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2011-12-23 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel gearing for effective separation of East Jerusalem Palestinians

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Posted by Steve White 2011-12-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Not practical. Jerusalem was a divided city for 27 years---with daily sniper attacks from the Arab side.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-12-23 05:59|| 2011-12-23 05:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Sadly - to the Palieos and United Nations - the daily sniper attacks against innocent civilians is a feature - not a bug.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-12-23 08:44|| 2011-12-23 08:44|| Front Page Top

#3 East Jerusalem is, or was, directly connected to the West Bank, until Israel created a ring of urban settlements in the West Bank, effectively encircling it. They are now closing the ring, effectively making East Jerusalem a Paleo enclave, cutting it off from the West Bank.

Without easy traffic between the two, the East Jerusalem Paleos will be deprived of any non-Israeli logistical support.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-23 11:37|| 2011-12-23 11:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Excellent, a slow-motion siege operation that will make it more likely that the Arab population will slowly but surely be drained from East Jerusalem. And with the Israeli factional politics in play, the more insistent of the settler factions can be permitted to buy up any building sold there and move in.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-12-23 11:56|| 2011-12-23 11:56|| Front Page Top

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