Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Zionism: on other fronts

"While our local press is necessarily focusing on the Gaza Strip, the aggressions of Israeli occupation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem have not waned. Awaiting an unknown fate is Abdel Moati Abu Qutaysh after the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem District Court rejected an appeal to save his home. Thousands of Palestinians in East Jerusalem have faced similar crises. The Sheikh Jarrah resident of East Jerusalem was told by a Magistrate Court that he would have to leave his family home. He appealed the evacuation order by presenting legal documentation of ownership of the home that he inherited from his father."" (thanks Olivia)