This afternoon, I witnessed the demolition of the annex of the prestigious Yarok Yarok Flower Shop on Hanassi St, not 100 yards from the Presidents Residence in Rehavia. Like many structures built by Arabs in eastern Jerusalem, this was built without a permit and therefore demolished. And yes, police and city officials were there to make sure the Jewish owners or their neighbors didn't riot! Not a reporter to be seen, however, nor any representative from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions..
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Another Jerusalem House Demolition
The Jerusalem municipality demolishes illegal Arab buildings. And every time they do, reporters are alerted and go running out to film the scene of destruction. Interestingly, because of the stringency of Israeli legal procedures to determine whether a building is legal or not, only a small percentage of the thousands of structures built without permits scattered through the eastern part of Jerusalem are demolished. Only 2000 have been demolished since 1967.
This afternoon, I witnessed the demolition of the annex of the prestigious Yarok Yarok Flower Shop on Hanassi St, not 100 yards from the Presidents Residence in Rehavia. Like many structures built by Arabs in eastern Jerusalem, this was built without a permit and therefore demolished. And yes, police and city officials were there to make sure the Jewish owners or their neighbors didn't riot! Not a reporter to be seen, however, nor any representative from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions..
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This afternoon, I witnessed the demolition of the annex of the prestigious Yarok Yarok Flower Shop on Hanassi St, not 100 yards from the Presidents Residence in Rehavia. Like many structures built by Arabs in eastern Jerusalem, this was built without a permit and therefore demolished. And yes, police and city officials were there to make sure the Jewish owners or their neighbors didn't riot! Not a reporter to be seen, however, nor any representative from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions..
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Hi,
I have just seen this disturbing report from CNN about organ stealing and smuggling in the Sinai Peninsula, organised by Bedouin tribes and carried out by corrupt Cairo surgeons on hapless African refugees fleeing from war and famine, hoping to find a better life in Israel and the West. The trade is more profitable than both prostitution and drug smuggling, apparently. Since it seems to occur close to the Israel border, I wondered whether there might be anyone in Israel who could help.
I know this has nothing to do with the sad reality you write about in this blog entry, but I thiought that perhaps you might know someone in Israel who could help if the information were sent to them. Could you perhaps pass it on, please?
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/international/2011/11/08/freedom-project-death-in-the-desert-a.cnn
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/international/2011/11/08/freedom-project-death-in-the-desert-b.cnn
The videos are disturbing and shocking.
I'm a nobody living in Germany,where I read this report,
http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article13723382/Das-blutige-Geschaeft-mit-Organen-vor-Israels-Grenze.html
but maybe you know someone who is a somebody who could help in whatever small way to alleviate the plight of these desperate people who are being robbed and murdered, and to stop this evil.
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