1,000 illegal Arab buildings in Judea and Samaria constructed with European funds in effort to create facts on the ground.
By David Rosenberg, ARUTZ SHEVA
Illegal construction by Arabs in Judea and Samaria is accelerating, thanks in part to European financial support.
Unauthorized building has long been a problem in Arab communities on both sides of the Green Line. Historically, however, most illegal Arab construction was uncoordinated and internally funded.
This new wave of illegal land grabs, however, enjoys backing from European countries looking to create irrevocable facts on the ground, making the massive thefts of territory an irreversible fait accompli by building entire villages, often with well-developed infrastructures, on state land in areas under Israeli control.
Illegal Arab construction has grown dramatically not only qualitatively but also quantitatively. In response to questions posed by MK Betzalel Smotrich (Jewish Home), Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) revealed that approximately 1,000 illegal structures have been built by Arabs in Judea and Samaria using European funds.
If correct, this would indicate a massive increase in the rate of European-backed illegal construction. From 2012 to 2014, Europe aided in the construction of about 400 structures without permits, averaging just over 130 per year. The 600 other illegal structures built during 2015 represents a 450% increase in the pace of construction.
Smotrich had earlier pressed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the issue of European funding for illegal building activities following the decision to resume cooperation with the European Union.
Hotovely responded that the government is working to enforce the law, but that the Supreme Court was holding up pending demolitions of illegal structures.
Israel should recognize France as an Islamic Republic being illegally occupied by anti-Muslim infidels and offer to aid the Resistance. That will get the attention of the Frogs in a way that constantly complaining will not.
Israel should be killing lots of pals with inhumanity, mercilessly and unpredictably…. but yaalon and eisenkot say to do nothing. What are they telling the wife and baby of their latest victim? Its unbeleivable that the whole nation is not calling for theirs and BB’s removal.
gosh, these do nothing incompetents are giving sermons from the pulpit instead of using overwhelming force to deter terrorism. They whine about humanity to the pals and every day another jew dies needlessly as a result of their negligence. Their incompetence is only outweighed by their arrogance…. and the complacency of the public to allow these incompetents to remain at the helm. Yaalon makes me as nauseous as obama.
The court is always there to back up BB’s covert leftist behavior when he cannot pretend any longer. Its astounding that Israelis cant see through this. That puts paid to Hotovely’s claim that the gov is working to enforce the laws and the court is holding them up…… but no one noticed.
But this has already proven false as the courts dismissed Regavims case to force the GOI to demolish the EU structures. The court, true to leftist MO, accepted the govs argumenent that demolishing is not their priority at this moment. In other words the courts simply accept the BB and his gov are not interested in enforcing the Law. thus proving that he intentionally allows the EU to build in C.