Israel increases the Settlement Division budget by 600 percent in 2014

[Jefferson23]

Friday, 05 September 2014 17:01



The Israeli government has increased the Settlement Division budget by 600 percent since the beginning of 2014, an unprecedented rise, reported Israel's business newspaper Calcalist on Thursday.

According to the newspaper's website, the Settlement Division received 58 million shekels during the month of January.

This March, 177 million shekels was given to the Division from the Israeli government and in the month of June it received a further 169 million shekels. In total it is believed that the Division has received nearly 404 million shekels so far this year.

The Settlement Division funds construction projects in the Galilee and the Negev, as well as settlement construction in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights. The majority of the money is devoted to expanding settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/13947-israel-increases-the-settlement-division-budget-by-600-percent-in-2014

[BillZBubb]

1. No surpirse there. Ethnic cleansing costs shekels.

Stealing land isn't cheap.

[Scootaloo]

2. We should all praise them for their restraint! it could have been 610%!

[Jefferson23]

5. As I understand it, criminal intent can be one of the most difficult to prove in court..isn't it

funny how well documented Israeli policy has been all these years? One of the most arrogant governments
pretending as if they ever planned on not keeping the West Bank for their state.

[sadoldgirl]

3. It is surprising that there

are still people who believe that Bibi and his Likud party will return the Westbank to the Palestinians. They make it so clear, what their real goal is.

[Jefferson23]

6. Yes, and we have the numbers to prove it. n/t

[denverbill]

4. Why are we giving them $4 billion/year if they have so much money laying around?

It's amazing how generous we can be to people who can easily afford to defend themselves.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

7. The USA bankrolls this problem. The USA is culpable to this mess.

There's an old Roman proverb. "He who profits from a crime commits the crime."