For the second time in the past few weeks, the Obama administration today summoned Israel's ambassador to Washington to protest Israel asserting its municipal rights in eastern sections of Jerusalem. You see the Obama administration views the eviction Sunday of two Palestinian families from homes in eastern Jerusalem as "provocative" and "unacceptable."
In the case, Israel last week enforced its own property law in Jerusalem by evicting Arabs from a Jewish housing complex they purportedly had been illegally occupying for almost a century. My God "how long is this been going on"
The fact is the housing complex in question has been Jewish-owned since before Israel's founding in 1948. The eviction was court ordered, since they had been
living there illegally. The housing complex is located in the Sheik Jarra neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem. The home was originally Jewish, but its Jewish occupants were chased out during countrywide anti-Jewish Arab riots in 1929. Arabs then squatted on the property, with one family, the Hejazi family, becoming the de facto occupants despite never having purchased the property. What nerve some people have.
Even though documentation shows the complex is owned by Jews and that Arabs have been squatting on it illegally for almost a century, Jewish groups say they still legally re-purchased the property from the Hejazi family.
I am not anti-Semitic, but this what I dislike about Jewish establishment. I hate when the Jews bend over backwards to accommodate the Arabs. Especially when they pay twice for the same real estate. What other people do that.
Pressure from the Palestinian Authority, however, the family later denied selling the complex back to the Jews despite documentation and other evidence showing the sale went through. Palestinians are against selling their homes or properties to Jews, saying those who violate the order would be accused of "high treason" a charge that carries the death penalty.
Israel's court system twice ruled the property belongs to Jews. "The Supreme Court ruled for one side and not the other. In all democracies the rulings of the courts must be upheld, and it is incumbent on the executive branch to implement such decisions."
Prime Minister Netanyahu strongly rejected the State Department demand, telling a cabinet meeting Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem was not a matter up for discussion. "Imagine what would happen if someone were to suggest Jews could not live in or purchase [property] in certain neighborhoods in London, New York, Paris or Rome," he said just after his ambassador was summoned.
"The international community would certainly raise protest. Likewise, we cannot accept such a ruling. I agree with Netanyahu.
In the case, Israel last week enforced its own property law in Jerusalem by evicting Arabs from a Jewish housing complex they purportedly had been illegally occupying for almost a century. My God "how long is this been going on"
The fact is the housing complex in question has been Jewish-owned since before Israel's founding in 1948. The eviction was court ordered, since they had been
living there illegally. The housing complex is located in the Sheik Jarra neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem. The home was originally Jewish, but its Jewish occupants were chased out during countrywide anti-Jewish Arab riots in 1929. Arabs then squatted on the property, with one family, the Hejazi family, becoming the de facto occupants despite never having purchased the property. What nerve some people have.
Even though documentation shows the complex is owned by Jews and that Arabs have been squatting on it illegally for almost a century, Jewish groups say they still legally re-purchased the property from the Hejazi family.
I am not anti-Semitic, but this what I dislike about Jewish establishment. I hate when the Jews bend over backwards to accommodate the Arabs. Especially when they pay twice for the same real estate. What other people do that.
Pressure from the Palestinian Authority, however, the family later denied selling the complex back to the Jews despite documentation and other evidence showing the sale went through. Palestinians are against selling their homes or properties to Jews, saying those who violate the order would be accused of "high treason" a charge that carries the death penalty.
Israel's court system twice ruled the property belongs to Jews. "The Supreme Court ruled for one side and not the other. In all democracies the rulings of the courts must be upheld, and it is incumbent on the executive branch to implement such decisions."
Prime Minister Netanyahu strongly rejected the State Department demand, telling a cabinet meeting Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem was not a matter up for discussion. "Imagine what would happen if someone were to suggest Jews could not live in or purchase [property] in certain neighborhoods in London, New York, Paris or Rome," he said just after his ambassador was summoned.
"The international community would certainly raise protest. Likewise, we cannot accept such a ruling. I agree with Netanyahu.
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