"Imagine what would happen if someone were to suggest Jews could not live in or purchase [property] in certain neighborhoods in London, New York, Paris or Rome,"

"The international community would certainly raise protest. Likewise, we cannot accept such a ruling on East Jerusalem," Netanyahu told ministers.

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Jul 27, 2009 -- 9:44PM, Grinandbearit wrote:

"Imagine what would happen if someone were to suggest Jews could not live in or purchase [property] in certain neighborhoods in London, New York, Paris or Rome,"

You mean like Palestinians cannot purchase property in certain neighborhoods in Israel?

"The international community would certainly raise protest. Likewise, we cannot accept such a ruling on East Jerusalem," Netanyahu told ministers.

This is just a transparent tactic to justify the illegal paramilitary encampments (euphemistically called "settlements") in the occupied West Bank and now Jeruselum.

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Many sources are cited on this board. I might not choose WND but not everyone here reads the NYT online everday as I do, nor msnbc or even Google News. I've been reading the NYT since as was a teeny-bop and that was a long time ago.

I think telling Israeli Jews that they shouldn't build in East Jerusalem is somewhat like telling northern Americans they shouldn't build below the Mason-Dixon Line.  Both areas became part of the greater nation after one side lost the war.   It was the Jews who reunited the holy city after the Six Day War.  I'm with Netanyahu on this one.  Jerusalem belongs to ALL Israelis - Jews, Christians, Muslims, whatever.  Telling the Jews they shouldn't build in a certain portion of the city is insulting to say the least.

Jul 28, 2009 -- 6:19PM, world citizen wrote:

I think telling Israeli Jews .....

Their religion is irrelevant. The Israelis will not let Palestinians purchase land in Israel. That's racist. The land in Jerusalem they want to build on is not theirs. It belongs to someone else.