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| Lebanon won’t let Palestinians buy land |
| 2003-10-14 |
| JPost Reg req’d A bill which would have allowed Palestinians to buy property in Lebanon has been withdrawn, prompting accusations of racism and discrimination, the Arabic Aljazeera network reported. An estimated 390,000 Palestinians live in Lebanon, half of whom live in On Monday any hopes of ever owning their own property were dashed when Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri withdrew draft legislation which would have lifted a ban on Palestinian refugees from owning property in Lebanon. The current legislation forbids the acquisition of real estate by all non-Lebanese persons "who do not possess citizenship issued by a state recognised by Lebanon." "or adequate false identification" "[Berri] withdrew from the agenda the bill presented by 10 deputies which aimed to amend a text banning Palestinians from acquiring real estate," the dean of the house Kabalan Issa al-Khuri told Aljazeera. "This subject is divisive among Lebanese," Berri said. "The acquisition by Palestinians of real estate would damage the Palestinian cause because that way the refugees would remain in Lebanon and never return to Palestine," he added. "We really really don’t want em...you know what happens to your property values when a UN Paleo camp is nearby?" Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri believes that the time was not right to grant Palestinians living in Lebanon such rights, but that the "unjust" ban would one day be lifted, the Arabic network reported. When the fish is dead? |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #10 One of my friends is a Palestian Christian from Bethlehem. Hamas does not like them, so he felt that it was time for him and his family to R-U-N-N-O-F-T, i.e., leave. Now he has built a good life for his family here, with no worries about getting gunned down by Paleo gunnies or IDF stray rounds. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-10-14 10:35:08 PM |
| #9 Mummar booted them out as well. The idea is that there is no Palestinian problem unless there are refugees. In all other case refugees eventually become citizens. With the Palestinians the UN is allowing the creation of 3rd generation refugees with the right of return to some place they have never lived. I like the idea, though, maybe being 1/124 Penobscot, I can boot some poor sap off of my tribal lands in Concord, NH. Saw a group of Palestinians camped out in the site of a demolished building in Alexandria in 1988. They are probably still there. Wonder what it feels like to be everybody's pawn. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-14 9:43:42 PM |
| #8 As far as I know, they have never been permitted to own land in Lebanon (from 1948). I seem to recall that they were also prevented from purchasing land, pre-1967, in the West Bank. I vaguely recall that they were not permitted to enter Egypt proper when Egypt held Gaza. So this is nothing new, just the same old attitude. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2003-10-14 7:42:50 PM |
| #7 Kicked out of Kuwait, persona non grata in Iraq, and forbidden to own land in Lebanon. But everyone insists the Israelis take them in. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-10-14 7:23:30 PM |
| #6 Well, everywhere the Paleos go, they s--t in their messkits or their hosts punchbowls. The hosts are getting kind of gunshy, so to speak. Anybody know the story on how Egypt treats their Paleo contingent? It seems that everyone is NIMBY with respect to the Paleos. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-10-14 7:02:38 PM |
| #5 Maybe the "Palestinians" should ask "Why does everybody hate us?" |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2003-10-14 6:56:22 PM |
| #4 Nope....can't have this. If we sell them land, then they might stop killing Joos (just maybe) and that's a risk we're just not willing to take. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-10-14 6:36:19 PM |
| #3 Will this earn the Lebanese Palestinain style Dire Revenge? |
| Posted by: OminousWhatever 2003-10-14 6:20:51 PM |
| #2 That's pan-Arab solidarity for you. |
| Posted by: Mike 2003-10-14 5:57:26 PM |
| #1 NIMBY bastards. |
| Posted by: BH 2003-10-14 5:52:59 PM |