"Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest school verdict in Israel" by Karoun Demirjian, Associated Press | June 18, 2010
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of black-clad ultra-Orthodox Jews staged mass demonstrations yesterday to protest a Supreme Court ruling forcing the integration of a religious school.
Protesters snarled traffic in Jerusalem and another large religious enclave, crowded onto balconies in city squares, and waved posters decrying the court’s decision and proclaiming the supremacy of religious law.
Yeah, good thing they are not Muslim or Christian.
Can you imagine the press reaction then?
There were a few small scuffles, and a police officer emerged from one of them holding his eye, apparently slightly injured.
It was one of the largest protests in Jerusalem’s history, and a stark reminder of the ultra-Orthodox minority’s refusal to accept the authority of the state.
Except THEY ARE the STATE!!!
Parents of European, or Ashkenazi, descent at a girls school in the West Bank settlement of Emanuel don’t want their daughters to study with schoolgirls of Mideast and North African descent, known as Sephardim.
Yeah, they ARE NOT EVEN REAL JEWS!
They are TRANSPLANTED CONVERTS from Khazaristan!
Ashkenazi parents insist they aren’t racist, but want to keep the classrooms segregated arguing that the families of the Sephardi girls aren’t religious enough.
There are NO BUTS ABOUT IT, sorry!!!!
Israel’s Supreme Court rejected that argument, and ruled that 43 sets of parents who have defied the integration efforts by keeping their daughters from school be jailed for two weeks.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said about 100,000 people converged in downtown Jerusalem in support of the Ashkenazi parents. An additional 20,000 demonstrated in the central city of Bnei Brak.
Esther Bark, 50, who has seven daughters, said the issue is the temptations of the modern world. “To suddenly put them in an open-minded place is not good for them,’’ she said.
We MAKE WAR on them if they are Muslim!!!
Nissim Zeev, a lawmaker from the conservative Sephardic political party Shas, said the issue should have been settled by a rabbinical court and that the parents’ prison sentence was “puzzling.’’ He insisted the Sephardi girls had the right to choose to attend a mixed school.
“Everyone wants to send their children to Ashkenazi schools,’’ said another demonstrator, Zion Harounian, 62, a Sephardic father of nine. “The quality of the Ashkenazi schools is much higher. They are stronger politically, so they get more money.’’And you know where they got the money.
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Acting just like them, too!!!
"Another aid ship set to sail for Gaza; Cyprus is first stop, group says" by Zeina Karam, Associated Press | June 22, 2010
BEIRUT — In a separate development yesterday, a Jerusalem planning body approved a plan to raze 22 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem to make room for an Israeli tourist center....
Related: Israel Demolishes Palestinian Homes For ParkLook out for the bulldozers and rubble.
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"Israeli defense chief raps plan to raze homes" by Associated Press | June 23, 2010
JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister yesterday criticized a plan to raze 22 Palestinian homes to make room for an Israeli tourist center in disputed East Jerusalem after the United States expressed concern that the project could incite violence.
A Jerusalem municipal body approved the plan on Monday for shops, restaurants, art galleries, and a large community center on the site next to the walled Old City....
Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who is in the United States for talks with the Obama administration, said Jerusalem officials “are not displaying common sense or good timing, and not for the first time.’’
What is he doing over here? Coordinating the assault on Iran?
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Also see: Israel's Preconditions For Peace With Palestine
I'll just stand aside and let you guys have it out.
