Richard Silverstein/ The Guardian
Irving Moskowitz's bingo madness
"Over time, Moskowitz and other supporters of a far-right settler agenda developed a vision of "Judaising" East Jerusalem and its environs. They began after the 1967 war with a goal of repopulating formerly Jewish neighbourhoods, whose inhabitants had been expelled in 1948. The vision has gradually become more ambitious, seeking to dislodge Arab inhabitants from their traditional homes in villages like Silwan in order to transform Jerusalem into an exclusively Jewish city that can never be divided or shared with the Palestinians. Rabbi Haim Beliak, a pre-eminent Jewish activist and opponent of Moskowitz, goes so far as to call this "ethnic cleansing" of the indigenous population. Moskowitz's goal is to impose, through demography and population transfer, a political agenda on the state."
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I don't think a Mafia boss is as harmful as this piece of human feces!!
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<span style=" color: #dd8800; line-height: 15px;">They took the new Obama "Joker" poster into AllRise.com community court. Join and share your opinionhttp://bit.ly/obama01</span>
ReplyDelete"Rather, we're talking about a hypothetical New York divided between two nations which are in a state of hostility. Naturally, one of the nations might want to regulate the settlement of citizens from the other in its neighbourhoods."
ReplyDeleteIt is important to think of this in more concrete terms of reality. The major point of the weakening of the Palestinian community, so that it becomes a battle between one who is a crippled pauper and a fully armed soldier. The simple fact of the evisceration of the Palestinian community in Jerusalem is always missed, and they always display this as a battle royale between two equals. It is not unlike, but much more illegal and violent than gentrification.
As an example, here is a post contributed by somone at the Mondoweiss site, I figure I would post this because you are tired of hearing from me -
ReplyDelete"…When Israel formally annexed East Jerusalem after the war of 1967 in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, it claimed Jabal Mukabber as part of the municipality of “Greater Jerusalem,” and its residents suddenly paid new taxes and had a world of new opportunities open to them. Or so it would seem.
Then Yahav had me look closer. Jabal Mukabber has no sewer system. And it has an antiquated water system that usually runs dry. Its streets are broken, there are no libraries or parks. The school is falling down. In other words, Jabal Mukabber’s infrastructure is broken because since 1967 the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality spends 10 times more on Jewish neighborhoods and settlements than this one.
Now here’s the catch: When the Palestinians try to build and improve their lot, they are denied building permits in places like Jabal Mukabber. And if they build anyway, Israeli bulldozers destroy the building. …
Imagine that: Jabal Mukabber will be going dry while water in huge cement pipes is rushing under its fields to feed a nearby settlement. While Jabal Mukabber buys water off trucks, Nof Zion will be watering gardens and filling swimming pools. …
And Palestinians are forbidden by law to dig wells into the aquifer while at the same time enormous machines pump massive amounts of water from the same aquifer to feed the Israeli settlements. If you get behind the scenes, the frustration in these villages is boiling over."
Obama as the joker? Ridiculous as charged..
ReplyDeleteObama a socialist? Even more ridiculous...as charged!
Thanks v I'll have a look at mondo's. Haven't visited for a while...
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