"You cannot compare home built from ground up to Arab refugees living in home since 1940s" Actually, you're right, Meretz. Because if the land on which the home was built by Jews is either Jewish land or State land purchased by Jews, and permits were valid, then there is nothing else to talk about. Now, the "refugees" who lived in an Jewish home illegally since it was stolen from the Jewish owner during an ethnic cleansing must either pay rent to the actual owners OR leave. Ethnic cleansing is a war crime, committed by Arabs in 1948, and has no statute of limitations. The act of stealing the property and giving it to Arabs by the Jordanians is both admitted to by the Jordanian govt and the Arab families who took possession. The fact that they lived in it since the 1940s means nothing. Many Jews who lived in that same neighborhood, and Hebron, Beit El, Jericho, Gush Katif (before 1948), etc, have been there much longer than 60 years but Meretz NEVER shed a tear nor cared about the moral or legal implications of their forced expulsion in 1948, nor even the rights for Jews to keep control of such holy buildings as Tomb of the Patriarchs. This is just an attempt to gain the favor of Arabs and demonize settlers.

"The mayor is once again pouring fuel on the fire instead of calming things down. Instead of supplying our needs and providing us with services such as hygiene and welfare" Seal the city, incorporate it into one unit and unify it finally! Spread city services to all parts of Jerusalem and make it under Israeli control! By keeping services and infrastructure to a minimum in E. Jerusalem neighborhoods you keep the fallacy that Jerusalem is indeed two part of the same city, and E. Jerusalem is Arab when infact it was stolen in 1948. Screw the politics and the Leftist haters - take the city back to 1947, unify it, and make it the official Jewish capital finally!!

The Yemenite Synagogue, which was taken by force during the Arab riots, is still Jewish property Bet Yonatan is also Jewish In effect, if the order is carried out, two Jewish buildings will become Juderein If these two buildings are to be sealed, that leaves Arab buildings unaffected, they shouldn't have what to complain about

what is this bs... those Jews live there and those Arabs live in a synagogue. If they won't kick the Arabs out then what right do they have for kicking the Jews out... that's discrimination. How many of those Arabs live in homes that belonged to Jews until the Arabs kicked them all out?

It's not a reciprocal matter. There's no equivalence here and what's being suggested gioves disproportionality a bad name. Shut down Bet Yonatan because it should be shut down, because it was a bad move, because it is costing us too much it's costing us the litte bits that are left of our integrity.

This seems more about winning and slow pushing non-Jews out than about following the law. Israel is currently strong and many Jews want to see the dream of a Jewish only Holy Land realized, with Temple Mount under only Jewish control. In 20 or 30yrs the Muslims may unite and then return the favor as history has showed in the past. What do you want for your children and grandchildren, more wars or a life of peace?

Who is the real us, anyway?! : )

Seal Your Home First .

Jerusalem was 1/3 the size, if not smaller in 1947! To claim Palestinians have no right to live where they have for generations is patently denial of reality. Humanity shares the fate of the planet, - Israelis must come to terms with sharing the land.

Israelis take activist judges to the extreme. In fact the knesset is sometimes noting but a fig leaf for the supreme court who renege on the will of the people and legislate from the bench. As Chris Christie once said, "if you want to legislate, get off the bench and try getting elected!" The court has no right in this situation Bet Yonatan is a Jewish building. As for the Arab majority in so called east Jerusalem, land ownership is not sovereignty. They can own all the land they want. according in international law, treaties, and cease-fires the land from the sea to the border of Iraq is Jewish. Jordan has no legitimacy.

why do you think Ynet readers are so tupid?! well, some of them are really STUPID, But they all " Idiots and smart" know my mother was born in Jerusalem. you're a loser : )

who/what is it named for?

Thanks for this. It is indeed absolutely ridiculous to equate the illegal colony of Beit Yonatan in Silwan (Occupied Territory) with the status of the former Yemenite synagogue, which has been the home of 1948 Palestinian refugees for the last 50 years or so. Indeed, if this will go ahead, then all the homes stolen from Palestinians in 1948 in West-Jerusalem should be sealed, and their rightful Palestinian owners be allowed to return to them.

Since you're writing from what's know to be a Ghost Town "Ong's Hat, New Jersey, is a location of what has been called a ghost town in Southampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. It is located on New Jersey Route 72 west of its intersection with New Jersey Route 70.[1] Although it was never more than one hut ("Ong's Hut") it still appeared on some maps as of 2006.[2] A road in the area is named Ong's Hat Road. It is also called the Buddtown-Ong's Hat Road. It was completed in 1929, replacing an earlier dirt path". The question now is, are you really alive, or just dead from the neck up ?

You're mother being born in Jerusalem only means that she was born in what should rightfully be called "JEWrusalem" I had posted a series of questions directed to your attention, you haven't been capable of answering a single one of them Again, who were you last three rules, Where was your Capitol City, Temples were located at, ? Give us both a break, try making an effort to at least answer one of them Note: With a couple of minor modifications to your name, you could really be something worthwhile, as Salami

Israel was quite willing to share the land, as provided by the UN Partition Plan It was your Arab brothers who didn't want to share, resulting in the '48 war, when five Arab armies invaded, vainly trying to steal the land from the Jews and force us out I suggest you read both the Hamas Covenant and the PLO Charter, both are adamantly calling for the expulsion of the Jews and the destruction of Israel Pls. don't tell me about Arafat's pledge at Oslo, to remove the clause from the PLO Charter that called for the destruction of Israel, IT'S STILL THERE, to this very day

to my question... it's named after a POW whose being kept in a basement that manufactures bottle rockets... right next door to Israel. The vaunted Mossad and IDF know exactly where he is.

Pure nonsense !!