I want to know how/who finances the Settlements Israel keeps putting up? I mean, what do these people do … farm? How can they afford it? Do they get a loan from the state?
Re: New Settlements
A developer buys land in the occupied territory (which is cheap compared to land inside Israel's 1967 boundaries), builds houses, then sells them to buyers at a profit.
The profit allows the developer to buy more land....... and so the cycle continues.
In other words, settlements are financed in the same way as any housing development anywhere in the world.
Re: New Settlements
Who is the seller? Palestinian?
Secondly, are those houses cheaper than living inside Israel? That's why they tend to sell?
What do the people who buy these houses do as a profession? Commute inside Israel to work or do they farm in the occupied territory?
Who is the seller? Palestinian?
Secondly, are those houses cheaper than living inside Israel? That's why they tend to sell?
What do the people who buy these houses do as a profession? Commute inside Israel to work or do they farm in the occupied territory?
The land is a mixture of land sold by Palestinians and land that is seized by the Israeli government for "security reasons".
The houses are cheaper because of location (far from the high-demand cities), risk (of attack by Palestinians and of land boundaries being adjusted in a peace settlement).
However, price doesn't drive their sales. The settlers who live in the settlements are motivated to live there by religious ideology.
Some settlers farm, others commute. The Israeli government also funds and encourages economic development in major settlements to ensure local jobs for settlers.
The land is a mixture of land sold by Palestinians and land that is seized by the Israeli government for "security reasons".
The houses are cheaper because of location (far from the high-demand cities), risk (of attack by Palestinians and of land boundaries being adjusted in a peace settlement).
However, price doesn't drive their sales. The settlers who live in the settlements are motivated to live there by religious ideology.
Some settlers farm, others commute. The Israeli government also funds and encourages economic development in major settlements to ensure local jobs for settlers.
Well, actually most of the settlers are not motivated by religious ideology. Only about 30% of all settlers are religious, the rest are secular. The motivation of secular settlers is mainly economical. With the money that can buy a decent house with some land in the territories, they can barely get a doghouse in Tel-Aviv or Jerusalem.
Well, actually most of the settlers are not motivated by religious ideology. Only about 30% of all settlers are religious, the rest are secular. The motivation of secular settlers is mainly economical. With the money that can buy a decent house with some land in the territories, they can barely get a doghouse in Tel-Aviv or Jerusalem.
You're the expert... I'll differ to you, my information is second hand.