Brushing aside international criticism, Israel demolished a Palestinian house in East Jerusalem in the latest in a series of actions that critics say is racheting up tensions in the city, harming chances for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Ammar Hudidon, a resident of the Jebel Mukaber neighbourhood and a father of seven children, said a bulldozer flattened his home yesterday after the Jerusalem municipality said he lacked building permits. Palestinians complain that the permits are virtually impossible to obtain. (more…)
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stan squires added these pithy words on May 07 09 at 15:51I am from vancouver,canada and i wanted to say that getting rid of israeli apartheid is the main problem.once that is done the other problems can be worked out.The two state solution didn’t work in south Africa and the african people didn’t want it.They got rid of the main problem which was apartheid.This is what needs to be done in Palestine.The govs. of canada,usa and europe are part of the problem, the same as they were in south africa.The Palestinian people will solve this problem,the same as the majority of the people in south africa solved their problem.
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Kris Petersen added these pithy words on May 08 09 at 13:05I agree Stan – Netanyahu’s misleading call for “economic” peace is a sham. After spending the best part of the last few decades undermining the Palestinian economy and ability to establish basic infrastructure, it’s ridiculous. Indeed, you can’t begin to talk about peace or justice while millions of people suffer on a daily basis under Israeli military brutality. What needs to happen is a swift and immediate end to the occupation.
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