Israel Touts Housing in West Bank as Haven From Stress
Israel’s Housing Ministry is asking Tel Aviv residents to consider moving to the violence-torn occupied West Bank, site of a Palestinian uprising, for a better life away from city pressures.
The ministry, headed by hard-line Second Vice Prime Minister David Levy of the Likud Party, is offering special terms for about 200 homes at Jewish settlements near Tel Aviv, where prices are high and land is scarce.
Ministry Director General Amos Ungar told Israel Radio that the settlements offer “a better quality of life. It is still 5, 10, 15 minutes at the most from Tel Aviv.” He said houses are larger in the settlements.
“They will be able to enjoy the facilities of living not in the center of the city but, so to speak, in the countryside,” Ungar said.
About 70,000 Jews live in settlements in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, home to 1.7 million Palestinians waging a 21-month-old uprising against Israeli rule.
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