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UN report: Israel strangles east Jerusalem's development
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Published: 09.05.13, 20:03
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1. UN is a totally discredited organisation
(05.09.13)
Who listens seriously to what any of the UN agencies and and forums say. They nor their representatives cant even get their facts correct , believing and delivering propaganda from the most reactionary regimes in the world. An organisation incapable and regularly failing to do anything about world conflicts and whose soldiers repeatedly have failed tp protect innocent civilians or themselves in conflict zones. Its a wonder that western democracies bother to fund the UN anymore.
2. To # 1 check out Ir Amim
Stan ,   Israel   (05.09.13)
I suppose that if a Jewish organisation in Israel would tell you the same thing, you would say that they are "self hating anti Zionists" As a nation which has suffered for centuries some of us find it disgusting that some Jews relish the fact that "we can now do to others as was done to us"
3. No Such Place Called east Jerusalem
(05.09.13)
Only Jerusalem And it has been the Capital of Israel And The Jewish People for over 4000 years! If they don't like the conditions then Maybe They Should Move Forever! And take their families, friends with them!!!
4. #3 You forgot very fast
Albrecht   (05.09.13)
"If they don't like the conditions then Maybe They Should Move Forever! And take their families, friends with them!!! " What would you think about Germans, Poles or Ukrainians saying something like this about Jews?
5. israel prefers to behave insolently
matteo dagostino ,   veglie italy   (05.09.13)
in the end insolence will determine israel's next downfall.
6. #4
(05.09.13)
They already did, check the European Jewish demographics. We don't even have to think about it because it was both SAID and DONE. However in Israel it is constantly being said by certain parties yet it never gets done. Interesting, no?
7. #4 it's exactly what we did, we moved
Yossef   (05.09.13)
8. to #2 & #4 I salute you
Mo ,   UK   (05.09.13)
understanding\solving others problems is the best way to solve your own. I live in the UK, and since there is a good social services, there are not as much crimes than say a country like the US. where if you are in the street you are on your own. if you need medical help then you are on your own as well. Mainly the poor want to pick fight since they dont have much to lose. however if people are living good life standards they would just go along in their life.
9. Oppression of Arabs
MR ,   NJ,USA   (05.10.13)
In order to see the net effect of Jewish activity on resident Arabs they should not be compared to Jews but to Arabs in other Arab countries. How does spending on Arabs in Egypt compare. How does Arab population growth in Egypt, compare, etc. Relative to what they do for themselves, Arabs within Jewish ruled areas never had it so good anywhere else. Why do they deserve equal outlays when they do not produce on this level for themselves, not in Israel, and excepting oil, not anywhere else either.
10. Move to Syria!
Uzi Baum ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (05.10.13)
Miassalyami!
11. Albrecht #4 but you already do
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (05.10.13)
All the leftists demand ethnic cleansing of Jews and you don't say anything about it. Why can only Jews be ethnically cleansed from their homes?
12. Mo #8 you might want to rethink parts
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (05.10.13)
"there are not as much crimes than say a country like the US" Your violent crime rate is the HIGHEST in Europe and four times that of the United States. Just might want to work on your issues before making unfounded claims
13. Jews live better than Arabs
Amram ,   Toronto, Canada   (05.10.13)
not only in East Jerusalem, but everywhere, especially Arab countries. This has nothing to do with government policies. It is just the way it is
14. #2. Backing Israel's genocidal foes is truly disgusting.
Chaim ,   Israel   (05.10.13)
#2 Stan. Seriously, on which alternate universe do you dwell? Do you seriously believe Israel is persecuting "Palestinians" as the Nazis persecuted the Jews?? What is wrong with you? "Palestinians" are poseurs who want Israel destroyed. This is not a matter of opinion. Every single "Palestinian" covenant says so. They make no attempt to hide their blood lust. Jews, like you, who back Israel's genocidal foes, are truly disgusting.
15. #1. Many tax payers would love to cut the U.N. loose.
Chaim ,   Israel   (05.10.13)
#1. You are absolutely correct. The U.N. is even more abysmal than it's predecessor, The League of Nations. The Western Nations should cut it off. Enormous good could be accomplished with the billions of dollars misused to fund the destructive U.N. U.S. Republicans, and patriotic parties in general, have much to gain by campaigning to cut off the U.N. Many tax payers would love to cut the U.N. loose. Those who want to support it can do so with their own personal money.
16. We Still Should Fix This
Elon   (05.10.13)
If they are our citizens, which they are, we need to make sure we are providing all the necessary services. Otherwise, they'll rebel. "Moreover, 84 percent of Palestinian children there live in poverty against 45 percent of Jewish children." And these are embarrassing numbers. 45% is too high.
17. And now lets read the truth:
David Malaki ,   Chicago Il.   (05.10.13)
In 1948 there was a considerable Christian majority in Jerusalem... Just as the Muslims pushed out the Jews from the City in 1948, burning to the ground all 57 Synagogues in the Old City, they relentlessly pushed out the Christians. In 1967 , an Israeli census concluded that the Christian majority was reduced into a minority. This process is repeating itself also in Bethlehem !! In Islamic Egypt the Christian community is in serious danger. In Lebanon, Al Fatah (The PLO) brutally killed more than 40 thousand Maronite Christians. The UN does not talk about any of this... and we must ask why ?!?!?!
18. # 1 It is said of the UN
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (05.10.13)
they have the very best parties ever- Imported booze, hard to find wines, hookers, booze, cocaine. Why would the Arabs want to close down 'party central"? Hell, they don't even pay for their parking tickets... Just what Rockefeller ordered, a free port of call girls. Good for the 'economy' LOL.
19. # 17 David Malaki
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (05.10.13)
WE SHOULD ask why, but don't. obama perhaps? Poor obama and Hillary Clinton both caught with their pants around their pants around their ankles.. Something about Benghazi...... You'd think that both obama and clinton being 'Christians' ( I say that advisedly ) they would find that more than objectionable. You'd think.....
20. #17 correction
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (05.10.13)
"In 1948 there was a considerable Christian majority in Jerusalem... " In 1948 80% of Jerusalem was JEWISH. Hard to be a majority with less than 20% of the population. Yes Christians have been pushed out of all Muslim countries - but they were not a majority in Jerusalem. Bethlehem yes - Jerusalem no
21. #4 - they did...but Jews weren't a threat
William ,   Israel   (05.11.13)
and they weren't complaining about their situation, trying to bring intl orgs into the fold, and try to partition a capital city that isn't their's in the first place.
22. This report is highly mis-leading
William ,   Israel   (05.11.13)
1) It specifically avoids saying that services to ALL neighborhoods in E. Jerusalem are severely limited compared to those in other parts of Jerusalem. 2) It ignores the fact that such benefits were not extended by previous govts to E. jerusalem neighborhoods using the Oslo Accords as a premise that Jerusalem would be divided again and it would be harder to make peace with normalization policies in place which would in effect keep Jerusalem unified simply through inertia. Now - that point I disagree with and I think Oslo is dead, Jerusalem should remain always unified, and residents there given full benefits and municipal services. 3) This is the major point that the report ignores - service providers are often attacked when entering Arab neighborhoods. Even trash collection there can be dangerous. Israel built the light rail into a few neighborhoods and the Arabs threw rocks at it, even though it could help alleviate traffic, enhance tourism and commerce, and investment projects there.
23. #8 - your position has been disproven in 2000
William ,   Israel   (05.11.13)
"however if people are living good life standards they would just go along in their life. " In 1999, "Palestinians" had the fastest growing economy in the world, free movement into Israel and beyond, and the standard of living of everyone went up. But still, they chose racist terrorism as their option and destroyed everything. Same too with multiple studies since then on terrorists. Liberals in many countries argue that terrorists are those who are poor and have nothing to lose, but the opposite was true - they came from affluent backgrounds and left a good live to kill innocents.
24. Capital of The Jewish People for over 4000 years
thedude ,   Berlin   (05.11.13)
And why is it that you hate the descendants of the Jewish people of 4000 years ago (the palestinians) so much? Because they switched their religious belief in between?
25. #14
Justjams ,   Jerusalem   (05.19.13)
How many israelis have been killed since 1948? And how many palestinians have been killed? Palestinians have a death wish for israelis i think its the other way around. Israel is doing to palestinians what the nazis did to them. Palestinians have a problem with israelis that occupied them not jews.
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