From AFP:
The Hamas-run government in the fenced-off Gaza Strip said on Saturday
that it will use mud bricks to rebuild houses destroyed during a
massive Israeli offensive at the turn of the year….
According to official Palestinian statistics around 4,100 dwelling
places were destroyed during the offensive as well as 48 government
offices and buildings, 31 police stations and 20 mosques.
International donors pledged 4.5 billion dollars in aid at a
reconstruction conference in Egypt in March but little has made its way
to Gaza amid the continuing blockade and bitter Palestinian political
divisions.
So we gave Israel 10 billion, and hold how many billions more of interest and debt guaranteeing loans for Israel? And how much transfered wealth of the American people has Israel sucked up to date since, since, for example 1967? And the last time an American president threatened to withhold financial dole to Israel because of Israeli expansion of settlements, he Shrub's daddy, a WW2 veteran, had to apologize to Israel–and lost the subsequent election? At the time US taxpayers were forced to pay for all the USSR Jews air-lifted and shipped to Israel to populate the settlements, which have since then expanded how much? So how much during the same timeline have US taxpayers given to the Palestinians in comparison? Last time I looked, the total aggregate US financial aid to each Israeli Jew amounted to $40,000 per capita, per annum, including both direct and indirect aid over the years. And how much did each such pedigreed human get when you add in the sweat and blood financial reparations of each German generation since WW2? Well, we know each Israeli Jew is well worth it, e.g. the late Doctor Goldstein, a good dual citizen if ever there was one, but gee–how much did each New Orleans resident get after the flood? I'm just sayin'…
See Hassan Fathy, the great Egyptian architect who influenced eco-design decades before the term was invented. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Fathy Mud houses are appropriate to the climate and better for the planet than cement anyway. However you can't build an apartment block high rise out of mud.