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American Taxpayer Money Spent on Eradicating Hebrew-Language Signs

by Daniel Pipes
August 27, 2009
updated Feb 5, 2010

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/08/american-taxpayer-money-spent-on-eradicating

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A road sign with Hebrew.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an independent federal agency "that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State" has embarked on a four-year, $20-million project to help Palestinians prepare for statehood in the West Bank by replacing road signs that include Arabic, English, and Hebrew with ones just in Arabic and English.

Comment: So much for the prospects of normalization, harmonious peace, or a Palestinian population content to live side-by-side with Israel. (August 27, 2009)

Nov. 15, 2009 update: In a comment on this entry, Tobias points to "Israel entfernt arabische Ortsschilder." It tells how Israel's Transportation Minister Israel Katz is in the process of taking down road signs that provide Arabic place names.

Comments: (1) This does change the complexion of the Palestinian steps. (2) Two wrongs do not make a right and the U.S. taxpayer should not be footing the bill for either action.

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American money to remove Hebrew from road signs, etc. [435 words]Vazir-MukhtarDec 13, 2009 14:11
Removal of HebrewRoad Signs [70 words]Pat ZentaraDec 13, 2009 14:02
Re: Road Signs in West Bank [25 words]sheldanDec 13, 2009 12:15
Elimination of Arabic City Signs in Israel Area.1 3.07.2009 [20 words]TobiasNov 15, 2009 08:11
↔ What's good for the goose... [15 words]JillianDec 1, 2009 00:45
What this is (translation) [46 words]Sylvia ScottOct 20, 2009 21:10
too much on here [13 words]goolOct 10, 2009 01:57
multi-language signs in Israel? [12 words]TheSadduceeOct 8, 2009 20:37
Ignorance [123 words]ShaheenOct 7, 2009 18:23
Pne more fact about USAID [152 words]Yuval Brandstetter MDOct 5, 2009 16:17
No surprise there. [125 words]DamanOct 5, 2009 15:19
Mr Pipes... did Obama et al really back down on "settlements"? [43 words]ben ZalamnSep 30, 2009 09:40
Obama and Hillary. [16 words]Sofa SogoodSep 29, 2009 12:12
↔ Jimmy Carter [52 words]dfwhite19438Oct 2, 2009 19:19
Its called effeciency [36 words]Abdulkarim Al-HabsiSep 29, 2009 01:11
↔ Of course, efficiency !!! [64 words]SvetSep 29, 2009 19:52
↔ Fools [53 words]Sofa SogoodSep 30, 2009 03:15
↔ Indeed Sofa'... [102 words]SvetOct 2, 2009 02:43
↔ Judenrein [24 words]Yuval Brandstetter MDOct 2, 2009 05:15
↔ No Hebrew-speaking Arabs? [155 words]DerekBaOct 2, 2009 17:28
↔ Remove Arabic from the Israeli currency, anyone - OR- is this a good thing? [122 words]James BurkeOct 3, 2009 12:54
↔ I didnt say spending the money like this is OK [40 words]Abdulkarim Al-HabsiOct 4, 2009 03:41
↔ That will not happen [8 words]Abdulkarim Al-HabsiOct 4, 2009 03:49
↔ It is and Israeli law [57 words]Abdulkarim Al-HabsiOct 4, 2009 05:12
↔ James, Liberalism is a genetic disease... [139 words]SvetOct 4, 2009 20:45
↔ Who's not a Nazi? [124 words]Yuval Brandstetter MDOct 5, 2009 16:10
↔ Naivete [94 words]yuval Brandstetter MDOct 6, 2009 13:11
Who said a Palestinian State will ever run in the West Bank? [63 words]SvetSep 29, 2009 00:59
↔ I, and 99.989% of world population say so. [39 words]Abdulkarim Al-HabsiSep 30, 2009 00:08
↔ 99.989%? Lowest Common Denominator -- Lack of Decency -- So Common in History -- The Brave and True Most Often Have Stood Alone [366 words]Sofa SogoodSep 30, 2009 23:44
↔ Pres Obama has too much on his world plate! Let the Israel's and the Palestinians work it out on their own. [135 words]Ben ZalmanOct 1, 2009 14:22
↔ I expect that it is a matter of time... [62 words]James BurkeOct 3, 2009 10:01
↔ Where did I hear this before? [146 words]Abdulkarim Al-HabsiOct 4, 2009 03:21
↔ You still need our oil and gas [171 words]Abdulkarim Al-HabsiOct 4, 2009 03:38
↔ We will take what we want, when we want it [124 words]James BurkeOct 10, 2009 08:39
↔ The U.N. Was Started With Good Intentions -- They Did Some Good for a Little While. It's NOW that they are "dog feces." The U.S. and Israel are the "Ice Cream" That Has Become Infected with the Diseased. [792 words]Sofa SogoodOct 21, 2009 08:08
↔ Stealing Jewish History and Names Will Get You Nowhere. [449 words]Sofa SogoodOct 23, 2009 05:30
↔ My Ideology [359 words]Abdulkarim Al-HabsiOct 23, 2009 06:52
↔ Arab-Nazi Connection 1920's, 1930's, and Links to Al Banna and Al Husseini [769 words]Sofa SogoodOct 26, 2009 23:36
↔ Yes, Your Ideology -- It's Arabs Who Don't Care About the Palestinians [1922 words]Sofa SogoodOct 27, 2009 00:06
↔ There were jewish collaborators as well [55 words]Abdulkarim Al-HabsiOct 28, 2009 07:33
↔ This is so Boring, Along With All Your Other Canards and Cliches. Ho Hum. 99.9999% of the very few Jewish "Collaborators" were under threat and fear for their Lives. What other nonsense have you? [616 words]Sofa SogoodOct 30, 2009 21:35

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