Comment / Israel is to blame for Jerusalem's rising Arab population

azurnoir

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Comment / Israel is to blame for Jerusalem's rising Arab population

The conduct of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet marks a new peak in the government's march of stupidity on Jerusalem. In the best case this march will put Israel in an inferior position when negotiations with the Palestinians are renewed. In the worst case it will advance the transformation of Jerusalem into a capital with an Arab majority of a single state between the Jordan River and the sea.

However, since the erection of the fence thousands of Palestinians have moved into the city, including its Western part.

This migration stems from the fears of Palestinians living outside of Jerusalem or outside the country that their Israeli residency will be taken away from them and thus they will be cut off from East Jerusalem, which serves as the center of their lives.

During this past year the implementation of these threats has increased migration, bringing the day closer when the share of the Palestinian population in the capital (which rose from 25 percent in 1967 to 36 percent in 2009) will cross the median line.

Demolition orders have been issued for thousands of homes built without permits in those neighborhoods, for which no master plan has been drawn up during the past 40 years.

None of this has motivated the Palestinian inhabitants of Jerusalem to move out of the capital. On the contrary. A survey conducted recently in the Jewish neighborhoods of the city found that during the past three years 1,361 apartments in those neighborhoods were sold to Arabs.

The shortage of 1,500 classrooms gives criminal gangs and terrorist groups a chance to reach kids who have nothing better to do than roam the streets.

It came as no surprise that in the 2006 elections Hamas won all the Jerusalem seats in the Palestinian parliament.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1162979.html

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shaayecanaan

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Wed Apr-14-10 12:18 AM
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1. You know, this guy talks a lot of sense...

its good to see someone realise the concept of enlightened self-interest.

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azurnoir

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Wed Apr-14-10 07:46 AM
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3. I thought his concerns for Jerusalems ever increasing

Arab population showed an ability at to "plan" for the future that was stunning why by his numbers Jerusalem will have an Arab majority as soon as 2065 we must do something now:sarcasm:

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ProgressiveMuslim

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Wed Apr-14-10 07:58 AM
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4. My previous post -- which noted the utterly racist thinking behind the title -- was deleted.

Edited on Wed Apr-14-10 08:02 AM by ProgressiveMuslim

Not sure why?

Would love an explanation!

If such an utterance were made in the US, regarding say, African Americans or Jews, it would be denounced immediately as racist bunk.

Why is it illegal for me to point this out?

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