For first time in nine months, Israel razes Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem

Even if you had one, you'd just turn on each other as is evident today. You'll get a state when your love for your children is greater than your hatred for the Jews. Justice and righteousness will always prevail and Israel will stay. The sooner you recognize this fact, the sooner it would be better for both of us.

Maybe you don't realizes that Israel can and will draw a line in the sand and say to you this is mine and this is yours, if you and your pal friends don't start to play ball. We offered you a country 6 times including east Jerusalem in 2008, yall said no way. So this is your last chance. Start to play ball of else we will play ball for you and leave the westbank to Hammas like we left Gaza. And we all know how well that turned out.

does not count. No matter how much zio apologists whine about it.

"Jewish homes" might get demolished, but their owners have rights and passports. Many more "Arab homes" are demolished than a few a year, we are definitely not talking about a few a year. Take a look at the demolition orders pending in Jerusalem alone. There are more than a few scheduled for Dahmash alone, which is an "unrecognized village" wedged between Lod and Ramleh, within the Green Line.

This Israeli court has no authority to seize property from anyone in East Jerusalem. There is no eminent domain on occupied land. The opposite is true. International law forbids the seizure of property in occupied areas and it forbids the expansion of borders into occupied land. But, it's useless to argue law with Israel. Israel always finds a justification for breaking the law, again, and again, and again.

First of all, Israel has no right to rule over east Jerusalem, second of all the Beit Yonatan building is a prime example of an illegal Jewish structure that has been ordered to be evacuated 2.5 years ago, but has never been touched. Its an apartheid in occupied territories

and we are talking about someone occupying other peoples land which even the U.N denounces, so tell me again why the U.N evolved.

"It was court ordered" Israeli law does not apply in Israeli-occupied territory, and continuing to play "let's pretend" does not change that fact. ", jewish homes get demolished too" No, not according to the OTHER article in Haaretz, where the police are simply refusing to carry out a court order against settlers. "and it involved the municipality" Again, the extension of Israeli law and Israeli civil authority to Israeli-occupied territory is illegal i.e. Barkat's "authority" over East Jerusalem has no legal standing.

The world is not bored, the world is watching. And everybody but the self-righteous, misguided, arrogant welfare recepients of Israel know that. Now, as soon as y'all give the Palestinians their land back, they won't be living in "illegal" dwellings anymore, will they? As the world sees it, it is you who are illegal.

Yes some people will find ethnic cleansing boring. Some of them mature into Holocaust deniers etc. Check your head.

and i can assure you there is a huge housing crisis, my main concern in getting married is finding a house to live in, i will have to either pay my whole salary as rent or leave Jerusalem. at the same time israel builds thousands of houses for settlers, and makes it extremely difficult for us to get permits.

they would much prefer the illegal but well-built settler homes than these sub-standard shacks! Move into legal structures? Arabs in East-Jerusalem face interminable red-tape at best and get refused permits as a general rule.

and the rest does not sound much worst than tolling women for wearing veils or forbidden the construction of minarettes or raising a barrier in Ceuta ( non Spanish territory) or ...banning from Catalunians the right of self determination. Should I continue.....everything happening in liberal democracies . Indeed, things happen, but as usual antisemitism just focus on Israel. Nothing new.

or Egypt or Iran or Afghanastan. Its about as democratic as you can get in this neighborhood

What do the Catalunians have to do with Israel's Apartheid and racism? Oh, never mind, I forgot, if y'all allege that someone else is doing something wrong then it's automatically okay for Israel to do it. Gotta ya! As for the "anti-Semitism(tm)" can you please show where the alleged "anti-semitic" comment is? Surely, you know that criticizing the policies of a government IS NOT anti-semitic. I'd look again if I were cause if there's anyone in the world who's anti-semitic that'd be the jews, after all, the Palestinians were the original semites.

Jordan illegally pushed Jews out of East Jerusalem and held it hostage for 19 years the Jews took back their own land. The Arabs are the occupiers! The woman who wants to study in west bank from Gaza could be a Hamas inciter! These people voted in Hamas killers so Israel has every right to keep this woman out. The UN has Libya and Angola and Iran on its Human rights board big abusers of rights so to have another phoney human rights inciter is not needed in the WB. I am a non othodox dispora Jew and Israel is not alienating us because we know history and understand why Israel is doing what it is doing israel is a democracy-why aren't you making comments about abuses in Saudi, Iran, Syria, Angola, Libya, North Korea, Somilia -because you can't they aren't democracies yet you continuously attack Israe. Wake up Labras you don't see the truth

yeah, yeah, all your wining. Hey, but is israel is suppose to be "a light unto all nations" - you want the title, then deal with it. Instead of carrying on with wrong doing because others do it, try to follow a some trace of moral code, or is that too much focussing on poor little israel!??

Syria is more of a democracy than the "Jewish State". And Saudi Arabia does not treat non Arabs like second class citizens and demolish their homes like the Jews do to Arabs. Wake up people. Stop defending genocide. Stop defending apartheid. Realize the "Master Plan " is known, and these demolitions are just pieces to the bigger puzzle. Israel must be held accountable and we must begin with Sanctions, until they do what is right... A PALESTINIAN STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would suggest that many laws and beaurocratic laws be changed in Israel. Israel has come a long way in terms of reducing beaurocracy. However a lot still needs to be done that people should be able to get permission to build more easily. And not build neighborhoods of slums.

What the government of Israel and its citizens are doing is called "a self-fullfilling prophrecy" much like in the past, they'll start roaming the world again, crying persecution and anti-Semitism. By watching the events that have unfolded over the past 63+ years, one can clearly see how that came to be and how it's beeing used to their advantage in a cyclical way.

This is all due to the current coalition goverment truckling to an extremist minority. All we can do in the diaspora is hope the Israeli voter kicks these idiots out at the next opportunity.

"We'll make a pastrami sandwich of them. We'll insert a strip of Jewish settlement, right across the West Bank, so that in 25 years time, neither the United Nations, nor the United States, nobody, will be able to tear it apart." -Ariel Sharon to Winston Churchill III in 1973 Aaaah, that mantra of the destruction Israel with violins playing in the background...

And much better Israel builds homes for her Jewish citizens. Israel has no responsibility to provide free homes to Arab squatters.

If a group in my country decided to create a state for themselves only and leave me and my descendants as second class citizens I would want to push them into the sea too.

I'm sure that the man who's house was knocked down was less concerned about 'pushing jews into the sea' and more concerned about building a home for his family. Perhaps now Israel have galvanised his hatred for them.

Tony, you should know that only Iran defies UNSC resolutions. Israel IS the SC.

More than 50% , over 104 in total, of UNSC resolutions are passed against Isreal. Only US has stop them being implemented. The world is truely watching for the day when the US drops support for Isreal. She shown naked barbarism for the last 60 years

an owner who neither owned the land or had legal permitting to build. In short, another squatter on Israel's land.

Can't build in the USA without the proper permits. Some towns issue them based on who knows whos family and who's palms were greased or political support. The whole world is screwy!

the deciding vote,the world except the Arabs voted for a 2 state solution. the Jewish state was created because of the 6 million dead. I remember the pride of my Jewish neighbors the star of David in the windows.this pride is carried today by their children.

The pals have had years to make peace w/ Israel. They refuse and now have two entities neither of which talks to one another or to Israel. Good for Israel!

but Jews can't go into many arab cities because the arabs will kill them, stab them or rape them. Is that aparthied

Obama is powerless to do anything when it comes to Israel because Jstreet is not even close to powerful as AIPAC, and elections are coming up and the democrats are having to scramble for votes, so Obama will trade demolished homes and dead Palestinians for votes. It's Israel's responsibility if this later backfires and people want revenge.

In this paper and many others. Also check out the advocacy work that has been done by Ir Amim, an organisation that has been working through the courts to stop these demolitions. But it is very difficult. Obviously, you have national policy which is to judaise East Jerusalem as extensively and quickly as possilbe. That is a national priority. Then you have a racist mayor of Jerusalem who wants to rid the city of its Arab populktion and makes sure that no building permits will be issued. Multiple reasons are always given to justify thier racism but it all boils down to the same thing. So this is not impromptu, this is policy. Reports have been effective in exposing the problem but not in solving it because the governement and city certainly do not want it solved.

It isn't true. In East Jerusalem, many more permits were issued to Arabs than to Jews in East Jerusalem. A significant number of permits have been issued to Arabs for building in West Jerusalem, as well. The Arab population of Jerusalem has grown at a greater rate than the Jewish and "other." So much for trying to make Jerusalem Arab-free. Friends in East Jerusalem moved there from West Jerusalem after 1967 and say that, if the city is ever divided (they believe it will not be), they will sell their homes and move.

You cannot substantiate any of your allegations. This is just nonsense. Please site your source of where any palestinian received a permit to build a home in West Jerusalem!! If the Arab population is growing faster than the Jewish then perhaps that might be the reason why the government of Israel is doing all in its power to dispossess them and replace them with Jews in Jews only neighbourhoods. nAre those Palestinians who lost their homes to which they held titled in Talbieh, Katamon, etc are they allowed to return and claim their property or does that right only pertain to Jews??

Knowing the talkback participants here I should have known that I must specify that my friends who will sell and move are Arab. Also, as for the lack of permits: there is a Middle Eastern resistance - not just Arab or Palestinian - to civil processes. They just won't be bothered. And Israel is particularly frustrating in its processes. One of the things Americans immigrating here complain about is standing in line for an hour - or two or three - and then finding that they do not have the necessary documents because they didn't know they were needed.

Your friends who are Jews will end up getting their permit. You still did not cite your source for reporting that palestinians are free to buy anywhere in West Jerusalem. Cite your sources and the statistics for palestinians who have bought property in west jerusalem.

Malvinas/Falkland Islands!!! No neighbours to invade! Just loads of sheep to shag! It would solve the Argentina vs Britain dispute, and the UK would restore some international credibility. All gain. Peace in the Holy Land.

Or give 'em Texas. Hell, it's got oil and George Bush. Or Brooklyn, god knows all its residents all jews already.

Ethnic cleansing the Palestinian People of Jerusalem is zionist aim.

Oh, but it is a "Western-style democracy"! Look, Americans did the same thing with their natives.

An ethnocracy.

This type of savage thinking is the reason there will never be peace. The Palestinians are being systematically abused and kicked from their homes and are having their lives destroyed, and you are in full support of this. You are a pathetic excuse for a human being.

It is in East Jerusalem on the border with Ramallah. Not one international law lawyer would agree with you, and I hate to tell you Israel is not above international law.

To you, "Palestinians are temporary residence of State of Israel nothing more and nothing less.. " But to the rest of the world "Jews are temporary residence of State of Palestine nothing more and nothing less.. "

Your comments are of the media type, one sided without any consideration for the people of the entire area. Please do much reading and studying on both sides and so we don't have to listen to the one sided abuse story. I have talked personally with well educated Jews and Palestinians. Both sides are abused, but the greatest abuses came from outside of the land of Israel/palestine, not from within.

Unless International law is enforced the same everywhere to include the big boys in Russia, Chian, US, France, England, then it is no law at all. I do not live or ever once in my life recoginized international law. I agreed to live under the United States constitution. The UN can kiss my butt!

The Israeli government's "rules" and "laws" are in place simply so they can point and claim they have them. In reality, permits are nearly never granted to allow a Palestinian to build a home just so when they finally do it anyways out of desperation, the government can come in and claim it to be "illegal," when in really these laws are racist and discriminatory. They are set up so the Palestinians can never live there and Israelis can grab up the land. Israelis do not want peace, they want land. Shame on anyone who supports this despicable behavior by the Israeli government. We are all humans. We should coexist in peace.

by the international community.

Israel is a democratic state in some ways but also a Jewish state in others. Zoning and building permits favors Jews but limits 90% of Arab building and the Gov. admits this since records easily show it but many records sealed to prevent newspapers from publishing them. Is this Apartheid, maybe but many Muslim countries are just as bad or worse for non-Muslims.

I know one man and it took him 20 years to get all the permits so he could build his building and that was in Israel proper in Haifa. They really need a regulation overhaul

Much of the land in Jerusalem is owned by the Greek orthodox church and other churches

The annexation of East Jerusalem was declared ILLEGAL by UNSC Resolution 252 (1968)of 21 May 1968 UNSC Resolution 267 (1969) of 3 July 1969 UNSC Resolution 271 (1969) of 15 September 1969, UNSC Resolution 298 (1971) of 25 September 1971, UNSC Resolution 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, UNSC Resolution 476 (1980) of 30 June 1980 And yet, Israel defies the International Community.

If you conquer something in a war it is yours

Why does the extreme Left pout so much when the Jews defend themselves and win?

the same way every other nation in the world was settled, after a war. Israel and Judea were untied by King David over 3,000 years ago.

Actually under International Law winning a war does not grant possession of land. The reason for the law is to remove that incentivefor war. Colonizing taken land is also illegal for the very reason that doing so makes it harder to restore the land to its proper owners. Israel's policy of establishing "facts on the ground" is a demonstration why this law exists.

It is not yours. When you steal something when caught you will be forced to return it AS IT WAS. That's the best part.

You have a people eager to be your peaceful neighbor, cooperating with you on all levels. Israelis need to confront their government, confront their extremists, push for a viable peace and better future!

You both are a bunch of loons. It prefer to be a pariah state then lose my identity. Isn't that the reason we where forced into Ghettos? Be Christian or be a pariah. We'll be a pariah until you wake up.

Dear ashamed, Israel IS a pariah state. For decades. Decent Israelis are leaving. They are welcome in the U.S. As for the settlers, stay in Israel. We don't need or want crazies. That includes Nutanyahoo/Limburger. Salaam/Shalom

So it's because "you" were forced into ghettos that you feel it's right to force the Palestinians into ghettos? I think that'll you dead if you don't wake up. Remember the Nazis? They also thought that nobody could touch them. Who's laughing now, eh? Yep. Never again is right!

Obama is sucking up to Congress Congress is sucking up to AIPAC+ Co. AIPAC+ is sucking up to Israeli right wing fanatics. Right wing fanatics are sucking up to expansive Zionism!

until after the 2012 elections.

BiBi will be gone before President Obama

Let's do the same with Lieberman's... I volunteer!

if your governnment ALLOWED THOSE PEOPLE TO GET PERMITS ON THEIR OWN LANDS THEY WOULD NOT BUILD ILLEGALLY... IF you knew anything about your urban planning system you would not be making blindly ridiculous statements, and would be ashamed of yourself and your government.

Israel is allowed to build on the lands of 1948. East Jerusalem was seized in 1967. Arabs shouldn't be required even to have permits. It's occupied land. Israel doesn't grant permits to non-Jews in East Jerusalem because it's a racist state. If East Jerusalem has nothing to do with the UN and Jews can do whatever they want regardless of laws, why can't we destroy homes of Israeli citizens in Canada or America and ignore international law? Would you want that? You are being racist. This is ridiculous. It's not Israel's land. George Bush senior told Israel not to build, but they keep ignoring the US. They ignore Europe, and they want trade deals. Boycott Israel if it wants to build there.

" I say GO FOR IT Israel! It's YOUR LAND!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT OBAMA'S and NOT the UN'S! "

How about making Israel apply for a permit to be in Palestinian land, eh?

why not those zionist jews go to where they came from?

So they can be slaughtered? Where would they go? To spain where they were slaughtered? To England where they were slaughtered? To Russia where they were slaughtered? To france where they were slaughtered? To Germany where they were slaughtered? To arab nations, where they were slaughtered? Read your history! Never again!

Yes actually. yes they can. Does anyone on these things actually bother to research their angry claims or do they just spew rubbish to confirm views they already hold?

They just spew rubbish to confirm views they already hold. Iran is a Muslim country that has the second largest Jewish community in the ME. Many Iranian Jews returned to Iran after leaving for Israel, following the Islamic Revolution. They couldn't bear the racism of the Ashkenazi Jews, or the constant Israeli warmongering against their country of origin. So much for the 'safe Jewish homeland'

All the "Sacred Texts" were written by people with agendas and an ax to grind. They can be interpreted to justify any action, anywhere ,anytime. Clerics and wannabes, and their adherents and followers must be understood to be criminally insane before any progress in Human Affairs occurs Who said that the Taliban and Mullahs are restricted to Islam? They are embedded in all religions and, eventually, will take control, be it Islam, Judaism or Christianity

and stop spouting your propaganda.

Its the people Tony. The ten commandments makes sense. Loving your neighbor like yourself is cool Theres plenty great laws in the holy book. Its the people who mess up. Lets not blame the book

He has shown that he is incapable of holding Israel to account for its actions. Israel can get away with anything and with nothing more than a statement of regret. And the conservative fanatics in Congress have now formed another pro zionist lobby that will be nothing more than a rubber stamp for the worst violations against international law by the government of Israel. Obama is playing into their hands and we have yet had anyone explain to us why our bond with Israel is "unbreakable"? Guilt over the inaction of the US during the Holocaust? The power of the AIPAC lobby to influence ME foreign policy? Why is the "bond" with Israel any different than with any other ally where we would recognise that that country's policies are in contradiction with US interests globally?

i would add to your list of causes that most americans who support israel are utterly ignorant of its history or the facts concerning the conflict with the palestinians. Many people in the US support israel as against "those muslims." Also, helping "poor besieged jews" fits in nicely with our self-made narrative of helping the downtrodden. To them, not supporting israel in some ill defined way is tantamount to supporting death camps. And of course there's the whole evangelical angle (shudder). A vast sea of ignorance, self love and religion-based intolerance

i once had an israeli friend (lawyer and supporter of israel!) ask me how americans felt about Israel dictating US M.E. policy. I could only answer that the vast majority of americans have no idea what's going on

Although we hear voices in the mainstream press, ie. Nicholas Kristof in his recent op-ed piece in the NYTimes, most of the news comes from extremely biased reporters of the ilk of Kristol and Krauthammer. Sharon also expressed a similar feeling to your Israeli lawyer friend. With the support of the Jewish community (though that is seriously changing of late with groups like JStreet and Jewish Voice for Peace becoming more involved in the debate), the growing conservative lobby and the protestant fundamentalists there is strong organised opposition to Americans hearing an alternative voice. The ignorance of most Americans on the issues is astounding.

As a pro-Obama Caribbean I am sorely disappointed that the president has not been able to counter the Jewish power in USA. Remember the 70 Congressman who chided him for demanding Israel's compliance with international law? If Obama is unable to influence a country which depends on your support, how does he have the moral authority to keep Iran or any other country in line?

What a couple of arrogant, ignorant asses! First, most of those in the US who support Israel know more of the history of the Israel - and of the Middle East - necessary in understanding the situation - than you apparently do. Second, most of the news in the US is just short, incomplete capsules about the situation in Israel and is heavily biased against Israel. I live part-time in each place and trying to counter the misinformation there could be a full-time job.

Most Americans do not understand the problem. To claim that the Palestinian position or their history vis a vis zionism receives an equal voice to counteract zionist propaganda is ridiculous.

Other than business treaties Israel has never signed any agreements with the US.

obviously, KT, you're not watching the same news I am. when was the last time you heard the word "occupation" in a television news cast re: Israel or Palestine on any major or cable TV network? how about "colonization"? how about "war crimes"? And most Americans are under-educated idiots. Only after leaving the country did I even learn what Israel really was and how it was treating the Palestinian population (like most Americans, I thought Israel was the good guys.)

just by name israeli authority will tell you what religion you have.

Hey Barf, since Israel's settlements in the West Bank are all illegal according to international law, shouldn't they all be torn down?! Think about it!

There is a debate among the Israeli left and right concerning this issue. Some say it should be done sooner rather than later to promote piece. Others say if we get out potential terrorists move in and we have anoter Gaza on our hands.

Hey "S" .............ISRAEL ........WON that land!!!!! And THEY gave it up! AND UNLIKE YOUR "PRECIOUS" ARAB HYPOCRITES ............THEY are ENFORCING THEIR OWN LAW ...........and TREATIES .............only to have 'people' LIKE YOU ..............say THEY NEED TO GIVE UP MORE........ and say how GUILTY they should FEEL!

As far as anyone who ISN'T a zionist is concerned East Jerusalem is not the sovereign territory of Israel. It is, instead, an Israeli OCCUPIED city. As such Israeli law has no jurisdiction over it, including planning laws and building permits. So when you say "People who build homes illegally anywhere in the world" you are incorrect to claim that these homes are "illegal", precisely because the law that deems them to be "illegal" is not applicable.

You are living proof that a little knowledge is dangerous. Israel's communities over the '48 armistice line are not illegal by the Geneva Convention or any other international law. Many of those Jewish communities existed from time immemorial (in Hevron, The Old City, Gush Etzion, etc.) but those Jewish communities were destroyed by attacking Arab armies who illegally occupied those areas for 19 years (from '48 to '67) and then lost them again when they re-attacked Israel and attempted to annihilate it. There is no moral or legal reason for Jews not to rebuild their homes there.

People who post in capitals never have anything rational to say

Hey Barf, I'd suggest you read article VI, paragraph 6 of the '48 armistice agreement you mentioned a bit more closely, and see what it says about who really controls those areas. I'd also suggest that you read Article II, paragraph 2 of that agreement! "Wherever villages may be affected by the establishment of the Armistice Demarcation Line provided for in paragraph 2 of this article, the inhabitants of such villages shall be entitled to maintain, and shall be protected in, their full rights -of residence, property and freedom. In the event any of the inhabitants should decide to leave their villages, they shall be entitled to take with them their livestock and other movable property, and to receive without delay full compensation for the land which they have left. It shall be prohibited for Israeli forces to enter or to be stationed in such villages, in which locally recruited Arab police shall be organised and stationed for internal security purposes."

only lunatics think as you think!

Me, you, and a couple of sledgehammers. I hear Ariel's a nice place to visit this time of year ...

Are you related to Sarah Palin or are you her? There's nothing like the undescriminate use of exclamation points, periods and the random capitalization of every other word for absolutely no reason to show the writer's ignorance.

Not sad.Criminal ethnic cleansing.

THe HOMES of Palestinians? ARE you SERIOUS? The Israelis are forced to evict settlers from the 'ILLEGAL" West Bank Settlements ..............and yet when they evict ILLEGALS PALESTINIANS ..............YOU have the Gall to imply ..............they are WRONG? That my friend is called HYPOCRISY! THEY so called PALESTINIANS ...........HAD NO PERMIT. HENCE they were ILLEGAL!!!!!!!!!!! Perhaps ...........................someone should ....ILLEGALLY........take over YOUR HOME .........and then call YOU RACIST .............when YOU EVICT THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If in your mind, they remain "so-called" Palestinians, then of course, you can rationalize each and every Israeli action against them...since, you have rendered them a non-existent construct. On a more practical note: One State or Two States, those are your only civillized choices.

isn't that wat all international law say... isn't that what USA, EU, Russsia, China, Germany, France, Japan, India, Turkey, Britian, Canada say... is there any country in the world other that israel that says yes j'lem is part of israel...

It is well recorded how Israel discriminates against Arab Israelis obtaining building permits - including in areas that neither the Israeli Supreme Court norm international law considers to be part of Israel. Then such 'illegal buildings' are torn down in order to build 'legal' (Jewish) settlements - be that in EJ or the WB. And you fall for this?

A bit of education: "so-called" Palestinians means that the Arabs are not the only Palestinians Jews are Palestinians too. But Jews tried to move on and remove the stigma of a word created by Romans to humiliate the Jews. There isn't a civilized answer to this with out the Arabs acceptance of the Jews claims to their historic land.

No israel, No Palestine. One State Solution is the best for all. One Man, One Vote, Equality for all inhabitants. Equal Pay for Equal Work, Equal Water Rights. No Apartheid, No Segregation...A Very True Secular Democrac Let us call it: “State of Holy Land”.

If you loved it so much why did you wait 2000 years to go back.? The indigenous Palestinians have been there for thousands of years, they did'nt emigrate to surrounding countries - they stayed and converted to Christianity and Islam.

Maggie: based on the actions of the Israelis over the past 63+ years, I would be fair to say that their leaving was not voluntary even if it was warranted. Even the Bible describes how they made persona non grata out of themselves everywhere they went. They eventually had to run for the lives. Then landed in Europe and guess what? Same schit, different continent. Now, it's back to the ME and guess what? See the pattern here? Their persecution complex is a self-fulfilling prophecy and self-inflicted. They truly give people no other choice but to kick them swift in the ass.

So, by your logic it was not racist that they evicted them to the ghettos and concentration camps. Just because a state passes a law, it doesn't mean it's right.

It seems like the answer is no.

Only the Israelis fail to outline a proposal. Israel talks of two states but is destroying this option by building illegal settlements on occupied territory.

Just look how many times they refused peace talks or negotiation about statehood.Free money from around the world filling private accounts are a privilege that will be removed if they declare sovereignty so why to bother? Talks about peace or Palestinian state are sufficient no need to do more.Money, money!

judea and samaria ocupied by jews. whats your problem with jews in judea, the illegal settler are the arabs there and the two states are jordan and israel. now we have jordan, jesha, gaza! 4 tate solution.

AFTER all of the INFIDELS are dead.,..

they want a house, how dare they want to have right like you have in their own land, how there they protest because their land is occupied, how dare they want freedom of movement, how dare they want to join armed groups after they see their houses demolish!! How dare!!!!!!!!

Are you KIDDING ME? The ISRAELIS are the ONLY ONES who GAVE UP LAND!!! And the ISRAELIS are the ONLY ONES who are REMOVING "THEIR PEOPLE" from the ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS!!!!!!! TELL ME "BORN FREE AND EQUAL" ...........are the PALESTINIANS/ARABS removing THEIR PEOPLE from the 'shacks' which are ILLEGALLY being BUILT in the UNDISPUTED PARTS OF ISRAEL? ARE THEY? What? IS that SILENCE I HEAR FROM YOU?

Lying zionists. You write the narrative for the Palestinians. All Palestinians want peace, it is Israel and the racist settler thugs who've made it absolutely clear in their own words, they will not give up the land, they will continue to force Arabs off land they see as theirs.

The left has always been a weak political force in Israeli political life, from its inception. The controlling party, indeed the predominant sentiment in Israel to day is far right, extreme nationalist combined in force with religious fundamentalists who are more and more detached from the rest of the world. The psychology of us against them is deeply embedded in the Israeli psyche. They want peace ontheir terms. But one thing is strong than achiveing peace and that is the demographic imperative. Nothing holds a candle to it. For yrs, the palestinians were a united rejectionist front and Israel could play the game of how they yearn for peace. Now Palestinians recognise Israel and its right to exist and it is Israel that does not want peace, or better, they don't want peace before they achieve thier demographic imperative. And what is that? Precisely what we are witnessing now: a frantic pace of consfiscating more and more land and settling it with the maximum number of Jews while doing all they can to reduce the Arab population to achieve demogrpahic superiority. Land and people. That is what Israel wants. Peace only gets in the way of achieving that overriding goal of zionism.

Money? Refused peace talks? Private accounts? Really, look to your own house of corruption. We won't go into the details on the financial scandlas that a number of Israeli presidents and PMs have been or are involved in. Israel has been the open mouth of more US money than any other nation. What Israel asks for, Isrel gets. Palestinians are asking for peace talks on the basis of where they left off. Their stipulations are ones which are supported by decades of agreement with the US, EU and international courts: that is that the colonies Israel has constructed across all of Palestine are illegal. There is consensus on that, so your allegation is full of hot air.

Aren't you trying to get rid of the Jews? Weird that you didn't know this is a war for land, which started when the Arabs didn't accept the UN's proposal in 48

There are plenty of European states already

As I read your comment I take a deep breath. May enlightenment prevail. Please read My friend Ilan Pappe's book The ETHNIC Cleansing of PALESTINe. Avram Berg's The Holocaust is over We Must Rise from it's Ashes, For light bedtime reading I suggest a short book of 93 pages, The Israeli Holocaust Against the Palestinians written by Michael Hoffman and Moshe Lieberman, Please also read Norman Finkelstein Beyond Chutzpah, On the Misuse of ANTI-SEMITISM and the abuse of history. Ali Abunimah has a wonderful book out ONE COUNTRY A BOLD PROPOSAL, The ISRAEL LOBBY and U.S. Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Stephen M . Walt, While you have a few moments please also read THE GOLDSTONE REPORT on line for FREE. Professor Rashid Khalidi has several enlightening books on the Middle east. I read THE IRON CAGE The Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, Please read Alice Walker's overcoming speechlessness. A very short book about Rawanda, Congo, and Palestine/Israel. have you heard of JVP Jewish voice for PACE. Or Heard Rabbi Asherman speak. He represents RABBIS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS check him out on the web. After you have done your readings in I would like to interview you for my upcoming book, apparently you have a lot to say and you are passionate about it. Peace, love, and outrage.

We need to disseminate this information ASAP. I'll help, as soon as you put up valid sources....

that is what zionist love!

Over the past few years, the right wing trend in Israel has excelerated. The government is dominated by extreme nationalists and religioius fundamentalists. Neither believes in democracy, but in ethnocracy, a term that sums up Israel's so called version of democracy. The majority of Israelis support this kind of ideology and those who oppose it are sidelined and quite powerless. netanyahu and his cohorts do not wnat peace and more importantly do not believe peace is possible. They have constructed an ideology that sees Israel in a constant state of danger, precarious. They do not believe in a two state solution. That is a ploy for US consumption. They believe in the zionist imperative which is getting by any means possible the maximum amount of territory that was not granted to them in '48 and settling it with a demographic majority of Jews and slowly but steadily dispossessiong the Arab population and making life as alienating and impossible for them as they can. That is their motivation and of course, in time it will prove to be unsustainable as it has for any colonist power.

Why not. It semmes that is very profiting for palestinians to be refugees. Other refugees worldwide have settlled themselves everywhere. The palestinians in contrast have made a great business of being refugees. The United Natinos have created a refugee organization just for them (UNRWA)

giving up land for enemys? hope obama goes fast the whay of all rubisch and us gets a good president. never thaught i will miss georg busch.

Israel would be to blame if they did fall down, just as much as if they stayed up.

You won't argue though that razing those homes was an act of pure responsibility and charity, will you? That's by the way a typical Western behaviour: To make even the most blatent egoism appear like charity. Take a look at the United States Geological Survey Website http://minerals.usgs.gov/granted.html. Under the point "Future Mineral Supplies" a map of Afghanistan appears, accompanied by the text: "Mineral resource assessments of Afghanistan and Madagascar are examples of USGS mineral resource science aiding economic development of countries around the world." Israel will say it is creating jobs for Palestinian construction workers. New homes built by cheap workers for Westerners who pay good rents to the Israeli owners.

"Israel will say it is creating jobs for Palestinian construction workers. " And many Israelis will say that Israel is doing too much to give those 'terrorists' (aka all Palestinians) a second chance by providing construction jobs for them in Jewish settlements.

And no doubt Hamas would be blamed for the earthquake.

Yes, probably, but I wonder if our prognoses should not leave some place for the Israelis to realize that they themselves are somehow of nationalist politics, lacking social solidarity, contact restrictions etc. It's not only the Pals who are poor and unfree.

and you think they would have giving it to him?

they don't get one. There is an unofficial policy in Israel to delay building permits for Arabs. This is not new and it is not secret. There have been one too many cases that prove this. For more information on the topic, see the Future Vision Documents or visit Adalah's website.

In any other country they would have been razed years ago. Squatters aren't welcome anywhere. You don't realise how many years this has been in court to get this result. So many Arabs moved illegally from the West Bank so as not to be under Fatah. Be fair as this has nothing to do with peace talks.

they dont give me a permit coz they hate jews no. no permit no building :!:

East Jerusalem is not sovereign Israeli territory; it is Israeli-occupied territory. That does rather make a difference, because it means that Int'l Law regards these Palestinians are "protected persons", and they are meant to be "protected" from the malicious use of the authority that an occupier has over them.

If you answered "Israel" then you would be wrong, because the Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem is regarded as "null and void" under international law.

Because he isn't building in Israel. This is a city under Israeli OCCUPATION, and that means that Israeli LAW has no jurisdiction. And if Israeli LAW is not applicable to East Jerusalem then no "permit" that is issued via Israeli law can be legal.

the illegal settlers are "squatters" and they aren't welcome on the West Bank either...

jeruschalaim was soverain and is sovereyn jewish israely capital long time befor they invented this language i wrigt so bad. if your loocking for palestin go to jordan throw the hashemits home to sudia and there is your two staates solution. but you like israel to kommit suizide.

it is very much in Israel. possession is 9/10s of the law. Old Jerusalem is disputed in Int Law, not occupied. But thanks for playing.

Israel was DECLARED 14th May 1948. It's a part of the 'moderm' world and laws. The Declaration of a Jewish State DID NOT include East Jerusalem, DID NOT Include the West Bank, DID NOT include any of the territories illegally 'acquired' by Israel, by war, by 1949. It is inadmissible to 'acquire' terrirory by war. It must be LEGALLY annexed to Israel. Israel has not LEGALLY annexed ANY territory, EVER!!

Were you complaining when Jordan annexed the entire West Bank in 1950? During the 17 years it ruled there? Or do you just hate Israel?

Don't be too selective about laws you know

We are not in 1950. Jordan has made peace with Israel and renounced any claim to Palestine. We are in 2010 and the palestinians recognise Israel and their right to exist as an independent state. Deal with it and stop regressing.

The Romans did? The Babylonians did? The Asyrians did? The is no older document concerning this land, then those of the bible, of Cyrus of Iran, of Egypt and yes, of Syria. The all say the Jews were there. Even the Quaran, which came thousands of years after says the same thing. I can only see the ignorant making such silly statements.

Israel was declared 14th May 1948. It was inmediately attacked and won a war. It did acquired territories after a defensive war, and NOBODY DEMANDS ASHKELON , PARTS OF THE NEGEV OR PARTS OF THE GALILEE to be returned to anybody. In other words, those territories were annexed to Israel and are accepted by the International community as part of Israel. The West Bank was never annexed,. It is so far A DISPUTE TERRITORY. Gaza has never been annexed and it is not annexed. It is under the control of Hammas. What else????

Except its occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem, not Israel. So, it would be okay for China to demolish homes it claims are illegal in Vancouver? (Sorry China, no disrespect).