A Local Settlement and its Accommodating Neighbors

Well, just when you begin to really think you understand the situation, you learn you know little. Teaching in a village near the Nassar family farm made what appeared from the top of the mountain on the farm,come alive. From the farm, we could see the village below, but not its many hills within that make travel
difficult; its surrounding settlements, but not their relationship. IT's the latter
that wish to reflect upon. I learned that the town is nearly absent of men, as they are working during the day in the settlements which is their only source of employment. These settlements are on farms owned by the residents of the village. They are forced to work on the construction of the very places they farmed a short period ago. They are paid relatively well at $125 and are able to furnish the inside of their homes fairly well with left over materials from the buildings they are constructing, and with the money they make. YOu would think that the occupation is no problem for them. But the income is good, at least for now. What will happen when the cities they are building are complete and the only jobs they can find are low paying service jobs and not the highy paid craftsman skills they are employing now?

On another village near the same settlement of Beitar Elit, the settlers regularly come to the village to have their cars repaired, or to buy building materials. There are not walls there, and the orthodox come to purchase their goods and fresh vegetables freely. Many of the villagers speak Hebrew frequently and their are signs in Hebrew, all over the place. Where's the threat of the terrorists there? Go figure!