And here's the size apartment Palestinian can buy. Helluva lot bigger than mine. Pardon if I have zero empathy.
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| How we can put an end to Palestinian Arab suffering |
| 2024-01-19 |
| By ignoring the profound suffering of the Palestinian Arabs in Syria and Lebanon, self-proclaimed "pro-Palestinian" activists and groups are once again proving that their goal is not to help Palestinian Arabs, but only to make Israel into a pariah state. As the world’s attention is focused on the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, including South Africa’s false genocide charges against Israel at the International Court of Justice, in Syria Palestinian Arabs are worried about a new government law that considers them "foreigners." By labeling the Palestinian Arabs "foreigners," the Syrian government is seeking to deprive them of the ability to purchase real estate. Like the majority of the Syrians, most of the Palestinian Arabs are Arab Muslims. The latest move came after Syria, on Dec. 20, 2023, presented a Law on Foreign Ownership of Real Estate, which imposes severe restrictions on non-Syrian nationals that make it essentially impossible for them to purchase real estate in Syria. The restrictions include the need to obtain prior permission from the Syrian Interior Ministry, without which owners cannot sell. Moreover, if a "foreigner" wants to purchase an apartment, its size must be no larger than 140 square meters, or roughly 1,500 square feet. Syria is not the only Arab country that discriminates against Palestinian Arabs in almost all walks of life and relates to them as "foreigners." In Lebanon, Palestinian Arabs are also considered to be foreigners who do not carry documentation from their countries of origin. According to the Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights: "This foreigner classification has allowed successive Lebanese governments to circumvent their obligations and responsibilities enshrined in a number of international and regional treaties and protocols—and their own legislation... "[T]here is no consideration of the consequences of the protracted status of Palestinian refugees [in Lebanon]. For many years, this unjustifiable policy has been compounding the deterioration in the livelihood conditions of the growing population of refugees...[who] have spent more than seven decades in Lebanon without access to their civil, social, and economic rights." Palestinian Arabs in Lebanon are "prevented from employment in 39 professions such as medicine, law and engineering," according to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). |
| Posted by:Grom the Reflective |
| #16 Life is good. Best one so far. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-19 23:18 |
| #15 ;-) I added the width = 400 I just tried it — yours works for me, too, Frank G. So whether added at the end or near the beginning does nor matter. My learning has been refined and updated. :-) Life is good. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-01-19 20:19 |
| #14 You can tell its a modern apartment because of the explosion vent. Owner could also designate area as School, Hospital, or Baby Milk Factory; one of those modular home personal flare options. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-01-19 17:32 |
| #13 EU's Borrell says Israel financed Hamas to weaken Palestinian Authority |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-19 17:23 |
| #12 ^ AKA "mosque" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-01-19 14:55 |
| #11 What's the gray area? Powder Magazine and Shell Room. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-01-19 14:52 |
| #10 Half of one of those would just about equal the square footage of a SEALAND container, which was good enuf for some in Iraq and AFG. No pi** bottles pls. Unannounced Health & Wellfare inspections and all of that. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-01-19 13:48 |
| #9 ;-) I added the width = 400 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-01-19 13:38 |
| #8 most of the Palestinian Arabs are Arab Muslims To be fair, before June 1967 a Arab Christians were a significant minority. It’s just that they’ve been given reasons to leave by the majority, so even in Bethlehem they’re only about 5%, I believe. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-01-19 13:36 |
| #7 mossomo, it appears order matters. You had width=400 at the end of the HTML string (I believe that’s what it’s called); not noticing, I added width=500 to the beginning, and it appears that ignored your reasonable attempt altogether. So I cleaned it up, ending up with img width=500 src=https://res.cloudinary.com/rent-blogs/image/upload/c_scale,w_663, h_433,dpr_1.5/f_auto,q_auto/v1678287914/1500-apt.png?_i=AA valign=top align=right /> So I have learnt something useful from this, too. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-01-19 13:32 |
| #6 What's the gray area? Bomb factory? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-01-19 13:26 |
| #5 Downsized to <500 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-01-19 13:20 |
| #4 What's the pic size I should use? Looks awfully big. Let me know and I'll check this post later to make a note for future reference. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-01-19 13:11 |
| #3 QFT: most of the Palestinian Arabs are Arab Muslims. And here's the size apartment Palestinian can buy. Helluva lot bigger than mine. Pardon if I have zero empathy. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-01-19 13:09 |
| #2 Pigs already supply heart valves to humans. |
| Posted by: Chesney Sleting4519 2024-01-19 12:25 |
| #1 A first-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people who have liver failure |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-19 11:11 |