CSM: Settlers vie for East Jerusalem - Israel begins building 600 units

[La_Serpiente]

Settlers vie for East Jerusalem

Construction began last week on a new Israeli settlement with 600 housing units.



JERUSALEM – While attention is focused on the fate of far-flung West Bank settlement outposts, Israel has launched a major settlement thrust only a few miles from the Knesset in Jerusalem.
The bulldozers started grinding in the Palestinian area of Jabal Mukaber last week to launch the largest settlement yet inside a Palestinian neighborhood.

Nof Zahav, or Golden View, is to include 600 housing units, a hotel, and a synagogue/community center. It will split Jabal Mukaber and its more than 10,000 residents into two parts.

A pro-settlement party in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition and critics alike say that Nof Zahav is a key link in an evolving chain of settlements being built inside Arab areas to establish Israeli domination over East Jerusalem and fragment it so it will be impossible to have a viable Palestinian capital there.

"We break up Arab continuity and their claim to East Jerusalem by putting in isolated islands of Jewish presence in areas of Arab population," say Uri Bank, a leader of the pro-settlement Moledet party. "Then we definitely try to put these together to form our own continuity. It's just like Legos - you put the pieces out there and connect the dots. That is Zionism. That is the way the state of Israel was built. Our eventual goal is Jewish continuity in all of Jerusalem."

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Israel Builds More Settlements

How could they build more settlements at a time like this?

[bluesoul]

1. Let me guess

"peace settlements"? I am sure someone will come up with it as though the "peace fence" isn't ridiculous enough..

[La_Serpiente]

2. yes, very ridiculous

[Saudade]

3. Zionism

""We break up Arab continuity and their claim to East Jerusalem by putting in isolated islands of Jewish presence in areas of Arab population," say Uri Bank, a leader of the pro-settlement Moledet party. "Then we definitely try to put these together to form our own continuity. It's just like Legos - you put the pieces out there and connect the dots. That is Zionism. That is the way the state of Israel was built. Our eventual goal is Jewish continuity in all of Jerusalem.""

"That is Zionism."

And opposition to Zionism is anti-semitism, according to some.

[Resistance]

7. Saudade

I don't think we're supposed to notice the atrocities and land theft that Zionism has brought, in the march to conquer Palestine. We're just supposed to be good little Americans and go "I'm for a Jewish State!" and then turn our heads as Palestinians are slaughtered and made homeless from bulldozing of homes and missile strikes into crowded refugee camps.

[Saudade]

8. Sorry

"We're just supposed to be good little Americans and go "I'm for a Jewish State!" and then turn our heads as Palestinians are slaughtered and made homeless from bulldozing of homes and missile strikes into crowded refugee camps."

I think it is impossible (on principle) for any genuinely politically progressive person to support Israel's activities in the OT because those activities are directly contrary to the principles of social, economic and racial justice as established over many generations.

[Resistance]

4. how could they?

because they can.

And guess who pays the bills ...

[Resistance]

5. furthermore

who is going to stop them?

[tinnypriv]

6. Abu Dies?

Freudien slip?

[Muddleoftheroad]

9. Jerusalem

Jerusalem has been and is again the capital of Israel. I see nothing wrong with Israel building homes in its capital.

[Resistance]

10. I guess you missed this part

The bulldozers started grinding in the Palestinian area of Jabal Mukaber last week to launch the largest settlement yet inside a Palestinian neighborhood.

[Muddleoftheroad]

11. And your point?

It didn't say that Palestinians were transferred, only that housing is being added. I support housing.

[number6]

12. you are totally Orwellian man ....

:eyes:

from post #3

""We break up Arab continuity and their claim to East Jerusalem by putting in isolated islands of Jewish presence in areas of Arab population," say Uri Bank, a leader of the pro-settlement Moledet party."

something else you missed

[Resistance]

14. "I support housing"

good lord :crazy:

[Muddleoftheroad]

16. You are against housing?

[Muddleoftheroad]

15. Jerusalem

In case you hadn't noticed, Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital -- all of Jerusalem. It naturally wants to keep it from Palestinians who also claim part of it.

[tinnypriv]

13. So those people in the green stuff

Are Israelis? Palestinians? Awkward people to be removed somehow?