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2005-05-08 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Fred 2005-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The new neighborhood also has a school, a park, a medical clinic and a mosque.

Mosque: that's the place they keep the weapons, right?

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-05-08 00:19|| 2005-05-08 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 55 M / 700 = 78,571.43 per unit. Living large by Paleo standards, aren't they? I'm confused - does Gaza have a suburb called Brookline? (It's a Mass. joke, guys).

Hope you guys have good insurance plans, heh.

When you see the Caterpillar dozers, the following dialogue from 'Animal House' is apropos:

"If I was you guys, I'd be..."

"Leaving! Good idea!!"

Posted by Raj 2005-05-08 00:35|| 2005-05-08 00:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Finally another Arab country is assisting these people to get more modernized and settled down.

Posted by bk 2005-05-08 10:14|| 2005-05-08 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Raj, they have to account for shrinkage of the funding as it flows through various hands. Not to mention all the extra cousins hired to stand around wearing their most helpful expressions. Lots of large families to be fed, after all. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-08 15:47|| 2005-05-08 15:47|| Front Page Top

#5 It cost so much because the Palestinians have very high quality standards. Just ask the British: Gunmen drive British builders out of Jenin

A BRITISH team helping to rebuild the Jenin refugee camp have abandoned the city after their headquarters was fired on by Palestinians demanding better homes.

The three-man delegation of technical experts, subjected to months of threats and intimidation, halted work after gunmen attacked the United Nations office and shot at the door and windows.

Paul Wolstenholme, project manager, Neil Johnston, construction manager and Mike Luffingham, design manager, expressed dismay at the violent response from the refugees. They had been provided with replacement homes featuring imported Italian marble kitchen tops, costing over Â£75 a metre, and ceramic tiles. The homes were built to European construction standards.

âYou wouldnât believe how good the properties are,â said Mr Johnston, 50. âThe finishing is fantastic.â

Posted by SC88 2005-05-08 17:26|| 2005-05-08 17:26|| Front Page Top

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