Tag: Ethnic Cleansing

  • Israel pushes out its own people

    Dimi Reider | The Guardian 10 June 2009 Whenever Barack Obama speaks of the Middle East these days, there’s one thing that worries “senior Israeli officials” most. “He didn’t say ‘Jewish state’,” they mutter to reporters. “He had all the time to say these two words, and didn’t. Why didn’t he?” Binyamin Netanyahu himself utters…

  • Israeli plans for East Jerusalem hotel raise U.S. ire

    Akiva Eldar | Ha’aretz 2 June 2009 Washington is furious over the Interior Ministry’s anticipated approval of a plan to build a new hotel in East Jerusalem, just 100 meters from the Old City’s walls. The plan, which would see the demolition of a wholesale market and kindergarten, is slated to be approved today. In…

  • Israelis accused of settlement by stealth

    Dominic Waghorn | Sky News 24 May 2009 The Israeli Government is being accused of a plot to transform East Jerusalem with Jewish settlements and drive out Palestinians by stealth. Ir Amim, a Jerusalem based NGO specialising in Israeli Palestinian issues, claims Israeli authorities in collusion with radical Jewish settlers are cementing their hold on…