Actions speak louder than words. How can we believe him when he says Jerusalem will not be divided. Ted Belman
At a Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) meeting ahead of the Jerusalem municipal elections MK Uri Ariel, Israel’s Housing Minister, said there is no reason to bow to international pressure to halt building in the capital.
At the meeting last Monday, Ariel told the crowd that there had been no new building authorized in years and that the prime minister was to blame.
The minister repeated several times that across the whole city there was no new building. “Everything that you see being built today is what was authorized two years ago” he said.
Ariel was asked who was to blame for the lack of building, and said decisively, “My boss is to blame for this… who won’t allow us to build.”
Which Prime Minister Built the Most Homes in the Settlements? Rhetoric aside, real data can answer the question as to who built the most in the Settlements.
A Channel 10 report on Thursday ranked the various Israeli Prime Ministers, since 1991, based on the amount of actual housing construction that began during their respective terms, inside the Israel’s Settlements.
Who Built the Most and When?** Rank Prime Minister Party Years Construction
1 Ehud Barak Labor 1999-2001 4,292
2 Benjamin Netanyahu Likud 1996-1999 3,194
3 Shimon Peres Labor 1995-1996 2,443
4 Ariel Sharon* Likud 2001-2006 1,826
5 Ehud Olmert Kadima 2006-2009 1,741
6 Benjamin Netanyahu Likud 2009-2012 1,168
Who issued the most Housing Construction Tenders?
2002 Ariel Sharon Likud 689
2003 Ariel Sharon Likud 2508
2004 Ariel Sharon Likud 912
2005 Ariel Sharon Likud 1184
Ariel Sharon 5293
2006 Ehud Olmert Kadima 919
2007 Ehud Olmert Kadima 65
2008 Ehud Olmert Kadima 539
Ehud Olmert 1523
2009 Benjamin Netanyahu Likud 0
2010 Benjamin Netanyahu Likud 0
2011 Benjamin Netanyahu Likud 1009
2012 Benjamin Netanyahu Likud 660
Benjamin Netanyahu 1669
Read more at: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/which-prime-minister-built-the-most-homes-in-the-settlements/2013/01/18/
Good Morning! Good question. Jews in the diaspora need to be re-educated. Their influence does make a difference. ie Does the world listen to Israel? What if too many Jews in the diaspora were in favour of a two state solution including dividing Jeruselem? Would the world listen to them? Probably. Do I think that will happen? No I don’t. Not in this age.