"Nir Barkat, the newly elected mayor of Jerusalem, referred to the "illegal immigration" to East Jerusalem of Palestinians" --
That from LAND-STEALING KHAZAR CONVERTS is CHUTZPAH at its finest, no?
"Jerusalem mayor rejects Clinton criticism of plans to raze Palestinian homes" by Howard Schneider, Washington Post | March 8, 2009
JERUSALEM - After Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized plans last week to extend a park across 88 buildings that house Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, the newly elected mayor of this city, said Clinton was meddling in local control over zoning and the city's economic future.
Fine. We will TAKE BACK the BILLIONS in AID then, s***ter!
The threatened buildings were built without permits and should not be there in the first place, Barkat told reporters Thursday. The planned park, running from beneath the walls of the Old City across a valley associated with Old Testament kings, would draw more tourists to a city that could use the boost, he said.
Yeah, PERMITS that ISRAEL is in charge of GRANTING, so SCREW THEM!!! All so NaZionist JEWS can have a PARK!!!!!
"I totally reject the criticism," Barkat said. "It is a lot of air. There is no substance. Maybe it is because there is a new administration in the States."
He speculated that Clinton had been misled by what he called Palestinian "disinformation."
Oh, THAT'S RICH!!!!
You know what we call disinformation in the U.S.? Newspapers!
Clinton called any potential demolitions in the area "unhelpful," and her comments have raised hope among Palestinians that the Obama administration will force Israel to treat more seriously their concerns about ongoing Jewish settlement of the occupied West Bank and about land-use decisions in East Jerusalem.
Oh, HOW HARSH!!! That's the criticism the stink NaZionist is upset about? What a biunch of a**holes!!!!
Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war has not been recognized internationally and leaves Palestinian residents in limbo. Now numbering about a quarter-million people, many Palestinian residents of Jerusalem hope that the city will serve as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
Yeah, it is AMAZING HOW ISRAEL'S VIOLATIONS of U.N. RESOLUTIONS elicits NO RESPONSE or HACKLES from the WORLD COMMUNITY, huh?
But Barkat and many other Israelis, including Jewish settler organizations, do not want the city divided. Settlers have begun moving into some Arab neighborhoods, while there are plans to expand existing settlements.
The HUSH over this is DEAFENING! And notice how the ZIONIST AMERIKAN MSM can't even utter the term ZIONIST when referring to ZIONIST SETTLERS?
Hey, what's ONE MORE OBFUSCATING OMISSION, huh?
Near the floor of the Kidron Valley, where Palestinians have erected a standing protest tent over plans for the park, a long, rectangular Israeli flag hangs down the side of one building, showing the cheek-by-jowl nature of the conflict.
Barkat, one of the first generation to be raised in the country, was born in 1959 and grew up in Jerusalem. He said one of his priorities for the city is to reverse the steady departure of young Jewish families seeking better jobs or a home less defined by conflict and religion.
He also said he hopes to draw some neighboring Jewish towns and settlements into a larger metropolitan zone, while stemming what he referred to as the "illegal immigration" to East Jerusalem of Palestinians from the West Bank.
To Palestinians, the strategy seems clear: expand the Israeli presence to the east, allow more Jewish families to build in Arab neighborhoods, and make it harder for future negotiators to divide control of the city.
Until Palestine exists no more, yup!
Residents of the affected sliver of land in Silwan say their area is a potential flash point. Some say their families have been there for generations, while others acknowledge that many of the buildings were erected in recent decades without proper permits.
But they also say city officials left them little choice by not issuing the permits needed to accommodate natural population growth in Arab neighborhoods.
I TOLD YOU earlier about that!
"Where will I go?" said Mohanned Kafishe, a waiter at a local hotel whose roughly 20-year-old house is in the area of the planned park. "I am here all my life. It's the house of my father." --more--"
The Zionist joospaper couldn't care less, sir.
