on properties worth more than $1 million. Absentee foreign owners of real property, particularly those that do not diplomatically recognize Israel, should pay a non-resident tax equal to 50% of the value of the property per year unless the government of said country negotiates a tax treaty with Israel. If the tax is not paid, the property reverts to the state.
8. The Insanity Continues
Dr. Dave ,   NYC   (03.30.08)
9. If arabs IN ISRAEL refuse to sell their properties to Jews..
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (03.30.08)
WHY(WHY????)does Israel permit them to be sold to arabs?????? CANCEL THESE PURCHASES!!!!!!! FORBID THIS KIND OF BUSINESS! THINK JUST A BIT FORWARD,INTO THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE:JEWISH!
10. Time to wake up!
Don ,   Rock Branch, USA   (03.30.08)
The Arabs won't recognize Israel and can't beat them militarily, so they are trying to buy the country out from under them. No good can come of this.
11. Nationalize the land and confiscate the money
jason white ,   afula,israel   (03.30.08)
the arabs received. Give the money to the I.D.F. How can arabs sell the land,it is not their's.This is Jewish land. Can a Jew buy land in saudi arabia? Even land that the Jewish tribes lived on before the muslims killed them?
12. Think of reverse case
Raphael ,   Netanya   (03.30.08)
As last year Umm el Fahm residents intending an extension of their township were denied the purchase of 300 dunams from a neighbouring moshav, they brought the case to court claiming racial discrimination. So why are Jafffa Arabs allowed to deny the sale of real estate on ethnic basis? Remember what happened to huge jewish properties and assets in arab countries from 1948 to 1967: a legal spoil system which allowed the local fat cats to grow richer without sweat! A similar law is always possible, after extorting a maximal arnona.
13. How bout..
Micha   (04.07.08)
you enact a law that prohibits limiting who can buy the property based on race/religion, etc...
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