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| Palestinian structures destroyed in Jerusalem Al-Quds |
| 2009-11-20 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Despite criticisms over Israeli expansion of illegal settlements and destruction of Palestinian homes, Israelis have again torn down Palestinian properties in east Jerusalem Al-Quds. One day after Israeli authorities announced a plan to expand a settlement near Jerusalem Al-Quds, Israeli authorities on Wednesday destroyed a few structures and a horse stable belonging to Palestinians in east Jerusalem Al-Quds, claiming it to be built without a permit. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has always rejected demands by Europe and the United States to freeze settlement construction and has emphatically said that construction will continue in Jerusalem Al-Quds. Meanwhile, during a news conference in Jerusalem Al-Quds on Thursday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, who is on an official visit to the region, said that Israel must stop building (illegal) settlements "wherever they may be." Some 177,000 Jews live in east Jerusalem Al-Quds, in areas captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and later annexed as part of the city. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Perhaps these actions are more 'non-responses' to Nobama's 'can't we all get along' schtick where he ordered Isreal to not build more housing where it would offend the Paleos? If so, more please. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2009-11-20 23:17 |
| #3 Honestly, I couldn't care less if they bulldozed all the structures into the Med and put in a Solyent Green factory. I just can't care anymore. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-11-20 18:44 |
| #2 In the 1960's we in the U.S. called this process "Urban Renewal". And in the case of Jerusalem, indeed it is! |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-20 15:40 |
| #1 Correct me if I'm wrong, but when Mohammad dreamt of riding on a flying donkey to the "furthest Mosque" (a great use of 'Q' in Scrabble), it would have been somewhere around Medina or possibly in Ethiopia. It certainly wasn't Jerusalem. The 7 million inhabitants of Israel are composed not only of 1 million Arabs, but also 40% are Jews that have been expelled from their former homes in Arab lands. |
| Posted by: Ralphs son Johnnie 2009-11-20 03:37 |