News
Construction of 1,550 Jerusalem homes OK'd
Ronen Medzini
Published: 19.05.11, 20:37
Comment Comment
Print comment Print comment
Back to article
35 Talkbacks for this article
1. Talk is cheap start building and finish the project!
Saftala ,   Israel   (05.19.11)
2. GOOD MOVE! BUILD ISRAEL BUILD!
stude ham   (05.19.11)
3. You have to admire the Israeli Chutzpa
Michael ,   UK   (05.19.11)
4. Perfect timing...this was the BEST answer
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (05.19.11)
to Hussein Obamas anti-Israel speech...!!!
5. #3, I too admire Israeli chutzpa
Jake ,   USA   (05.19.11)
Obama has a king-of-the-world complex. He needs to shutup and let Israel, the whole middle east for that matter, solve their own problems. Great move Israel. No better way to tell Obama what you think of him.
6. Build Build Build - AM YISRAEL CHAI!
Mike ,   TA   (05.19.11)
7. Just do it! Obamas come and go. Jerusalem for EVER!
Rehavam   (05.19.11)
8. Not that we should need foreign approval to build in our...
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (05.19.11)
... own country. But thanks none the less.
9. #3 stiff neck brit; Nope You
Wondering   (05.19.11)
have to Respect the Israeli's Period end of story!!! What Do think? Just Wondering?
10. Now To My Israeli Brethern
Wondering   (05.19.11)
First of ALL MOZEL TOV!!! Now BUILD, Build, build and BUILD some More, is'nt the current JEWISH population expanding? Just Wondering?
11. I am so happy.i cant describe my feelings.long live benjamin.where were you honey?
Saed ,   Iranian jew   (05.19.11)
12. It takes courage!
Don Straub ,   Euclid, Ohio USA   (05.19.11)
Netanyahu is to go before the president and, hopefully, stand strong for Israeli concerns. It takes courage to announce building in east Jerusalem just prior to his meetings in Washington. This is a good sign that Bibi will not fold in the face of American pressure.
13. BUILD keep on! this is our land
Adriana ,   Ashdod   (05.19.11)
Dont care about lier Pals arabs or muslims
14. #3 It is a Chutzpa
Eli ,   Yerushalayim   (05.19.11)
that the whole world more and more concessions from Israel expects, while our neighbors did not meet an obligation since Oslo.
15. Keep building beloved Israel!
Johan van den Top ,   The Netherlands   (05.19.11)
For the Lord of Lords has, will and continue to bless the nation and people of Israel. Warm greetings from the Netherlands
16. Sad day for the world
Jon ,   Baltimore US   (05.19.11)
Netanyahu and his government are clearly stating that there will be no peace as long as they remain in power in Israel. They watched Basher Assad in Syria and decided to copy him instead of learn from him. Trying to sustain the status quo is no longer a viable option. The next war in the Middle East not only seems inevitable now, but approaches rapidly.
17. #3, 5: No! It is chutzpah - but there's nothing remotely
Rafi ,   US   (05.19.11)
... admirable about it. Good luck folks... you are driving the State of Israel right off the cliff. Yes - the right wing govt and the zealots have already alienated most of the world. You started with the moderate Arabs, then Turkey and Europe - and now you're going for the crown jewel: the US. So when you're finished Israel will not have a friend left in the world; it will be a pariah state subject to sanctions. Israelis will find it difficult to travel or sell products anywhere. Of course the people who created this mess will blame "anit-Semites" and "self-hating Jews" - everybody but themselves. And that is just the diplomatic/ economic front: wait till the next military crisis when Egypt, Turkey and Iran cooperate. What will be the military and civilian price to be paid in blood for the right wing's chutzpah that you "admire"? And all this tsuris is for?.... more homes on the West Bank - while huge areas of the Galil and Negev remain open. Even assuming the best - that none of the above occurs... what about the enormous wasted $$ investment in infrastructure that inevitably will be abandoned? The current government is beyond contempt - it should be voted out of offcie now. If not the remaining righteous citizens of Israel should organize their own Tahrir Square until these corrupt mobsters leave power...
18. Annex Har Homa & Pisgat Ze'ev then build
zionist forever   (05.19.11)
Annex them now Tell AIPAC we are willing to go ahead with the palestinian state idea but we are just going to hold onto Har Homa & Pisgat Ze'ev and there is a shortage of affordable housing in Jerusalem now. Tell Congress and Obama the same thing as he told AIPAC That puts Obama in a tricky situation because Bibi has just told both Congress and AIPAC these plans so he will have a hard time stopping it. Start building now because in September the arabs are going to get the UN to declare statehood and when that happens it will become much harder to build politically.
19. Better keep building
BH ,   Iowa   (05.19.11)
If next year's election goes bad there may be a great number of American olim shortly after.
20. Michael UK
LION OF JUDAH   (05.19.11)
This our historic land.This land was given to the Jews.Not Chutzpa.The British have created all these problems in the Middle east,by giving Jordan to the kingdom of Hashmite.Shame on you British
21. Construction of 1,550 Jerusalem homes OK'd
Pinchas ,   Vienna,Austria   (05.19.11)
AM ISRAEL CHAI Build Bibi This is our Land.
22. oK.
Ypip ,   Canada   (05.20.11)
23. #17, Settlements are securing Israel, not endagering
Jake ,   USA   (05.20.11)
Let's forget for a moment, that the West Bank has more Jewish history than "Israel proper", and discuss the military implications of a pull out from the West Bank. The settlements, that you so despise, are literally guarding the coastal plain from invasions. The settlers, whom you accuse of "driving Israel off a cliff", are on the front lines of an ongoing war against the Jewish state. If you don't respect the courage of these Jewish patriots, so be it, but your opinion that the West Bank settlements are endangering Israel's existence, is simply ignorant. The tell-tale sign of whether something is good or bad for Israel is the opinion her enemies have on the issue. Israel's most vicious enemies are relentlessly condemning the settlements because they too understand how important they are to Israel's safety & security.
24. ANNEX AND BUILD!
Jan ,   Houston, USA   (05.20.11)
Build double that number of homes..... And then double that again! Am Y'israel CHAI!!!
25. Betrayal
art ,   jersey city USA   (05.20.11)
Obama/Hillary have adopted the pa line. The US has reneged on oslo,wye,and every promise guarantee or understanding. Even though hamashas rejected the plan Obama will blame Israel and back the UN recognition of the pa imposing the saudi plan which includes the so called right of return and the surrender of Jerusalem. It is about time Israel stopped grovelling, time for peres to denounce Obamas plan Time for IS Jews to wake up we are next
26. The goal the destruction of Israel
art ,   jersey city USA   (05.20.11)
Finally Israel is waking up and realizing that it has been led down the primrose path. Concession after concession and now the US has reneged on ALL its promises, guarantees and understanding totally accepting the plo/hamas/fatah/hezbouleh line. This is a total sell out. Obama wants the saudi plan imposed in the un the surrender of Jerusalem and a crippled Israel reduced to an indefensible area. Israel will be reduced to a client state at the mercy of the arabs.
27. Never Stop Building
Dan ,   USA   (05.20.11)
28. Annex
ken ,   Bath, UK   (05.20.11)
i left my car unlocked the other day and some "annexed" the CD player.
29. RAFI! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
(05.20.11)
WE gave away sinai, gush katiff, and now thye want more? are you kidding me or what. you wanna deal with we are pariah state, well hate to tell you we already are, we are not allowed in any of hte arabs countries, etc., this is nothing new and what makes you think if we gave away west bank we would be liked anym ore or differently than we are now? you better go to school and learn what is going on the world dude, cause this is nothing new in the world for us.
30. ONE COMMON FACT TO KEEP IN MIND
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (05.20.11)
The facts are that the '67 lines didn't work no matter what they were called "Rhodes Armistice, Greenline, pre-'67 Each and every time the Arabs transgressed them Even if Bibi were stupid enough to agree to Obama's demands, the new lines wouldn't hold until the ink was dry on any agreement The' 67 lines never worked, there's no reason to assume they would work this time Has anyone ever wondered why Obama refuses to release his school records, could it be because they indicate his true religion is Muslim ? Obama is the genius that spent 5 trillion dollars that the U.S. didn’t have, of which, nearly one trillion was restore job and restore the economy, which hasn’t worked Unemployment is still more than 9%, even though he vowed it’s wouldn’t go beyond 8%, gas is now $better than 4$ a gallon at the pump, when he took office it was less than half that Inflation, look at the prices of goods when you shop in the Supermarkets or clothing stores He talks a good game; however, the result is usually disastrous Anything that Obama sets his hand to winds up being a disaster Unemployment, Inflation, Obamacare, look at how he's screwed up the Middle East he's made the Muslim Brotherhood a power where it wasn't any before It’s just the opposite of Midas' touch, everything thing he puts his hand to, turns to crap Must no forget, he got the U.S. involved in a third war in Libya, as if the two it already had in Iraq & Afghanistan wasn't enough Move over Jimmy Carter, you’ve lost your place as the worst President in American history
Next talkbacks
Back to article