Dozens of Arab families may be evicted from East Jerusalem neighborhood under court ruling
Judges reject appeal by Palestinians claiming to own a large plot in the western portion of Sheikh Jarrah, enabling settlers to move ahead with plans to build in the area.
By Nir HassonA Supreme Court ruling Sunday may allow settler groups to move into dozens more homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
Justices Yoram Danziger, Esther Hayut and Miriam Naor unanimously rejected an appeal by Palestinians claiming to own a large plot in the western portion of the neighborhood. The court ruled that the custodian general, and other owners, including settler representatives, succeeded in proving they owned the property.
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One of the Palestinian families that could be evicted from their homes as a result of a September 26 court ruling. |
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The decision means the properties' owners will be able to initiate proceedings for the eviction of dozens of Palestinian families living on the property.
Moreover, the settlers will be able to move ahead with plans to build in the area.
Aryeh King, one of the leaders of the settlement movement in East Jerusalem said yesterday that in two days three Palestinian families whose leases are ending are expected to be evicted from their homes. The plan is for Jewish families to move in.
King also said that he is advancing a project to build dozens of housing units for Jews in the neighborhood.
Sheikh Jarrah has been a bone of contention between Jewish groups - who call the neighborhood Shimon Hatzadik after the ancient rabbi they believe is buried there - and Palestinians living there. Tensions have risen over the last year as the court has allowed Jewish groups to reclaim homes they said they were forced to leave after 1948, thereby allowing them to evict Palestinian families in favor of Jewish ones.
To date the struggle had focused on the eastern part of the neighborhood. Three families have thus far been evicted from the area and 25 more are under threat of eviction.
Settlers ready to claim plots
However a settler group had made preparations to claim plots in the western segment.
Following the Six-Day War, the custodian general took over the homes and the properties in the area. Over the years the custodian general restored some of the properties to the legal Jewish owners. Other properties were bought by groups that identify themselves with the settlers - either directly by the custodian general or by the inheritors.
Among those owning property in the neighborhood is American businessman Irwin Moskowitz, who is considered an important patron of settlement activity.
Yithzak Memo, another right-wing activist involved in settlement in the western portion of the neighborhood, also bought property in the area.
King says that right-wing groups own about half the homes in the neighborhood.
In 1997 Palestinians sued, arguing that the property on which Jews settled in the 19th century had not been sold to them but leased and that the ownership remained Palestinian. In 2006 the Jerusalem District Court rejected the suit and they appealed to the Supreme Court.
Sunday the Supreme Court rejected their appeal and ruled that Jews are the owners of the homes. The ruling, written by Danziger, states that the Palestinians failed to prove the terms of the lease between the original owners and the Jews who lived in the neighborhood.
Evidence that payments for the lease were made were rejected by the court as constituting evidence that the Jews did not buy the property.
The legal significance of the ruling is that the status of the Palestinians living in the eastern portion of the neighborhood is now the same as that of those living in the western side - subletting Jewish owned property.
Sources familiar with the issue say that henceforth it will be easier for settler groups to evict Palestinians from the area.
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As usual the Europeans commit crimes, and then accuse the innocents.
I think the settlements are illegal, but personally I would never refer to the settlers as 'Jewish squatters'. It has rather unpleasant overtones.
what if the rest of the world follows jewish justice and kick all jews from there homes in america,europe and especialliy Turkiye,what will the zionscum scream? or will they wave with there hololie card?
,Iraqi owners retaking their houses after Bagdad got liberated from Saddam. No protest from the Upright Standing Colin Wright &Co(the Co. including the State Departmenyt of course) btw ,the same happened in Kuwait ..
Occupation forces use an illegal court ruling not recognized by the international comunity to steal genuine owners properties, and transfering them to no one knows where, these settlers are considered by israel ethnicly superiors than the plalestinians the real owners,its a real shame.
Next they'll say they invented Hummus
You should tell that to those thieves of settlers,
ignorance, Arabs did invent Hummus and East Jerusalem is occupied Palestinian territories. dont think we are achieving anything by being ignorant and fascist . it makes other jews look bad. keep your wrong facts to yourself plz.
Yes, Lebanese are Phoenicians.
as key enabler must stop this right wing madness.Evicting palestinians from their own homes and territories, demolishing houses, uprooting trees etc... are unhuman acts and the whole world is taking notice and is not amused.
This all began with the eviction of Jewish families from their own homes and land by the Arab Legion in 1948. You can't ignore that.
This all began with the eviction of Jewish families from their own homes and land by the Arab Legion in 1948. You can't ignore that.
This all began with the eviction of Jewish families from their own homes and land by the Arab Legion in 1948. You can't ignore that.
Are you referring to the Russian or the American Jewish families? My grandparents had very good relations with Palestinian Jews!
Jews have a right to settle in Sheikh Jarrah as in all Judea and Samaria. However, there is no political wisdom in fulfilling that legitimate right in all of Judea and Samaria and less of all in Sheikh Jarrah.
We were evicted from Lybia after more than 300 years there. My parents left their villa, several buildings, one soap factory ... Think about it ...
so u know how it feels, how come that u don't have compassion with those people. Don't we learn from history??????????????Besides one injustice doesn't justify another injustice
It is either democracy or racisim .what about arabs who own buildings and houses in west Jerusalem in Jaffa street like Sansur building for example or in Katamon Talbih Baqa Talpiot are they allowed to return back to their homes and buildings?Israel is moving very rapidly twords racisim and aparthaid .Democratic and peace jewish supporters must move quickly before it is too late
... as people turn away from them and their state .
It is either democracy or racisim .what about arabs who own buildings and houses in west Jerusalem in Jaffa street like Sansur building for example or in Katamon Talbih Baqa Talpiot are they allowed to return back to their homes and buildings?Israel is moving very rapidly twords racisim and aparthaid .Democratic and peace jewish supporters must move quickly before it is too late
I think it that the majority of both populations Israeli as well as Palestinian are tired of wars and violence. Living together in peace is like being married...give a little take a little...Life is one big compromise. You want 2 seperate states? Fair enough, but then stop the settlements on foreign soil!!! But reality is that Israel is using the same brutality supressing Palestinians as my fellow countrymen did in the 1930s short of building concentration camps....but maybe that is just because of the lack of space for them... People wake up and stop this madness almost everywhere in the world Jews, Muslims and Christians live together in peace...sometimes even as next door neighbors and friends...why is that so impossiblein Israel? A friend of mine, a Rabbi in Frankfurt am Main, once asked me: " Do you know how to start world war 3?....take 3-5 Jews and lock them up together in 1 room, 3 hours later WW3 breaks out."
The article states, "Tensions have risen over the last year as the court has allowed Jewish groups to reclaim homes they said they were forced to leave after 1948, thereby allowing them to evict Palestinian families in favor of Jewish ones." Why aren't Palestinians allowed to reclaim homes they left or had to leave in 1948 while Jews can do that?
THIS IS DEMOCRACY!
Democracy for Jews only....hmmmm. There are other citizens in Israel who are noty Jeewish. Are the second class Noam? I have a house taken from my family in Talpiot with proof documents. I I go to court do you think that the first class citizens will give it back to me....Israel is a racist state period!
Democracy for Jews only....hmmmm. There are other citizens in Israel who are noty Jeewish. Are the second class Noam? I have a house taken from my family in Talpiot with proof documents. I I go to court do you think that the first class citizens will give it back to me....Israel is a racist state period!
This includes towns in Galilee area also some were force to Lebanon while others were force to camps deeper in Israel but not give land to replace what they lost. Galilee was only 12% Jewish as the time so that was thought to be a security risk due to large water supply and being close to Lebanon and Syria.
The article states, "Tensions have risen over the last year as the court has allowed Jewish groups to reclaim homes they said they were forced to leave after 1948, thereby allowing them to evict Palestinian families in favor of Jewish ones." Why aren't Palestinians allowed to reclaim homes they left or had to leave in 1948 while Jews can do that?
They are welcome to have it back, Get that evil Palestinian Queen Noor to give it back form her Hashemite dictator husband who stole it
For so many years, we were told by the media that "they" did that to us but we would never - could never - ever do the same to "them". // And look how easy it is! // We can be as evil as the Jews' greatest enemies over the centuries. That's the path we're treading. How far are we going to go down it? And what did the Palestinians themselves do to deserve it? They are not Germans, they are not Catholic Spaniards.
palestinians have no historical right for jerusalem. remove them
palestinians have no historical right for jerusalem. remove them
Seriously. You don't think the timing on this is coincidental? We will now have an orchestrated production. Jewish victims try to get their homes back. The police hold back masses of screaming Arabs. Those who want to believe, will be given something to believe.
You are asking for more of the same. We've had violence and it has only exacerbated the suffering of the innocent. What is now needed is sane reasoning and resolute non-violence, even in the face of violence. That's about the only thing we've had too little of.
Sane reasoning and resolute non-violence is precisely what Israel knows she must avoid.
I wonder on what account people call Israel a democracy!! The unjust discrimination based on race and religion in Israel will ashame even the Talibans. This cruel and oppressive state doesn't deserve an existence in this civilized world. Those innocent kids and women are going to be ousted from their home just because some settler mad dogs have got an approval from an 'Israeli supreme court of injustice'. Those who were shouting for human rights and freedom have conveniently put cottons in their ears so as not to hear the cry of these innocent kids. Well done USA! Flood Israel with billions so that they can evict more Palestinians and steal their land.
Ever been to court? It's actually a legal entity here. If this left-leaning Supreme court of ours, which always rules in favor of the Arabs, actually ruled that all legal options have been excluded, then they are real. No Race: Genius writer, Arabs are caucasion.
Whereas hundreds of demolitions of illegal houses take place in West Jerusalem, touch an arab house or evict an arab family and the world is up in arms. Palestinians can build illegally where they like in Jerusalem and Israel but jews don't have any similar rights there. Delegitimising Israel is a substantial industry nowadays, and an awful lot of journalists want some of the benefits. No need to delve too deeply into the facts.
Palestinians CANNOT build illegally where they like in Jerusalem. They cannot build in West Jerusalem or reclaim their old houses there like the Supreme court is allowing Jews to do in East Jerusalem. Also, Chafeeka, all of your posts that are coherent (although incorrect) are copied and pasted from various websites. This one is from the comment section of another website while many are from fundamentalist christian sites.
U guys keep proving that u're even worse than Taliban and Al-Qaidah. Keep bullying the week and stealing the land from its legal owners. U disgust me
By allowing the state or the "custodian general" or central command to lawfully (but unlawfully )confiscate sovereign Palestinian land and turn it over to illegal settlers.... This is like promoting Jewish Fascism in my book....Why aren't people raising their voices to this over there? This is absolutely unGodly. Outraged, Dutch
god seems to revel in misery
I take it there would be five million or so Palestinians who can file claims in the rest of Israel.
Don't forget the Jewish houses confiscated in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Lybia, Morocco and more.
Don't forget the Jewish houses confiscated in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Lybia, Morocco and more.
see, Israel absorbed all those refugees, encouraging them to immigrate to Israel. If they haven't made their claims, theat's their own fault. Palestinians have never given up their claims, and they never will, nor should they.
Have we learned nothing from history and past conflicts. Why can’t relocation of Palestinian families be legally tied to evictions. And lawful relocation be strictly mandated to Palestinian areas within East Jerusalem. So as not to uproot Palestinians creating a future problem... and an outcry of ethnic cleansing. But instead, actually allow law and state policy to work for a sustainable future. Particularly in Jerusalem, where any eviction is seen in ethnic and religious terms. Muslims and Jews have live in Jerusalem since the beginning of time... why can’t Israelis and Palestinian live there now.
This is the Israel-Palestinian Conflict.
When the people who are supposed to uphold the law become the arm of an unlawful government policies it becomes the responsiblity of the people to raise their voices and rein them in..... You may recall from the Nuremberg trials the German Judiciary were given a separate trial for their part in extending Nazi power and in- fluence that led to the genocide of the jews...... There is no such thing now as blaming the state for one's immoral or illegal actions....People and groups are held accountable. They are supposed to refuse orders that are deemed illegal or immoral. Go back and read the Nuremberg trials.....Dutch
When the people who are supposed to uphold the law become the arm of an unlawful government policies it becomes the responsiblity of the people to raise their voices and rein them in..... You may recall from the Nuremberg trials the German Judiciary were given a separate trial for their part in extending Nazi power and in- fluence that led to the genocide of the jews...... There is no such thing now as blaming the state for one's immoral or illegal actions....People and groups are held accountable. They are supposed to refuse orders that are deemed illegal or immoral. Go back and read the Nuremberg trials.....Dutch
When the people who are supposed to uphold the law become the arm of an unlawful government policies it becomes the responsiblity of the people to raise their voices and rein them in..... You may recall from the Nuremberg trials the German Judiciary were given a separate trial for their part in extending Nazi power and in- fluence that led to the genocide of the jews...... There is no such thing now as blaming the state for one's immoral or illegal actions....People and groups are held accountable. They are supposed to refuse orders that are deemed illegal or immoral. Go back and read the Nuremberg trials.....Dutch
When the people who are supposed to uphold the law become the arm of an unlawful government policies it becomes the responsiblity of the people to raise their voices and rein them in..... You may recall from the Nuremberg trials the German Judiciary were given a separate trial for their part in extending Nazi power and in- fluence that led to the genocide of the jews...... There is no such thing now as blaming the state for one's immoral or illegal actions....People and groups are held accountable. They are supposed to refuse orders that are deemed illegal or immoral. Go back and read the Nuremberg trials.....Dutch
They are squatting on our Jewish lands, they have no claim to any part of Jerusalem or any other area.
SO WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT IN THE WORLD TO EVICT WHOMEVER WE WANT!! LONG LIVE ISRAHEIL !!!!
and the cycle of violence continues...like the husband who beats up his innocent wife because his father use to beat him up...
and the cycle of violence continues...like the husband who beats up his innocent wife because his father use to beat him up...
So by your logic, let's just be as bad and worse than the Nazis because we were victims 70 years ago? Let's victimize an innocent population that had nothing to do with Hitler or the Nazis just because we got screwed over in Europe? Excellent logic Ari the Settler.
So by your logic, let's just be as bad and worse than the Nazis because we were victims 70 years ago? Let's victimize an innocent population that had nothing to do with Hitler or the Nazis just because we got screwed over in Europe? Excellent logic Ari the Settler.
Don't bother replying to him, Ari the settler is clearly a troll. A right wing settler would not have written "Israheil", they're too nationalist for that. It's just provocation.
"AriTheSettler" was speaking ironically
it's not simply a provocation. it makes an excellent point. many jews use the holocaust as a foil to do as they wish, and by abusing others they try to wipe away the shame they feel at having been led to the slaughter with so little resistance.
You hear that? that is the sound of opening a can of worms.....
show the world your arrogance, this is the best thing to happen to the pals, it just inches them closer to having a pal state, and it alienates them further from the world, our leaders can support israel, but we the people support the palestinians.
There are so many vile antisemites (for those of you who don't understand the word - Jew haters) posting here. All of you who spend your time and energy attacking Israel and the Jewish people should stop pretending that you give a damn about the so-called "palestinian" arabs. The reality is that they are far better off than the vast majority of arabs, and even of muslims, in the world, and that they are a made-up people created by the surrounding arab states and the UN who have used them as political pawns to attempt to destroy Israel for over 50 years. If you were reallly concerned about real downtrodden people, your energies would be with the victims of muslims, in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The only reason you pretend to care is because of your sick hatred of Jews.
Israel's fans used to scream 'anti-semite' at almost anybody who criticised Israel in any way, like obama. They did it so much that it became a joke and they reduced the word 'anti-semite' to being totally meaningless. People now just assume anti-semite means someone who isn't a passionate Zionist, because that's the way Israel's fans have used it. So now, they're dusting off the old teram Jew-hater. I've seen it quite a few times recently on these talkbacks. At first, it seems a bit shocking, just like anti-semite did in the old days, but soon it will have been so over-used and abused tthat again, it will come to mean, simply aynyone who's not a passionate Zionist.
I am german by nationality but jewish by blood...only living (or born) because my grandfather was smart enough to leave Germany in 1935 for Switzerland. We were never deeply religious, nor did we ever feel specifically jewish...we always regarded ourselves as german. Right after the war my grandfather returned to Germany and was critisized by many "fellow" Jews for returning....his answer was always the same...THIS IS MY HOME! The Israeli embassy even threatened to have him indicted for antisemitism for some open letters he wrote to newspapers and magazines...they obviously didn't check their facts first...lol! I have been many times to Israel and have many friends there...NONE of them supports the hardline government policy!!! NONE!!! Why is it so hard for you to accept that the Palestinians have as much right tolive there as the Jews and Christians? Why creating gettos like Gaza??? It reminds me very much of the dreaded Warsaw Getto!!! My grandfather was a wise man and his favorite expression was: "Mankind was given a brain and a mouth....use them in this very same order!"
fully agreed. whenever i see someone or something labeled anti-semitic, the first thing i think is, "oh he/she/it criticized israel." the same, as everyone knows, has been done to the word terrorism. the best example i can think of for that one, is when a tiny number of musicians boycotted israel concerts some israeli official labeled it "cultural terrorism." the word has been drained of any real content
The thing is when you call someone a Jew-hater you have to have evidence they actually hate Jews. It's not enough that they criticise Israel more than, for instance, North Korea. There could be all sorts of reasons for that, like the whole world already condemns North Korea, like they don't know any North Koreans, like North Korea doesn't affect a whole improtant region in the way Israel does, like they've never been to North Korea and are never likely to, like North Korea doesn't get western support and doesn't claim to be a Western democracy. So if they just criticise Israel and don't show any evidence that they actually hate Jews, you can't call them a Jew-hater. If you're looking for real Jew-haters, the sort of thing you'd be looking out for is someone using about Jews the sort of phrases too many people use about Arabs on here. There are all the people who refer to 'Arab squatters', or the people who think the Pals are the 'dregs of Arabia' all that sort of thing. Tell you what, here's an idea. How about you put up a post about those sort of people being Arab-haters? Would you do that? Thought not.
The thing is when you call someone a Jew-hater you have to have evidence they actually hate Jews. It's not enough that they criticise Israel more than, for instance, North Korea. There could be all sorts of reasons for that, like the whole world already condemns North Korea, like they don't know any North Koreans, like North Korea doesn't affect a whole improtant region in the way Israel does, like they've never been to North Korea and are never likely to, like North Korea doesn't get western support and doesn't claim to be a Western democracy. So if they just criticise Israel and don't show any evidence that they actually hate Jews, you can't call them a Jew-hater. If you're looking for real Jew-haters, the sort of thing you'd be looking out for is someone using about Jews the sort of phrases too many people use about Arabs on here. There are all the people who refer to 'Arab squatters', or the people who think the Pals are the 'dregs of Arabia' all that sort of thing. Tell you what, here's an idea. How about you put up a post about those sort of people being Arab-haters? Would you do that? Thought not.
The thing is when you call someone a Jew-hater you have to have evidence they actually hate Jews. It's not enough that they criticise Israel more than, for instance, North Korea. There could be all sorts of reasons for that, like the whole world already condemns North Korea, like they don't know any North Koreans, like North Korea doesn't affect a whole improtant region in the way Israel does, like they've never been to North Korea and are never likely to, like North Korea doesn't get western support and doesn't claim to be a Western democracy. So if they just criticise Israel and don't show any evidence that they actually hate Jews, you can't call them a Jew-hater. If you're looking for real Jew-haters, the sort of thing you'd be looking out for is someone using about Jews the sort of phrases too many people use about Arabs on here. There are all the people who refer to 'Arab squatters', or the people who think the Pals are the 'dregs of Arabia' all that sort of thing. Tell you what, here's an idea. How about you put up a post about those sort of people being Arab-haters? Would you do that? Thought not.
.....with the unlawful possession of sovereign Palestinian property by the "custodian general" or central command in the Palestinian territories. Has anyone told those justices how they are inval-idating Jewish right to remain in Palestine today? Dutch P.S. Let's not forget --Jewish leaders made their case to the world body of the UN following World War !! on the grounds Jewish property was confis- cation by the Nazi state and their people were dis-placement & their human rights violated. Sounds familiar? It should....
the arabs don't really care much about the palestinians, it's an illusion calling the palestinians arabs, they are semits as the jewish people.
Let them come forward and claim their rights. same goes for Jaffa, Haifa, Nazareth, and Tberia, to quote only these cities, one should not forget though all the Galilee' vilages and townships and all the rest.
Why the Jews of Shcem (Nablus) and Hebron can't get back to their homes? When the Jews of Iraq, Egypt and Morocco will get compensations for their confiscated property?
Why the Jews of Shcem (Nablus) and Hebron can't get back to their homes? When the Jews of Iraq, Egypt and Morocco will get compensations for their confiscated property?
So Jews can take pre-1948 land back from Arabs, but Arabs can't take it back from Jews. And there's always the handy get-out that lots of lands belong to state authorities which, of course, will only sell it or lease it to Jews.
KSA,Qatar,Bahrain,UAE and all arab countries enslave workers from Asia and Africa sometimes even killing them.......Arabs have no value for human dignity and life of non arabs...do they expect sympathy when Israel treat their Palestinians better.
Granting Israeli Jews the right of return to 1948 homes and denying this right to Palestinians is just blatant racial discrimination and clearly the effect is ethnic cleansing. Send Israel to the Hague.
A very shameful situation.. What manner of people are these jews?
...it seems not to bother those, who are going to put their feet for the first time to Israel and those who have lived comfortably in their houses -f.e in US. and are noway obliged to leave anywhere.Those, who are lived all their lives in Jerusalem, must leave their homes.Why? Because they are arabs and non jews? Disgusting
to be living in Israel if people assume that I and others agree with this disgraceful state of affairs
to be living in Israel if people assume that I and others agree with this disgraceful state of affairs
then return to our broken uk that upholds the rights of the criminals and panders to the muslims. all goverments have their faults, but we are required of G-d to pray for those in authority. Israel has every right to build in Samaria and Judea. I don.t recall much outcry when the Jews were evicted from their homes in Gaza by their own people. You see, exuk, it is not a land issue, it is about the Jewish people as a whole, hated and manipulated by corrupt proud world politicians. Stay strong Israel, your G-d is with you and so are we. Lover of Israel
And many would face this if a so-called 'peace' agreement were signed. But of course evicting Jews is a step towards 'peace', but evicting Arabs is a humanitarian tragedy, even though the latter are simbly squatters who are evicted by court order and warned in advance. But the Israeli left simply does not care about this grave injustice.
go look up the native american land dispossession of the 19th century. "well YOUR ANCESTORS signed this sheet of paper that says that a white dude owns this land, so it's ours" "yes but it was for THAT WHITE DUDE, not ALL WHITE DUDES" "too bad, we're taking it anyway, enjoy the reservation"
If the Israeli government evicts Israelis from settlements, that is not an action by Arabs. Ariel Sharon and the IDF and Menachem Begin, both Likudniks evicted Israelis.
One law defines the Palestinian as absentees even though they and/or their heirs are alive and kicking, and then the so called 'Custodian' takes control of their property and gives it to Jews. Another law does not allow these Palestinians access to their rightfully owned properties in West Jerusalem and/or Israel and technically they are categorised as absentees. So the 'Custodian' confiscated that property by law. To hell with your laws, your are but a bunch of racist usurpers.
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 Israeli civil law is irrelevant. The judges of all people should know. That they appear not to only shows the depth of ignorance and arrogance on their part and the extent of the moral decay within the State of Israel.
I can't help it but I find more and more disturbing paralels of what happened in my home from 1933 onwards (prior to the concentration camps). Does Israel really want to have to appologize to the Arab population for the next 5-10 generations like they expect from us???
Why be surprised by this ruling? The whole of Palestine was usurped using warped excuses, and Jerusalem is no exception. May the day come, and very soon, when the Almighty decides that the 'chosen people' who commit injustices in his name are no more his chosen people.
Hopefully this will begin the process of handing back over property to it's rightful owners. These illegal Arab settlements have gone on long enough. A great day for justice.
Can't you do anything other than spew your Jewish Mysticism?
It is called deportation, I think the old Jewish people know what that means. But now Israel do the same to the Palestinians.
"A Supreme Court ruling Sunday"? Under what law? These laws and rulings would be recognised by any International Court of Competent Jurisdiction? Why does Israel devote so much time and energy to invite retaliation?
Do you feel good? I think to the world it's just a warning: Never find yourself at the mercy of a Jew.
Do you feel good? I think to the world it's just a warning: Never find yourself at the mercy of a Jew.
Hey, dont generalize. Lots of us here are disgusted. So please
Hey, dont generalize. Lots of us here are disgusted. So please
Both Jews and Arabs were evicted from their homes in Jerusalem after the 1948 war when the city was divided. But under Israel's racist legal system, the Jews are allowed to reclaim the properties they lost during the war...while the Arabs are NOT. Many Jews live in formerly Arab-owned homes in Jerusalem, but the Arab owners are not permitted to reclaim them. Only Jews are permitted to do so. Someone explain to me how that is a fair legal system?
Another case of ethnic cleansing being given a vaneer of legality.
And a 'solution' to the Middle East conflict will come through ethnic cleansing and racist policies, because a future 'Palestinian' state must be apparently 'judenrein'. So a solution proposed by the international community is also based on ethnic cleansing of the Jewish homeland of its Jews, pure and simple.
And a 'solution' to the Middle East conflict will come through ethnic cleansing and racist policies, because a future 'Palestinian' state must be apparently 'judenrein'. So a solution proposed by the international community is also based on ethnic cleansing of the Jewish homeland of its Jews, pure and simple.
There are so many vile antisemites (for those of you who don't understand the word - Jew haters) posting here. All of you who spend your time and energy attacking Israel and the Jewish people should stop pretending that you give a damn about the so-called "palestinian" arabs. The reality is that they are far better off than the vast majority of arabs, and even of muslims, in the world, and that they are a made-up people created by the surrounding arab states and the UN who have used them as political pawns to attempt to destroy Israel for over 50 years. If you were reallly concerned about real downtrodden people, your energies would be with the victims of muslims, in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The only reason you pretend to care is because of your sick hatred of Jews.
There are so many vile antisemites (for those of you who don't understand the word - Jew haters) posting here. All of you who spend your time and energy attacking Israel and the Jewish people should stop pretending that you give a damn about the so-called "palestinian" arabs. The reality is that they are far better off than the vast majority of arabs, and even of muslims, in the world, and that they are a made-up people created by the surrounding arab states and the UN who have used them as political pawns to attempt to destroy Israel for over 50 years. If you were reallly concerned about real downtrodden people, your energies would be with the victims of muslims, in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The only reason you pretend to care is because of your sick hatred of Jews.
Properties were owned and lived in by Jews before 48 and confiscated by Jordan - so its clear who the owners now are. Justice has been served!!
You people with your slogans are just annoying. Called it injustice, call it racism, whatever. As a person ho experienced first hand Ethnic cleansing in Africa, you people do that word a great disservice. They are only being evicted-not killed. BTW, if the decison was based on the fact that jews owed the place prior to 1948, then Israel has comitted a serious blunder as Mark of Lewiston notes below cos one would advice the arabs to start instituting cases for their own abandoned properties (especiailly those with real titles to the land). Though it seems that a lot of the land was actually bought after 1948 by settler patrons. Besdies the palestinians went to court with a wrong arguement. They claimed the land was leased by jews and they were the owners yet they were unable to provide any lease agreements
You're fooling yourself, Frank. Throwing dis enfranchised people on the streets is a crime, whether it's done by a Nazi or by a Jew.
I've long reached the stage where the debased, generic expression "vile antisemites" simply means people of any race, colour, creed or religion who you disagree with. It also means you are devoid of any rational debating skills and resort to childish name calling.
Apartheid Israel!
not jews and not god chosen people
There are so many vile antisemites (for those of you who don't understand the word - Jew haters) posting here. All of you who spend your time and energy attacking Israel and the Jewish people should stop pretending that you give a damn about the so-called "palestinian" arabs. The reality is that they are far better off than the vast majority of arabs, and even of muslims, in the world, and that they are a made-up people created by the surrounding arab states and the UN who have used them as political pawns to attempt to destroy Israel for over 50 years. If you were reallly concerned about real downtrodden people, your energies would be with the victims of muslims, in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The only reason you pretend to care is because of your sick hatred of Jews.
I feel sorry for you, having to live with such a tragedy.... I wish you full recovery
screw your "god"!
There is no hope for the Palestinians under Israeli rule. Every opportunity to terrorize them is exploited by the Israeli government and the settlers. This is surely the saddest reflection on what was to have once been a highly moral Jewish nation-state. Peace and justice will never emanate from Israel. The responsible nations of the world need to act decisively on behalf of the Palestinians before the Israelis have totally cleansed the Palestinians from their borders. There is no God-given right to abuse the human rights of a helpless people.
And the world is watching silently ...
It is the continuation of something that has been picking up speed under this government. Currently four families sit in the street and many others are under threat of eviction. The big picture is accelerated settler activity in East Jerusalem and a big shot in the arm for people outside Israel who are providing the funding, like Irving Moskowitz, Pastor John Hagee and their fans.
Settlers are free to steal land from West Bank and Arabs kicked out. Wow! I'm speechless.
How is it that the Supreme Court of Israel can allow Israelis to confiscate property outside of the borders of the country, evicting the inhabitants, but refuse to allow Arabs who were kicked out of their homes by Jewish gangs and terrorists to return to their ancestral properties? This blatantly racist double standard shows the world that Israel has no interest in achieving true peace, nor being a true democracy under the rule of law. It only respects those it deems to be of the "right" version of the "right" religion.
Well these folks should consider themselves lucky, now they won't be arrested, summarily tried and executed by the Fatahscists or Hamastanians for selling land to Jews.
"Well these folks should consider themselves lucky, now they won't be arrested, summarily tried and executed by the Fatahscists or Hamastanians for selling land to Jews." You're obviously very inventive with words Joel. There are plenty of right wing Jewish extremists around, so what's your word for a Jew who acts like a fascist?
If Rule of Law works, it paves the way for the return of thousands of Arabs to their homes.
This affirms the Right of Return for the property owners of Record. And a finding by the Israeli courts should be all that is needed for the Palestinians living in refugee camps to reclaim their properties in West Jerusalem. The settlers have turned a political issue into a legal issue favoring Palestinians who fled or were expelled in 48 and 67. This is precedent. If Israel is a state where there is rule of law as it claims, the law favors the Arabs. Well done settlers.
When Jerusalem was sacked by the Arabs in 48 Jews were forcibly evicted from their homes in the old city, these were people whose families lived there for hundreds of years. And until 67 Jews were not even allowed to pray at the Ha'Kotel, Ethnic cleansing seems to be a cultural habit of Arabs throughout their assorted domains, of course I am also talking about the 800000 or so Jews who were driven from their homes all across the Arab world in 48. A fact never addressed by the UN and consistently swept under the rug by the west. To boot Abbas and his cronies have recently openly boasted that Jews will not be permitted to live in a Palestinian state. So we have quite a mess on our hands.eh? I wouldn't worry too much about a few block of squatters whose leases are up, receive social service benefits from the state and pay no taxes if I were you.
When Jerusalem was sacked by the Arabs in 48 Jews were forcibly evicted from their homes in the old city, these were people whose families lived there for hundreds of years. And until 67 Jews were not even allowed to pray at the Ha'Kotel, Ethnic cleansing seems to be a cultural habit of Arabs throughout their assorted domains, of course I am also talking about the 800000 or so Jews who were driven from their homes all across the Arab world in 48. A fact never addressed by the UN and consistently swept under the rug by the west. To boot Abbas and his cronies have recently openly boasted that Jews will not be permitted to live in a Palestinian state. So we have quite a mess on our hands.eh? I wouldn't worry too much about a few block of squatters whose leases are up, receive social service benefits from the state and pay no taxes if I were you.
there is no such thing as the "right of return" of refugees and of their descendents under international law. the present dispute was a civil land dispute. the court adjudicated as such. once abbas decides to return to negotiations, borders could be negotiated. once borders are negotiated, then those territories outside israel's borders will fall under palestinian jurisdiction. when that happens, palestinian courts will decide under their jurisdiction who own which property.
there is no such thing as the "right of return" of refugees and of their descendents under international law. the present dispute was a civil land dispute. the court adjudicated as such. once abbas decides to return to negotiations, borders could be negotiated. once borders are negotiated, then those territories outside israel's borders will fall under palestinian jurisdiction. when that happens, palestinian courts will decide under their jurisdiction who own which property.
History returns back again and again.But some people NEVER learn.jews were punished during ALL their history for amoral, ignorant and disgusting behavior.And they'll be punished again soon.But that time finally and for good.
"there is no such thing as the "right of return" of refugees and of their descendents under international law." Increasingly the whole idea of The Jewish State just seems to rely on racial discrimination.
So i hope you'll not mind, when you and your family will be kicked out from..so-called "your house".It's only jurisdiction problem, nothing personal.Go ahead to new catastrophe.
The Arabs evicted in 1948 from what is now Israel have a civil land dispute, too. Palestinians had nothing to do with Libya or Iraq or Algeria or what they may or may not have done. This is a case where the Israeli courts are enforcing a right of return in an area that is NOT ISRAEL, but has been unilaterally declared Israel by right of conquest. Sauce for the Goose.
The Arabs evicted in 1948 from what is now Israel have a civil land dispute, too. Palestinians had nothing to do with Libya or Iraq or Algeria or what they may or may not have done. This is a case where the Israeli courts are enforcing a right of return in an area that is NOT ISRAEL, but has been unilaterally declared Israel by right of conquest. Sauce for the Goose.
The Arabs evicted in 1948 from what is now Israel have a civil land dispute, too. Palestinians had nothing to do with Libya or Iraq or Algeria or what they may or may not have done. This is a case where the Israeli courts are enforcing a right of return in an area that is NOT ISRAEL, but has been unilaterally declared Israel by right of conquest. Sauce for the Goose.
The Arabs evicted in 1948 from what is now Israel have a civil land dispute, too. Palestinians had nothing to do with Libya or Iraq or Algeria or what they may or may not have done. This is a case where the Israeli courts are enforcing a right of return in an area that is NOT ISRAEL, but has been unilaterally declared Israel by right of conquest. Sauce for the Goose.
Totally and utterly disgusting. The jews ain't gonna stop settlement building until they have successfully eradicated the majority of the palestinian population, either by eviction or shooting them dead for the smallest of reasons. Then only they'll come to the negotiating table to lay claims that they are the 'rightful' majority who deserves the majority of the occupied territories and then ultimately be recognised as a jewish state. GROSS!
Shame on the Israeli Supreme Court, this Supreme crime not a court.
The State of Isreal must be aware that it is becoming increasingly an "apartied" state. South African apartied was supported by military, police, government and the judiciary. The current state of affairs in Isreal looks the same. A very dangerouos development, a state that is increasingly being alienated. All Jews must resist this - in South Africa fight against the apartied was led by very able Jewish people, I am sure many like minded people are in Isreal - they must defend the integrity of the State of Isreal and reject the settlers movement and the extreme right wing currently in charge of the state apparatus. We the Jewish people in America are ashamed of the State of Isreal current policies and behavior, whether it is the peace process or racism. Soon the world action that forced South Africa to abondon it's policies will be imposed on Isreal, starting with the two state solution....
A two state 'solution' will only serve to legitimise the apartheid principles on which Israel is now built. South Africa wasn't partitioned to legitimise apartheid. The only answer is a single state for all.
Thanks G-d that the court has confirmed the truth and is allowing the rightful owners to move into their homes.
Israeli civil law is irrelevant in "territories occupied" and territories illegally acquired by war by 1950 and never legally annexed to Israel. When the high Court of a state endorses illegal activities of the state it is a failed state.
The irony!
I'd love to see the international community own up to the fact that Palestinians evicted thousands of Jews from their land. I bet now that they're being returned to their legal owners the international community will make noise. Don't let the facts get in your way.
The sword can cut two ways.
thx...
Why isn't anyone bringing up the glaring question of Palestinians suing for ownership on West side of Jerusalem.
Israel is an apartheid state.
Settlers are threat to any peaceful solution, with the existence of those mindsets no peace will be achieved. How could anyone talk about boarders while those settlers expand their settlements?! About that court, " Jews are the owners of the homes.". Are we fool to believe this lie? lol. Those who came from Poland, Russia, Germany...etc. are owners, while the indigenous people are not?! Non-logical rule.
First thing you guys need to do is overthrow the Jordanian king as to give yourselves an Eastern Front to liberate all of Palestine from. Once you control Jordan you can just ferry Persian arms through Iraq.
I'll not talk about history or testimonies or....etc, which prove that this land, I mean Palestine (from the Mediterranean to Jordan river and from Southern Lebanon to the read sea) is belong to its indigenous people (the Palestinians). and those Emigrants who came from Russia, Poland .... don't belong to anything on it. BUT I'll tell you to read the related UN sec. counsel resolutions.
I'll not talk about history or testimonies or....etc, which prove that this land, I mean Palestine (from the Mediterranean to Jordan river and from Southern Lebanon to the read sea) is belong to its indigenous people (the Palestinians). and those Emigrants who came from Russia, Poland .... don't belong to anything on it. BUT I'll tell you to read the related UN sec. counsel resolutions.
I'll not talk about history or testimonies or....etc, which prove that this land, I mean Palestine (from the Mediterranean to Jordan river and from Southern Lebanon to the read sea) is belong to its indigenous people (the Palestinians). and those Emigrants who came from Russia, Poland .... don't belong to anything on it. BUT I'll tell you to read the related UN sec. counsel resolutions.
It is strange to throwout our most supporter in the world, it is a pity that people think of king Abdullah as an enemy while his father saved us from several attacks in the past. Palestinians are lucky to have him as a king, Jews as well, if it was for me I would nominate him to be the king of israel. Let's stop those accusations and workout a peace treaty that will make both nations survive
as a foreign element in Pal East Jerusalem...
...if good people like yourself don't flood the streets and show our leaders that we've had enough. The settlers and the often secular interest groups that support them including Jerusalem's secular mayor, have hi-jacked our country.
sheih Jarrah is an area between The old city of Jerusalem and Mount Scopus. Arabs from Sheih Jarrahin 1948 attackeda group of doctors and nurses on their way to the Hadassah hospital on Mount scopus and massacred all the doctors and nurses. Pals living in Sheih Jarrah should not expect sympathy. They should be glad with the 2 million dollars they received from Moskovitz, when they sold the Shepherd hotel there.
Because of Baruch Goldstein's mass murder, all Jews should be driven out of the WB. I'm only following your logic.
the judiciary in the stolen land is a joke
for funding so much illegal building activity on occupied land.
CJ dumdum simply doesn't recognize actual property ownership, unless it's Palestinian. If Jews own land in E. Jerusalem, he finds an excuse not to recognize the fact.
CJ dumdum simply doesn't recognize actual property ownership, unless it's Palestinian. If Jews own land in E. Jerusalem, he finds an excuse not to recognize the fact.
that Palestinians with claims in other areas of Jerusalem and Israel proper will be dealt with in a similar fashion?..will Jews be evicted from Palestinian homes?....or will the highly democratic and non-racist law (not) of "present absentees" be used to keep them away from homes they still hold titles and keys to? What a mess...what an absolute racist mess.
One western diplomat with more than 40 years of experience (has been posted all around the world) said, that he had never seen a nation where the religion and the church are involved too much and have too much power in politics to be democratic.
If Israel really wanted peace it would not conduct such blatant robbery.
Not sure if you - and people like you - realise the significance of a seemingly insignificant little posting like yours, David. In five words you confirm the true racist nature of the Jewish colonial enterprise that is Israel. Do morals and ethics have a any place in your religion?
Think about the refugee issue and what this means to all the Arabs who fled or were pushed out in 47, 48, and 67. It is now a legal, not a political issue.
Stop the ethnic cleansing in broad day light !!
As an Arab it hurts me to admit this, but it is we Arabs who are the ethnic cleansers, demanding that every Jew be removed from every area that we think we can lay a claim to. Yet we like to accuse the Jews of ethnic cleansing, even when the court determines that they are in the right legally and the Arabs are illegal squatters. Lucky for us Arabs, there are many Jews who rush to condemn themselves -- even when there is no need for it.
is only happening in Darfur... There its 250,000 people and here its 25 families... But what do you care, as long as all arab nations back Sudan it must be correct, right?
is only happening in Darfur... There its 250,000 people and here its 25 families... But what do you care, as long as all arab nations back Sudan it must be correct, right?
everyone knows that the only legitimate claim to a piece of land is the fact that someone who practiced your religion lived there 200 years ago! what is with all these "facts" and "logic"? they have no place in a country governed by tribalism and racism!
wonder if an Italian could claim property in London based on the fact his ancestors owned it 1700 years go.
Wait Jerusalem was the capital of what nation before it became the capital of Israel... oh yeah last time it was the capital of any nation it was the kingdom of Israel 2000 years ago. Palestine was invented by the roman's to punish jews, naming their country after their long term enemy the Filistine... an ethnic group that no longer exists. Palestinian claim is weaker than the Jewish claim, as in ww2 we didn't have 8 nations risk their lives to save unjust crimes against jews. Arabs will always have each other... Jews only have Israel
seriously mate WTF, you've been hitting the martinis a bit too hard friend.
Oh, so now being Jewish involves "ethnicity". strange how the goal posts are moved. when it suits you its religion thats used as a definition.
Oh, so now being Jewish involves "ethnicity". strange how the goal posts are moved. when it suits you its religion thats used as a definition.
funny isnt it, we are now arguing about Jerusalem being a capital. It was founded by my ancestors the canaanites at least 2000 years before the first illegal immigrants arrived, calling themselves Israelites.
... clear and criminal.
'...and Jewish families will move in.' Did you know there are countries where it is actually ILLEGAL to discriminate on the basis of religion? Crazy world, huh?
There's no reason squatters should stay just because they're Muslims.
Finally returning land and homes to Jews who were ethnically cleansed by the British-led and funded Jordanian invaders in 1948, in defiance of UN resolutions, is no less lawful than the Czechs booting out the "Sudeten Germans" who grabbed western Czechoslovakia in 1938 with Hitler (and Brit) help. Arabs who lost property in the '48 war after they were defeated after unsuccessfully trying to exterminate their Jewish neighbors should consider themselves in the class of the Hutu militias booted out of Rwanda after they massacred 850,000 Tutsis - note that UNRWA is not building any "refugee camps" for the genocidal Hutus and their families. Only genocidal PLO and their families merit UNRWA generousity.
Finally returning land and homes to Jews who were ethnically cleansed by the British-led and funded Jordanian invaders in 1948, in defiance of UN resolutions, is no less lawful than the Czechs booting out the "Sudeten Germans" who grabbed western Czechoslovakia in 1938 with Hitler (and Brit) help. Arabs who lost property in the '48 war after they were defeated after unsuccessfully trying to exterminate their Jewish neighbors should consider themselves in the class of the Hutu militias booted out of Rwanda after they massacred 850,000 Tutsis - note that UNRWA is not building any "refugee camps" for the genocidal Hutus and their families. Only genocidal PLO and their families merit UNRWA generousity.
Israel is cruel and unjust.This will cause its demise....
Someone tell the press!
I can only conclude this is some bizarre end goal pursued by what is after all an insane minority of Israel's, mostly recent newcomers.
Say what? English Lessons
Good riddance europeans are jealoust they cannot do the same