Steve Amsel

We enjoyed summer weather in Jerusalem until about a week ago. The days were hot, the evenings were cool…. but not cold. There wasn’t a sign of rain. This literally changed overnight as cold winds and rain turned the clock into winter mode.

That’s when the Israeli authorities decided to destroy the tent that an evicted family was living in. The family in question is not alone, Israel has plans to continue with illegal evictions and home demolitions in Occupied East Jerusalem. The United Nations is calling on Israel to immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem.The UN says 60,000 Palestinians may be at risk of being forcibly evicted.Israel says the houses are built without construction permits, which Palestinians say are almost impossible to obtain.

The following video shows the plight of just one family, a video that Hillary obviously had no time to watch during her ‘trip’ to this area.

In fact, Hillary’s positions on settlement expansion gives Israel to go ahead with their plans. Obama’s promises are hollow as are the calls of the United Nations. Palestinians have endured these situatins for more than six decades, the world has watched their suffering in silence since day one.

This week alone, according to a Maan News report, Two Israeli soldiers were injured in a rock-throwing incident as they participated in a home demolition on Tuesday morning in occupied East Jerusalem.According to local sources, Israeli military forces and a demolition crew from the Jerusalem Municipality entered the East Jerusalem village of Sur Bahir, south of the Old City, and destroyed the two-story house of Nimir Ali Nimir. The 300 square meter house was home to 11 people.Outraged at the destruction of the house, stone-throwing Palestinian demonstrators confronted the Israeli officers, mildly injuring two.Israeli authorities said that the house was built with out a construction permit from the Israeli-controlled municipality. Palestinian residents of Jerusalem say the permits are nearly impossible to obtain.

Meanwhile, in the in As-Salam neighborhood in East Jerusalem, bulldozers demolished a 60 square meter house owned by Khamis At-Tahhan, which housed nine members of his family.

Residents say Israel has demolished the same house twice before, also citing a lack of building permits, but the owner continues to re-build in defiance of the discriminatory laws.

To the outsider, it might appear that the ‘rock throwing Palestinians’ are the ones in the wrong. How dare they defend the homes that have rightfully belonged to them for generations. How dare they confront Israeli soldiers.

But, look at the situation with open eyes and an open heart…. we are talking about people here, people whose very lives have been put on hold since day one of the occupation. People whose families have been destroyed….. how long can this be tolerated? The Israeli ‘game plan’ now is to rid the land of these people….. get rid of them completely and the bad publicity stops. Silence the press, imprison the opposition, all part of the ‘final solution’.

Lets get back to the family I mentioned at the beginning of this post; they are not just sitting back in silence, and they are not alone…. a report FROM…

Evicted Sheikh Jarrah families demonstrate outside of US consulate

On Monday 2 November 2009 between 11 and 12am, a quiet demonstration was held outside the USA consulate in East Jerusalem, close to the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. Coinciding with USA foreign secretary Hillary Clinton’s visit to Israel, the demonstration asked for the USA to apply more pressure on Israel and stop the home confiscations and evictions of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah.

The demonstration gathered about 30-40 demonstrators and was covered by a number of press reporters. In addition to Sheikh Jarrah families, participant organizations included Ta’ayush, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, International Solidarity Movement, Michigan Peace Team, and Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. A police vehicle with heavily armed police officers arrived after five minutes and maintained a peripheral position for the remainder of the demonstration.

And where was Hillary? She was too busy pulling the plug on the ‘peace process’ to concern herself with the realities of the region. She will report back to her administration that Israel is right and Palestine is wrong. She will have overlooked the fact that the very settlers that have been replacing the evicted Palestinians are in one way or another connected to the murderer that was arrested earlier in the week. She will overlook the fact that these settlers are associated with the outlawed kach movement, an organisation listed as a terrorist organisation in the United States. The logic seems to be that it is better to have a Jewish terrorist (or potential one) occupy the Occupied Territories than make way for the establishment of a Palestinian State. How sick is that? BUT…. that is what is happening.

Americans will continue reading about ‘Islamic terror’ in their press…. they will not see the truth about the zioterror that is taking over Israel, slowly but surely. The blinders they wear will shield them from the truth, but the truth will get out there and THE TRUTH SHALL SET US FREE!

Related post….. read HERE about the latest incidents.

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By Steve Amsel THE INHUMANITY OF ZIONISM posted at: http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/the-inhumanity-of-zionism/