* READ * Three weeks ago, a few days after Jewish settlers took over 25 new apartments in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, just south of Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, a large advertisement appeared on the front page of Haaretz newspaper congratulating the new tenants on their Zionist endeavor. The strengthening of Jewish presence in Jerusalem is our common challenge, went the ad. With your settlement act, you make us proud. The advertisements content was not surprising, considering that it was sponsored by Elad, an Israeli organisation that for years has advocated in favor of the Judaisation of Silwan - or City of David, as they prefer to call it. The surprise lay in the identity of those who signed up to the ad: Nobel Laureate Eli Wiesel; Shlomo Aharonishky, ex-chief of staff of the Israeli Police; and retired general Amos Yadlin, former head of intelligence in the Israeli Defense Forces and now an influential commentator and a possible future contender for the leadership of the Labor Party. In short, not a bunch of right-wing lunatics but the flesh and bone of the Israeli establishment. Via Robby Martin middleeasteye.net/columns/battle-silwan-1567137761
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 23:22:06 +0000
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