Terwijl iedereen Israel de maat neemt omdat het blijft doorbouwen in de nederzettingen, klagen kolonisten dat er geen woonruimte is voor jonge stellen vanwege een bouwstop in de meeste nederzettingen. Feit is dat Israel vooral bouwt in de grotere nederzettingen en blokken, die het hoopt te kunnen houden in een vredesverdrag en die haar grip op Jeruzalem moeten versterken. Het is verstandig dat de regering niet investeert in kleine geïsoleerde nederzettingen, en hopelijk zal de nieuwe regering dit niet veranderen. De mensen die in deze nederzettingen gingen wonen wisten dat het zeer onzeker is of ze daar kunnen blijven, en dat er mogelijk/waarschijnlijk dergelijke restricties zouden komen. Of het verstandig is dat Israel wel in de grote blokken blijft bouwen is een andere vraag. Het is niet bevorderlijk voor het vertrouwen van en de onderhandelingen met de Palestijnen, het is ook niet goed voor de relatie met de VS en de internationale gemeenschap, maar het is strategisch gezien wel begrijpelijk. Bovendien zijn ook daar woningen nodig om de 'natuurlijke groei' op te vangen, en bij grote blokken die wellicht voor land in Israel kunnen worden geruild ben ik voor dat argument wat gevoeliger. Hele nieuwe woonwijken bouwen om mensen uit Israel zelf (of van elders) heen te lokken vind ik echter niet legitiem.
In reality, the near complete freeze on building in the territories has pushed some 1,600 young couples - out of the 2,100 couples who marry each year in the West Bank - to live in communities far from their parents and the towns in which they grew up.
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'Israel is quietly expelling young settler couples from West Bank'
By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent
The head of the municipal council of West Bank settlements accused the government on Monday of indirectly causing the "expulsion" of young Israelis from the territories.
"Every year all over Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) there is a quiet expulsion of thousands of young couples who are forced to leave their communities due to a lack of housing and budget freezes that have continued for years courtesy of Israel's governments," said Danny Dayan, the head of the Yesha council of settlements.
Dayan and other municipal leaders convened a press conference in Jerusalem on Monday where they cited figures which they claim are the result of the government's freeze on settlement expansion.
Dayan argued that the news media and left-wing groups paint a false picture alleging that construction in settlements is continuing apace. In reality, the near complete freeze on building in the territories has pushed some 1,600 young couples - out of the 2,100 couples who marry each year in the West Bank - to live in communities far from their parents and the towns in which they grew up.
Dayan and settler leaders demanded that the Netanyahu government alter this policy, as the prime minister vowed he would do during his election campaign. They accused political officials of "littering Netanyahu's road to Washington with distorted facts that are completely contrary to the reality on the ground."
"Shimon Peres told [President Barack] Obama that it is inconceivable that there won't be anywhere to live for children born in Judea and Samaria, and that it is impossible to put them on the roofs," Dayan said. "That's all fine and good, but in reality, they really have no place to live."
"Most of the parties who make up this coalition promised to put an end to the freeze policy of the Olmert and Sharon governments, but a senior official in the defense ministry told us that from his standpoint there were no elections and that in practice the reality has no changed," said Yesha director-general Pinhas Wallerstein. "In order to transport a caravan or to seal off a balcony or to add a room, today what is required is authorization from the defense minister. This is an abnormal situation, and when everything is verboten, then everything is allowed.
"Every year all over Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) there is a quiet expulsion of thousands of young couples who are forced to leave their communities due to a lack of housing and budget freezes that have continued for years courtesy of Israel's governments," said Danny Dayan, the head of the Yesha council of settlements.
Dayan and other municipal leaders convened a press conference in Jerusalem on Monday where they cited figures which they claim are the result of the government's freeze on settlement expansion.
Dayan argued that the news media and left-wing groups paint a false picture alleging that construction in settlements is continuing apace. In reality, the near complete freeze on building in the territories has pushed some 1,600 young couples - out of the 2,100 couples who marry each year in the West Bank - to live in communities far from their parents and the towns in which they grew up.
Dayan and settler leaders demanded that the Netanyahu government alter this policy, as the prime minister vowed he would do during his election campaign. They accused political officials of "littering Netanyahu's road to Washington with distorted facts that are completely contrary to the reality on the ground."
"Shimon Peres told [President Barack] Obama that it is inconceivable that there won't be anywhere to live for children born in Judea and Samaria, and that it is impossible to put them on the roofs," Dayan said. "That's all fine and good, but in reality, they really have no place to live."
"Most of the parties who make up this coalition promised to put an end to the freeze policy of the Olmert and Sharon governments, but a senior official in the defense ministry told us that from his standpoint there were no elections and that in practice the reality has no changed," said Yesha director-general Pinhas Wallerstein. "In order to transport a caravan or to seal off a balcony or to add a room, today what is required is authorization from the defense minister. This is an abnormal situation, and when everything is verboten, then everything is allowed.
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