before the Jordanians evicted the Jews during the war.

Kol hakavod to these idealistic citizens who settle our capital city,

I feel so deeply ashamed and angry that our people show no empathy; understanding for residents of homes in which they have lived for more than 50 years

I fell so deeply ashamed and angry that some in our people show so much empathy for such a racist conception, that jews are not allowed to live in certain place. Especially when, exactly before "more than 50 years", this was precisely a jewish quarter which was ethnically cleansed, made "judenrein".

feel some empathy for the original Jewish residents who were evicted to make room for the Arabs. Surely, you are not only feeling for the usurpers!

Yariv Oppenheimer had peace now have a rally for Yassin when Israel killed this Hamas mass murderer in 2004.

http://benatlas.com/2009/07/life-in-israel-in-1948-part-1/ http://benatlas.com/2009/07/life-in-israel-in-1948-part-2/

Aren't we ALL Palestinians? Christian, Jews, Muslims, Bahai. If that is so, then why can't these Jewish Palestinians move in? Just because they are Jewish, unlike yourselves? Isn't that hypocritical using double standards?

Were they squatters?

once the jews are ethnically cleansed from an area you are not allowed to go back, this is not right. they should leave.

can take a page from the media, and do. How is it thaat any honest intellect can say Jews being allowed to live in presently Arab towns is NOT ok, and Arabs being allowed to live in Jewish towns IS ok. How is that just? Can I grab your lunch and eat it as well as my own? Can we say no blacks in DC and no whites in NYC? What kind of BS are people swallowing?

working with all your marbles? If I buy a house its mine and I have a right to live there. why should you be ashamed? Are you ashamed that Jews are threatened with certain death by moving into the peace loving Muslim towns, yet Muslims live work, play, move around and live in Jewish towns. Do you know what a hypocrite is?

Squatters were kicked out of a home, and the owners finally got to move in. Compare that to the article's opening line "Jewish residents took possession of another east Jerusalem home Tuesday, after its Palestinian occupants were removed ". The line is entirely true, "took posession" vs "occupants" does describe the same reality. But the spin is incredible. YNet is making it looks like the gov't evicted Arabs in some kind of ethnic cleansing move...

As an African American it should disgust him.

... was it sold, if so when, and when was the family notified to move out, why did they decide to stay, etc etc when it was that recently deceased "uncle" who sold the house to the "settlers", then it would be interesting to know, why he didnt consider, handing it to that family with the sick old father, and also who inherited his possessions, and who has the 50 % of the purchase amount at the moment... err..etc etc... is it really so difficult, to clarify that things a bit, ronen ?

"The three-story house was home to 16 people, including the family's father, a sick old man on a wheelchair," Sharon said. Could the oldman be the one who violently took the house from its rightful jewish owners with the power of the sword 5 decades ago? If so, God has rewarded him with the fruits of his inequity.

Ethnically clearing of either Arabs or Jews is simply wrong but what was the court ruling and why is really needed. If the house was bought legally and the people refused to leave is one thing but if house changed hands per court ruling on 50 or 60yrs old claims then its far more questionable.

You know, its be coming crazy just reading the talkbacks, everything is justifiable.can't you people think rationally, and not go for the 'he did this ",so we can do that," first go to the core of the issue,understand it, then give your opinion, and in a way its rational, so when we read ,we can agree or not, instead of reading ,to my eyes, a load of waddle.

The company bought the house from the owner of the land 5 years ago. Read the story for yourself http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101123/wl_mideast_afp/israelpalestiniansconflictjerusalemsettler_20101123165431

dont you realize our people were kicked out of their homes from this place after the war of independence?????

I wonder which other state would tolerate or allow foreigners to come into their countries for the specific reason of causing as much trouble as possible,The ISM has special training for it's members on how to operate in Israel.How to disrupt and riot,in Jerusalem and in the West Bank. Round up these ass-holes and kick them out,never to return.

First you reverse yourself on freeze, now you apologize to supporter ros lehtinen on castro. then you desist on holding abbas to recognizing israel as a jewish state. Stop kissing ass. if you fiind being Pm too hard, hand it off to yaalon, begin or landau. You wanted to be PM. Fine,act like one. Firstly, the US needs Israel strategically as a forward guard and antimissile tehnology source as much as the other way around. Secondly, congress is proisrael. thridly, our people have been butchered and murdered. Compromise yes, humiliation or banana republic no as arens well describes in his haaretz article. What is so hard? begin and shamir did it! you do it! tell clinton and obama the next time NO to freeze. If abbas wants to talk, he knows where to find you. And he has to make compromises to. AND WALK AWAY. US will not save anyone these days as south korea is finding out, as georgia is finding out. israel is on its own with the jewish diaspora and an assortment of supportive countries. And that is it. Now bloody well stop the barak/olmert appeasement, hold your ground and say no on the things that matter. What you ought to have said to ros lehtinen as that what castro said in that moment was correct. End of story. There was nothing to apologize for. eliminate the zdimmi jewish gene which is expressing itself now in you. Take karate and or boxing. Say no more concessions.

One of the most striking of the photos is the "before" photo where Jews are waiting in front of their homes to be evacuated (ethnically cleansed) by Arab soldiers. Then the "after" photo showing the same homes after looted by the same Arab soldiers - broken items on the ground, trash strewn around, and even some fire marks around windows and doors. Disgusting, but nothing different from 1920, 1929 massacres of Jews and their property in the same area by Arabs.

But according to Muslims, once the crime is committed, we must all just look forward and drop any demands for justice. Sorry - doesn't work that way, sister! Jews were ethnically cleansed, from areas more than just West Bank and eastern parts of their holy city...also Arab countries, to the tune of 800,000! You are one sick SOB!

It wasn't as if this family was targeted by the courts or Jews. First, they are squatters and knowingly residing in a home that was stolen. Second, regardless of the crocodile tears they try to solicit from readers, the family has many chances over the past several years to agree to pay rent to the rightful owners. They refused on nationalistic and racist grounds, so they made the bed that the sick old man must lie in. A problem very typical among "Palestinians".

No its not. This was not a transaction occurring within a bubble 50 years ago. It was ethnic cleansing pure and simple, after a war, and only recently can the disposed party reclaim the property. Two points that were omitted from this story - 1) many years went by where the owners had to prove their ownership to the extent the law requires, 2) the current residents were negotiated with to pay rent to the rightful owners rather than be evacuated (a last resort) and this went on for several years. There is no Statute of Limitations on a claim like this in Israel, so nothing is questionable here, especially since Arab residents in the stolen homes admit very well what happened 50 years ago, making them an accomplice.

#2 Trumpeldor. For Pieces Now to be delusional, it would have to genuinely believe it's demented actions are helping Israel. There is no evidence it does. Actions such as passing information about Jewish cities and town to our enemies and attempting to make East Jerusalem judenreim don't square with any good intentions. Pieces Now is evil. Not delusional.

do not settle in east jerusalem, and give back all the "occupied" land then there would be no hostilities in middle east all the story that how the arabs attacke and annhiliated many civilizations/cultures/languages/religions are all zionist made, and not "true". Ah these jooooooooooooooooooooos