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East Jerusalem demolitions resume
Ronen Medzini
Published: 13.07.10, 13:19
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1. To Mr. Margalit
Ricardo Macher ,   Karnei Shomron IL   (07.13.10)
It's not the USA who's being stupid! But somebody else! Do you really believe that your hard work against the hat? Israeli government and Jerusalem's municipality (both democratically elected) is Zionist? If you do, you should better read again your history books, remember what happened with the Altalena and who ordered that? You are getting a much better treatment, and this government is not Ben Gurion's!!!
2. :: I guess it is time for...
Matty Groves ,   Fairport   (07.13.10)
...Obama to put away the carrot and take out the stick. These illegal demolitions in the Palestinian E Jerusalem will not further the peace talks; you can’t say that Obama didn’t give Bibi fair warning.
3. Americans may quibble, but so what.
Janice Cohen ,   ירושלים   (07.13.10)
4. A mere drop in the bucket
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (07.13.10)
There are over 10,000 illegal structures in the eastern part of Jerusalem. Tear each and every single one of them down and charge the owners for the cost. Just like they do in America and every other democracy in the world.
5. Makes more sense to demolish Arab homes than any Jewish home
Josh   (07.13.10)
Actually it makes no sense to demolish homes belonging to Jews anywhere in Israel. Afterall it's Jews' country and Jews have the right to live anywhere in Israel they wish. The zionists are become crazier by the day. They want Jews to settle all of Israel, then they throw them out to the dogs and destroy their homes and livelihood. They pull Jewish dead out of their graves and throw fathers and mothers of young children into prison. It's no wonder the world sees them as a bunch of loony guys running the state.
6. #4 I worked with an Arab...
Janice Cohen ,   ירושלים   (07.13.10)
who had his house in E. Jerusalem torn down and then fined 100,000 NIS on top of it for building it in the first place. I felt sort of bad for him, because he was kind of a decent chap, but the law is the law, and he thought he could just cavalierly break it and it would never catch up with him.
7. 10'000 illegal buildings
Cinta   (07.13.10)
does this include the ones put up by settlers- or just Arabs? Of course anywhere in the world where the city officials are in cahoots with mafia contractors, building permits can be bought- does this make it LEGAL?
8. #7, Israel has legal authority in all of Jerusalem
Jake ,   USA   (07.13.10)
No other state has a claim to Jerusalem or the West Bank for that matter. Cry me a river.
9. nothing called israeli law in east jerusalem
Handala ,   Jerusalem, Palesine   (07.13.10)
there is nothing called israeli law in east jerusalem, east jerusalem is an occupied area so the israeli law does not work there this is agreed on by all the world and will never change.
10. #9, which state is Israel occupying in East Jerusalem?
Jake ,   USA   (07.13.10)
None.
11. #9 Then why are you under it's thumb??
Joey Rose ,   Portland   (07.13.10)
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