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Last update - 09:03 19/06/2008 J'lem city hall refuses services to area beyond separation fence By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, Jerusalem  The Jerusalem municipality has refused to send a member of its veterinary services to the Ras Hamis neighborhood in the northern part of the city, in order to collect a number of stray dogs captured by local residents. Municipal officials told residents of the Arab neighborhood, located on the Palestinian side of the separation barrier, that they should bring the dogs to the Shuafat checkpoint, from where the city's veterinary services would take the dogs. "A pack of stray dogs entered the neighborhood yesterday," said Jamal Sanduka, one of the residents. "Two [of the dogs] entered the yard of a house and killed almost 20 ducks there. They also chased children in the neighborhood," he explained. Advertisement According to Sanduka, a number of neighbors managed to capture and cage two of the dogs, but despite repeated calls to Jerusalem's municipal hotline, the city refused to send its workers to Ras Hamis. "We are residents of Jerusalem. We pay all the taxes, but since they surrounded us with a fence, no one is willing to come here any more. There are 40,000 people living here, and they do not receive any services - not from the city and not from the Palestinian Authority. When a house here caught fire a few days ago, we called the East Jerusalem fire department but they told us that for security reasons they cannot enter the neighborhood. If municipal employees are not willing to come the city must hire a private contractor to do the work, but no one is doing even that," Sanduka said yesterday. Jerusalem municipal spokesman Gidi Shmerling confirmed the report. "The Ras Hamis neighborhood is on the other side of the separation fence. According to instructions from the security authorities, it is not allowed to enter neighborhoods on the other side of the separation fence except when accompanied by security forces," responded Shmerling. "In this case," he added, "since the complainant stated that the dogs had be captured and were in his hands, then in order to save the time required to coordinate with the security forces - which could possibly take days - he was offered to bring the dogs to the checkpoint so that the veterinary team could collect them." City officials claimed yesterday that the last time a veterinary team entered the neighborhood accompanied by security forces, they were forced to retreat after an "extremely violent" attack by local residents. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Calling it quits Beleaguered prime minister announces he will not run in Kadima party primaries. Obama's hunch Report: Obama 'gets the feeling' Israel to strike Iran if sanctions fail.   1.   how can israel justify this 09:03  |  susan 19/06/08   2.   its quite simple really 09:37  |  SJ 19/06/08   3.   Supporting Terror Doesn`t Get You Services 09:42  |  Yishai Kohen 19/06/08   4.   Simple response 09:51  |  Cynic 19/06/08   5.   yishai kohen 09:59  |  wibism 19/06/08   6.   Yet Mayo Uri Lupolianski still refers to this area as Jerusalem 10:24  |  SJ 19/06/08   7.   They should stop paying taxes 10:35  |  Itamar 19/06/08   8.   how is this israels problem? 10:36  |  fairgo 19/06/08   9.   Susan #1 10:39  |  Axelrod 19/06/08   10.   APPLY THE WISDOM OF KING SOLOMON TO JERSALEM 10:45  |  eric 19/06/08   11.   To fairgo 11:13  |  Anna 19/06/08   12.   yishai kohen 3 11:14  |  potobac 19/06/08   13.   Jerusalem ? 11:19  |  david 19/06/08   14.   More Jerusalem city council investment needed in Ras Hamis 11:32  |  Michael J 19/06/08   15.   They want their own state? 11:33  |  Steve Browne 19/06/08   16.   Democracy ! 11:40  |  Sean 19/06/08   17.   I don`t believe this story for a minute 11:55  |  Margie 19/06/08   18.   Arabs pay taxes? Gimme a break 11:57  |  Yishai Kohen 19/06/08   19.   Violent Pals 12:01  |  Separationforever 19/06/08   20.   Fascists! 12:22  |  Levi 19/06/08   21.   #8 Pretty simple question, fairgo 12:23  |  Johnboy 19/06/08   22.   stop lying about paying taxes 12:31  |  Michelle 19/06/08   23.   Margie, either the PA provides services or they`re Israeli 12:33  |  Michelle 19/06/08   24.   i wonder how well good ol` city hall would fare... 12:39  |  eric 19/06/08   25.   Racist discourse 12:48  |  Sean 19/06/08   26.   #17 Margie drops a clanger 12:48  |  Johnboy 19/06/08   27.   potobac and blacks in the usa 12:54  |  harzion 19/06/08   28.   potobac why did you kill thousands in faluja 12:55  |  harzion 19/06/08   29.   johnboy some news for you 13:13  |  zebulun 19/06/08   30.   WHY won`t they bring the captured dogs except to capture headline 13:13  |  PETER SM 19/06/08   31.   To #3 Yishai Kohen - U must be the Omnipotent One 14:07  |  just a jew 19/06/08   32.   Anyone been to Jerusalem here 14:15  |  jackie 19/06/08   33.   Ras Hamis is not part of Jerusalem 14:24  |  Adam Coleson 19/06/08   34.   AN OTHER misleading Haaretz headline,no vet.sent is NOT"serviceS 14:31  |  PETER SM 19/06/08   35.   CYNIC will you deliver water&electricity after they stop paying 14:46  |  PETER SM 19/06/08   36.   Palastinians cant have it both ways 14:51  |  Channah 19/06/08   37.   SUSAN it is NOT serviceS is it?&It IS available a couple of kms 15:12  |  PETER SM 19/06/08   38.   In Jerusalem ??? 15:43  |  Bar 19/06/08   39.   Amsterdam Jew: I Dare You To Walk Around There 16:01  |  Yishai Kohen 19/06/08   40.   # 1 susan....would you go to an area to collect dogs 16:30  |  Lynn 19/06/08   41.   then israel wonders why pals want to attack them 17:05  |  noor 19/06/08   42.   susan:israel justifies this..thats the problem 17:06  |  noor 19/06/08   43.   yishai: what`s terror mean to you? 17:09  |  noor 19/06/08   44.   Im sorry yishai, but the pals dont target the innocents like the 17:10  |  noor 19/06/08   45.   Amsterdam Jew: dont listen to yishai 17:12  |  noor 19/06/08   46.   channah:where do you get your info from? 17:16  |  noor 19/06/08   47.   To all that suggest that they don`t pay their taxes 17:34  |  Gee 19/06/08   48.   Read Agein , Unsafe to enter , What dont you 18:19  |  TOMY 19/06/08   49.   noor the trouble is that the pals keep changing 18:23  |  farid al atrash 19/06/08   50.   #39 yishai kone another illegal squatter scum 18:28  |  Labhras 19/06/08   51.   noor and the palestinian refugees 18:28  |  farid al atrash 19/06/08   52.   will the irish ever be independent 18:58  |  papalbull 19/06/08   53.   for farid al aTRASH 19:04  |  noor 19/06/08   54.   Pure Irony 19:05  |  Gee 19/06/08   55.   farid: you like things to be explained your way 19:10  |  noor 19/06/08   56.   # 54 gee 19:15  |  Axel 19/06/08   57.   Welcome to pre-civil rights Alabama 19:28  |  Ibrahim 19/06/08   58.   Vets can`t tell the difference between the dogs and the muslims 19:30  |  Avram 19/06/08   59.   noor appropos cafe blown up with several others 19:54  |  farid alatrash 19/06/08   60.   noor the pals had a country in kuwait 19:57  |  farid al atrash 19/06/08   61.   noor "dont exaggerate the suicide bombings" 19:58  |  farid al atrash 19/06/08   62.   noor"the pals could not return to their own land" 19:59  |  farid alatrash 19/06/08   63.   # 17 Margie is not me 20:06  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/06/08   64.   Noor of Ft Lauderdale 20:08  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/06/08   65.   What? Ridiculous demand as it sounds. 20:12  |  RW 19/06/08   66.   Article has the wrong focus 20:12  |  Scharker Yid 19/06/08   67.   Noor there were tens of millions of refugees in Europe 20:14  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/06/08   68.   #17, Margie...no, you wouldn`t believe it... 20:36  |  Silvienne 19/06/08   69.   Axel #55 it was intended for people like you 20:38  |  Gee 19/06/08   70.   #40, Lynn calls Susan righteous... 20:39  |  Silvienne 19/06/08   71.   # 67 margie 20:45  |  Axel 19/06/08