From the Jerusalem Post:
‘Evacuating small settlements could cost NIS 250b.’
By TOVAH LAZAROFF 04/30/2013 06:28
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The evacuation of isolated West Bank Jewish communities outside of the settlement blocs could cost the government more than NIS 250 billion, the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip said on Monday.
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NIS 250 Billion (New Israeli Shekels) is about US $70 Billion.
This is what it would cost to remove some of the smaller settlements in Judea and Samaria (what the world calls the West Bank). That would be just a fraction of the cost of a creating a Palestinian state. The real cost of creating a Palesitnian state would approach a trillon dollars.
The Two State Solution is dead
Blame the Arabs or blame Israel with its settlement expansion. Does it matter? It is dead. There is no way, Judea and Samaria can be evacuated, even if one were to ignore the threat of settler violence which would follow implementation of evacuation.
A Better Solution
Israel would do better to offer each young, unemployed, and landless Palestinians US $100,000 per person to leave for South America, along with travelling papers.
$70 Billion would allow 700,000 Palestinians to leave Judea and Samaria.
That is almost half of the up and coming young Arab generation in Judea and Samaria.
A young family of five, who are living in a small apartment, could be given $500,000 (5 x $100,000) to leave for South America.
In South America, $500,000 could buy them a nice house in a major town, as well as a business, and a car, with money left over to put in the bank.
Why South America?
Read the following posts in this series.
1) The Land and the Settlers
2) Cost to Uproot Settlers
3) Real Arab Populations
4) Cost Effectiveness
5) False Hopes
6) South America Assimilates Arabs
7) Paying Palestinians to Leave
May 12, 2017 – Edited: Added series list at bottom.