Anger is a legitimate emotion in the face of injustice. Passive acceptance of evil is not a virtue.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Israelis Caught for Laundering US Tax Monies
(IsraelNN.com) Israeli police arrested seven Israeli and American citizens Monday on suspicion that they laundered tens of millions of dollars in U.S. tax dollars to Israeli bank accounts.
This is not surprising , but this is :The U.S. State Department has summoned Israel Ambassador Michael Oren over “unacceptable” and “provocative” evictions of<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Arabs from Jewish-owned homes</span> in the Sheikh Jarreh neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem. In a possible effort to try to lower the heat on Israel, Assistant Secretary of State Jeffery Feltman, instead of Secretary Hillary Clinton, summoned Oren.
Apparently the decision while they (the court) declared the document a fraud you will note they still “did not reinstate the Palestinian families ownership of the land.” What they did was fall back on their annexation of Jerusalem which they “conquered,” so that it did not matter whether the document was a fraud or not, ownership terminated on their designated status. So, they than put the property to care of the Committee for the Sephardic Group, which is not unlike the other private “caretakers” of the land (by which whether it is this committee or another, they endlessly point fingers back and forth as to the responsibility for the decisions regarding the property). In turn, you will note that the court purposefully rejected the Palestinian family getting an original deed – “Nasser al-Ghawei told IPS from inside the Al-Kurd tent in Sheikh Jarrah that earlier this year Palestinian families felt relief when the Turkish government, dismayed at Israel’s brutal actions in Gaza, decided to release documents from the Ottoman-era archives that prove Palestinian-Arab ownership of the land. “We took these papers back to the court to prove that this is Arab land,” Ghawei says. “And the decision was negative.”” So they jettisoned both the fraudulent deed from the settlers and the valid deed from the Palestinians. When they rejected the Palestinian ownership they demanded the rent payment based on their contrived facts on the ground – “this is our land, we have conquered it, we are the caretakers of it, and we will do as we please with it.” The Palestinians were therefore cited for not paying a rent to the said committee under the rules of Israeli court. Which once again, makes the entire scenario fraudulent! I believe the Committee for the Sephardic Group, is just the parent cover for the afor mentioned “Israeli investment company which currently plans to demolish Sheikh Jarrah and build 200 housing units for the exclusive use of Jewish settlers.” cited from my link. In other words, it is really an Israeli investment company which specifically is set for the development of properties to further Eretz Israel.
The “exploitation of Israeli law” – I think you have that backwards, “Israeli law IS an exploitation”…lol There is no law that is not skewed by the occupation, as I have said before all Israeli society is therefore vitiated by injustice and consequent cruelty in regard to the Palestinians – it is a weapon. Even the very terms of approach are skewed – take for instance my link “Dealing In Stolen Properties.” If you follow the conversation you will note the Israeli official steers away from the “law” (although this is not always the case, it is only the case here because it involves legal agreements with the international community), and tries to make the theft of in lieu land for the Palestinians a political issue! He goes completely off his rocker – it is very embarrassing (at least for me), trying to make the properties a political football. If you listen to his plea, he even brings in the expulsion of Jewish communities in other “Arab” lands asking “how will they be compensated?” The question is, what the hell do the Palestinians have to do with other Arab countries?! It is the same arguments that south African apartheid made – “they are all black, they have a whole continent we just have a small portion, let them move somewhere else if they don’t like it.” As if Tunisia has something to do with the Palestinians, or the Tutsi has something to do with the Bambara. Completely convoluted, and shameful. The Israel laws and institutions request? That is a tall order, here is at least a source on the law, no exhaustive –
http://www.llrx.com/features/israel3.htm
I’ll spare you my views on the “rule of law” generally speaking, in Israel or anywhere else for that matter…lol [of course, you know my "view," that is, what reality and the facts are]
"Forged documents of land ownership were submitted by the settler group, resulting in a court order that forced the Palestinian families to pay rent. <p>In 2006, when the documents were proved fraudulent, the Israeli court ruled the settlers' claim void but did not re-instate the Palestinian families' ownership to their land. However, it was too late, and in 2008, the settler group "sold" the land in Sheikh Jarrah to an Israeli investment company which currently plans to demolish Sheikh Jarrah and build 200 housing units for the exclusive use of Jewish settlers."
This is not surprising , but this is :The U.S. State Department has summoned Israel Ambassador Michael Oren over “unacceptable” and “provocative” evictions of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Arabs from Jewish-owned homes</span> in the Sheikh Jarreh neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem. In a possible effort to try to lower the heat on Israel, Assistant Secretary of State Jeffery Feltman, instead of Secretary Hillary Clinton, summoned Oren.
ReplyDeleteEvictions of Arabs from Jewish-owned homes !!! are they for real ?
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ReplyDeleteIsrael National News...The voice of the govm't. I thought it's interesting that you see how they report!
ReplyDeleteThey are NOT jewish owned homes, i will post what I did elsewhere -
ReplyDeletehttp://annies-letters.blogspot.com/2009/04/israeli-settlers-expelling-arabs-from.html
Apparently the decision while they (the court) declared the document a fraud you will note they still “did not reinstate the Palestinian families ownership of the land.” What they did was fall back on their annexation of Jerusalem which they “conquered,” so that it did not matter whether the document was a fraud or not, ownership terminated on their designated status. So, they than put the property to care of the Committee for the Sephardic Group, which is not unlike the other private “caretakers” of the land (by which whether it is this committee or another, they endlessly point fingers back and forth as to the responsibility for the decisions regarding the property).
In turn, you will note that the court purposefully rejected the Palestinian family getting an original deed –
“Nasser al-Ghawei told IPS from inside the Al-Kurd tent in Sheikh Jarrah that earlier this year Palestinian families felt relief when the Turkish government, dismayed at Israel’s brutal actions in Gaza, decided to release documents from the Ottoman-era archives that prove Palestinian-Arab ownership of the land. “We took these papers back to the court to prove that this is Arab land,” Ghawei says. “And the decision was negative.””
So they jettisoned both the fraudulent deed from the settlers and the valid deed from the Palestinians. When they rejected the Palestinian ownership they demanded the rent payment based on their contrived facts on the ground – “this is our land, we have conquered it, we are the caretakers of it, and we will do as we please with it.” The Palestinians were therefore cited for not paying a rent to the said committee under the rules of Israeli court. Which once again, makes the entire scenario fraudulent!
I believe the Committee for the Sephardic Group, is just the parent cover for the afor mentioned “Israeli investment company which currently plans to demolish Sheikh Jarrah and build 200 housing units for the exclusive use of Jewish settlers.” cited from my link. In other words, it is really an Israeli investment company which specifically is set for the development of properties to further Eretz Israel.
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ReplyDeleteThe “exploitation of Israeli law” – I think you have that backwards, “Israeli law IS an exploitation”…lol There is no law that is not skewed by the occupation, as I have said before all Israeli society is therefore vitiated by injustice and consequent cruelty in regard to the Palestinians – it is a weapon. Even the very terms of approach are skewed – take for instance my link “Dealing In Stolen Properties.” If you follow the conversation you will note the Israeli official steers away from the “law” (although this is not always the case, it is only the case here because it involves legal agreements with the international community), and tries to make the theft of in lieu land for the Palestinians a political issue! He goes completely off his rocker – it is very embarrassing (at least for me), trying to make the properties a political football. If you listen to his plea, he even brings in the expulsion of Jewish communities in other “Arab” lands asking “how will they be compensated?” The question is, what the hell do the Palestinians have to do with other Arab countries?! It is the same arguments that south African apartheid made – “they are all black, they have a whole continent we just have a small portion, let them move somewhere else if they don’t like it.” As if Tunisia has something to do with the Palestinians, or the Tutsi has something to do with the Bambara. Completely convoluted, and shameful.
The Israel laws and institutions request? That is a tall order, here is at least a source on the law, no exhaustive –
http://www.llrx.com/features/israel3.htm
I’ll spare you my views on the “rule of law” generally speaking, in Israel or anywhere else for that matter…lol [of course, you know my "view," that is, what reality and the facts are]
Thanks for this v...I'll check Annie's letters..
ReplyDelete"Forged documents of land ownership were submitted by the settler group, resulting in a court order that forced the Palestinian families to pay rent.
ReplyDelete<p>In 2006, when the documents were proved fraudulent, the Israeli court ruled the settlers' claim void but did not re-instate the Palestinian families' ownership to their land. However, it was too late, and in 2008, the settler group "sold" the land in Sheikh Jarrah to an Israeli investment company which currently plans to demolish Sheikh Jarrah and build 200 housing units for the exclusive use of Jewish settlers."