According to a report this year by the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the expansion of the Shu'fat checkpoint will mean it operates like the massive ones at Qalandiya, Zeitoun, and Gilo. In the spring of this year, when the talk was of a U.S.-Israeli "rift" centering on Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem, the city's mayor, Nir Barkat, and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu were keen to drive home the same message: that Jerusalem is an "open" city, with equal rights for all, Jewish and Arab alike.
Most people know that they will not see the return of millions of Palestinians into Israel, or what's known as historic Palestine," he says. "Deep in our hearts we know it isn't possible, but people would like to see an acknowledgement of Israel's moral and historic responsbility. "Palestinians would more likely accept this formula on the refugee than it would the internationalization of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is full of Islamic holy places over which Palestinains are not ready to make concessions," Dr. Abusada says. "Everyone who knows this city knows that it's not practical, it's not possible ... and it won't happen," Mr. [Nir Barkat] said. "It's what's called in English, 'wishful thinking.'
They have made a decision to clear out 88 houses, and with about three families living in each of these houses, we're looking at the eviction of about 1,500 people. But people in Silwan are clinging to their land and will not leave, despite the eviction orders," says Adnan Husseini, who is PA President Mahmoud Abbas's adviser on Jerusalem Affairs. Khalil Tufakji, the leading cartographer of Palestinian Jerusalemite neighborhoods, says the planned move is part of an overall Israel concern to stop a losing demographic battle in Jerusalem. "[Nir Barkat] said in his election campaign for mayor, and said now, that the conflict for Jerusalem will be a demographic one. The demolition orders had indeed been issued by the municipality, he says, but each case would go to court and would be deci...
Jerusalem's mayor is asking Americans to invest in upgrading his city - one of the poorest in Israel - in a plan he says also will benefit the capital's 270,000 Palestinian Arabs. I'd like to see the world join forces to save the city of Jerusalem," Nir Barkat told editors and reporters of The Washington Times on Friday.
POINT: November 11, Nir Barkat was elected mayor of Jerusalem. Not participating in the mayoral election, once again, was Jerusalem's Arab population. In addition to voting, Palestinians in Jerusalem may run for office. Zohir Hamden, an Arab from the village of Sur Baher, intended on running for mayor of Jerusalem but withdrew his candidacy one month before the election. He then became candidate Arcadi Gaydamak's advisor on East Jerusalem issues. The candidacy of and the support for the 'Arab List' violates all international law and norms, and seriously undermines the prospects for a successful struggle of the Palestinian people to liberate their capital Jerusalem" ("Lobby For Human Rights In Jerusalem, October 7, 1998).
At the heart of the matter, there has been Washington's willingness to take Israel on by expressing serious dissatisfaction over its West Bank and east Jerusalem settlement policies. The Israeli mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, scoffed off the U.S. Secretary of State's criticism of his plan to demolish several "illegally built" Palestinian homes as "just so much hot air." More responsible Israeli officials do not conceal their concern. Of the distinct change in atmosphere, one official conceded, "it's not going to be at all easy to argue with the U.S. on this. By the time of the Doha summit, [Benjamin Netanyahu] will almost certainly be at Israel's helm. Thus far, he restricts himself to a nebulous "economic empowerment" initiative for the Palestinians in the West Bank and to "the need ...
JERUSALEM - Secular businessman Nir Barkat appeared headed toward victory today over an ultra-Orthodox Jewish leader in Jerusalem's mayoral race, a contest that again exposed the deep divide between religious and secular Israelis. Barkat promised to be "the mayor of everyone" after media Web sites showed him holding a 50-36 percent lead over Meir Porush, with a third of the votes counted.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Secular businessman Nir Barkat appeared headed toward victory early today over an ultra-Orthodox Jewish leader in Jerusalem's mayoral race, a contest that again exposed the deep divide between religious and secular Israelis. Barkat promised to be "the mayor of everyone" after media Web sites showed him holding a 50-36 percent lead over Meir Porush, with a third of the votes counted.
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