Israel has a massive social housing problem and like in the UK many young couples cannot get a foot on the housing ladder, either by purchasing or by renting. It has come to a head with tent cities sprouting up in Tel Aviv and elsewhere.
So here's an idea. It's even an proper Zionist one, that negates the need for the zealots and their followers. Develop the Negev.
Instead of wasting squillions on the settlements in the occupied territories, develop a 10-year plan to build a new airport in the Negev with high-speed road and rail links north and south. After all, the area around Ben-Gurion airport is very crowded and even the Israeli Airports Authority think it's an accident waiting to happen.
Then build social housing for affordable rent. Use the vast space of the Negev for investment in industry and housing.
That was David Ben-Gurion's dream. If Israel doesn't defeat the desert, the desert will defeat it, as he said. Israel also has to defeat the zealots and those who adopt the Soviet style of fascism is it wants to defeat the Negev.
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