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| UAE Prince Gives New Houses to Gazans |
| 2005-05-08 |
| Hundreds of Palestinians rejoiced in Gaza yesterday after receiving new homes funded by the United Arab Emirates to replace many Israel destroyed in raids to find militants in four years of violence. UAE Prince Abdallah Bin Zayed presented the keys of 700 new apartments to Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, which officials said cost $55 million to build. The new neighborhood also has a school, a park, a medical clinic and a mosque. Palestinian Vice Premier Nabil Shaath said half the residents had their homes demolished in Israeli raids since the start of a Palestinian uprising in 2000. Israel has said many of the houses had harbored militants who used them as gun nests. "Today is a happy occasion for every Palestinian whose home was destroyed and to every Palestinian who suffered the agonies of the occupation." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #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 £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 |
| #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 |
| #3 Finally another Arab country is assisting these people to get more modernized and settled down. |
| Posted by: bk 2005-05-08 10:14 |
| #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 |
| #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 2005-05-08 00:19 |