Posted on 09/09/2014 3:27:28 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Some time in the coming days, a governmental committee is to convene to decide whether a new Qatari-funded Arab city in the heart of Samaria will be populated.
It is currently expected that Israel will remove the last barrier blocking the citywhich is already nearly completely builtand allow the city to be connected to Israels water supply. [ ]
However, as the grassroots Cities of Israel (Mattot Arim) organization has pointed out, the security implications of a Qatar-funded city in Israel have not been sufficiently taken into accountespecially now that the extent of Qatari support for Hamas during the recent war in Gaza is well-known.
How far will the tunnels reach this time? the organization asks, in a letter to Committee Chairman Infrastructures Minister Silvan Shalom. Will they reach all the way to Tel Aviv?
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
First I've heard of this city, and it's hard to imagine that security has been ignored.
Security got ignored with respect to the Gaza evacuation and transplantation of Hamas voters.
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