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| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: February 13, 2007 |
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"You too can own a home and strengthen the Zionist dream," proclaims an advertisement issued by the Yesha Council and the Amana organization in an appeal to the United States Jewry, as the settler movement acts to thaw the deep freeze which has taken over construction in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank).
The two groups have launched a campaign which will allow American Jews to purchase a second home in a settlement, pitching the deal as a zero risk venture: "Your investment is insured, protected and 100 percent legal," proclaims the ad.
The government virtually no longer authorizes new construction projects in Judea and Samaria and Israeli citizens are wary to invest their money in the area, whose future depends on the for-now-forgotten realignment plan which may see the entire region evacuated.
And so Yesha and Amana decided to turn to Americans interested in building their dream home in the hills of Judea and Samaria: A cottage in Kiryat Arba or a villa in Karnei Shomron. The houses are priced anywhere from $94,000 to $170,000 per unit.
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