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MKs offer to evacuate Arabs from Silwan
Ronen Medzini
Published: 23.06.10, 20:17
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1. If this happens
(06.23.10)
The European Union needs to place the same sanctions on Israel which currnetly applies to Iran. As Israel to will be in breach of International Law. The EU should also begin legal proceedings to return to Arabs land and property forcibly removed from Arabs in the occupied territories. And the EU need to make it perfectly clear to Netanyahu he will be held personally responsible in The Hague for war crimes including Ethnic Cleansing. Enough already.
2. #1 Enough already
Solomon ,   Bklyn   (06.23.10)
Enough already with shoot-from-the-hip "ethnic cleansing" and "war crimes", assigning them to everything you happen to disagree with. First explain why it is wrong to forcibly remove Arabs from properties from which Jews were forcibly removed (or killed) previously. I may not agree on removing Arabs in many instances, but mostly for political exigencies; not for the monkey-cry "war crimes, war crimes, war crimes". You ain't seen true war crimes, believe me.
3. to #1 - very brave f*#%
ophir ,   nyc   (06.23.10)
ok loser...the arabs should go crying to england and the UN who helped establish Israel's borders. and then u can say 'enough already'. crying arabs are starting to show their real faces anyway...by the way if i got a new laptop from unhrc and a kilo of food a day, i'd stop crying...these pawns wouldn't be able to support themselves for 1 week in the real world - probably not even if we lived in the 1950's....so shut up - hater!! why dont you post to iranian and turkish sites about ethnic cleansing and war crimes!?? coz it's easier to kick the Jews?!? yea that's right you're sooo brave and humanitarian... at least these squatters aren't about to get killed...they lost in court...they just want them evicted not eradicated...
4. Re: #2
Apa ,   NYC   (06.23.10)
Of course it is not wrong to return property to its rightful owners. However, what is wrong is to apply the law unequally. For example, to this day the villagers of Iqrit are still not allowed to take possession of their village lands, despite being Israeli citizens.
5. Can they build new home in area before being evacuted?
Bloodyscot ,   Dallas, Texas   (06.23.10)
This started 72yrs ago before Israel was a state, so can Arabs(or Israelis if Palestinians) find or build new home in area before they are forced out of building?
6. MK's
Daz ,   EU   (06.24.10)
These MK;s sound like a bunch of racists, they should be ashamed. are they going to return the homes the arabs lost in 1948?
7. to #1
Ben ,   London   (06.24.10)
Did you read the story? It says 'Arab families living in a building which previously served as a synagogue for Yemenite Jews. ' They squatters, they live in Jewish synagogue building. Im sure you just read the title and run to comment
8. news flash one of the houses for demolition
ghostq   (06.24.10)
was a synagouge up until 1948, when the arabs took it, and now 3 arab families live there, the door frame probably have jewish mark, the bible books were sold by arabs, since the building was a syngogue it belong to jews.
9. to #4 no how ever siluwan aka shiloah
ghostq   (06.24.10)
had jewish neighborhood up until 1948. and if you talk about equal before the law the residences of all arab villages should start pay taxes like the jews does, you forgot to mention they don't pay, you see in order to have ballanced system you must have equal duties and equal rights, and arabs don't do minimal duties. and expect to get only rights, how many taxes jews pay in Israel along the years? how many work in fire brigades police forces or other community services? you forgot to mention that. when a Israel jew don't pay taxes they been send to jail, when arabs don't pay taxes it get ignored, this is boyond simple duty for the stat.
10. Let Arabs reclaim pre-1948 properties
Michael ,   USA   (06.24.10)
Fine, let all the Arabs who were expelled from their homes in West Jerusalem (which is how they ended up in E. Jerusalem) reclaim all of their lost properties. Fair is fair. Too bad apartheid Israel only allows Jewish citizens reclaim the properties they lost in 1948, but not the Arab citizens.
11. # 5 Michael the Moslem
Yitzchak ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (06.28.10)
And let's let ALL native American tribes reclaim ALL their land that the white man stole from them, quite often forcibly evicting and worse - shooting dead all the men, women, and children to cleanse the land. That is American heritage. Clean up your own mess first.
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