# News Flash! Israel Announces 6000 New West bank Houses to Be Built!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-israel-announces-6000-new-west-bank-houses-to-be-built/205128>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 2, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-israel-announces-6000-new-west-bank-houses-to-be-built/205128 "2003-10-02T15:09:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-israel-announces-6000-new-west-bank-houses-to-be-built/205128/1 "2003-10-02T15:09:14Z")

</div>

I just saw this item this morning,now, why are the Israelis constantly building more housing in these areas? They already are in the middle of a war…so why expand the problem? My question: is the US taxpayer paying for this?  
I wonder what it’s like being a reasl estate salesman for these units! "Visit beautiful “Hebron Hills”-luxurious 3 bedroom houses, each with bomb shelter/safe room. only minutes to an army base (in case of attack).Convenient to shopping, and view of large minefield in back. Come for the day! (Remember to take your machine guns!)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-israel-announces-6000-new-west-bank-houses-to-be-built/205128/2 "2003-10-02T15:43:35Z")

</div>

I forgot to add (For “Hebron Hills”-“Just a stone’s throw from the Jerusalem Highway”!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-israel-announces-6000-new-west-bank-houses-to-be-built/205128/3 "2003-10-02T17:00:39Z")

</div>

[Obligatory](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/10/02/international1143EDT0575.DTL).

And, um, “If you lived here, you’d be…”

Oh, never mind.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-israel-announces-6000-new-west-bank-houses-to-be-built/205128/4 "2003-10-02T18:23:10Z")

</div>

I think that’s six _hundred_, not thousand. And while the U.S. gov’t does some pretty stupid things in where Israel is concerned, I rather doubt we’re funding construction of private residences.

Unless maybe it’s Jimmy Carter’s Habitat for Humanity.