Balad, Sikkui, Shatil etc. talk the talk, but they do not walk the walk. Citizenship gives one land in Jaffa but takes it away in Hebron. What's mine is mine, what's yours is mine. Biladi Falastin, min al-nahr ila al-bahr.

Once again, I have to ask why this country is supporting to the nth degree a racist supremicist state that supports radicals that act in ways that we would never, ever accept in this country?

12-03) 19:53 PST — San Francisco police have all but concluded that pro-Israel activist Daniel Kliman got stuck in an elevator between floors last week, pried open the doors and accidentally fell nearly seven stories to his death, an investigator said Wednesday.

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"The opening he probably fell through was between the base of the elevator and the floor of the building, and it was absolutely big enough for a person to fall through," police Inspector Matt Krimsky said. "We think this is probably what happened, and there is no indication of foul play."

However, Krimsky said that "to be as complete as we can be," a task force including officers from the department's hate crimes and homicide units has been formed to look into Kliman's death.

There has been speculation in San Francisco's activist community that Kliman's death might not have been accidental, given the number of people who friends say were angered by his protests. But Krimsky said the evidence points toward nothing but a "tragic accident."

"This investigation is by no means closed, and we will continue to pursue it until there is no stone unturned," he said. "We want to be very clear about that."

Kliman, 38, was a doctor with a practice in Alameda. But the Oakland resident was best known as the co-founder the 4-year-old activist group S.F. Voice for Israel.

His body was found Monday at the bottom of an elevator shaft at the historic Sharon Building at 55 New Montgomery St., where he had taken Arabic language lessons for three years.

Kliman was last seen in the building Nov. 25 at about 8 p.m., police said. The Arabic class that night had been canceled, but friends say he may not have known that.

Police theorize that he got stuck in the elevator between the sixth and seventh floors that night, tried to get out and fell to his death.

Rabbi Judah Dardik of Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland, where Kliman was an active member, said inspectors told him Kliman's laptop computer and "a fair amount of money" were found at the scene, effectively ruling out the possibility that Kliman had been robbed.

Friends of Kliman, who lived alone, did not file a missing person report with police because they thought he had gone on a scheduled vacation to Israel.

Brad Bernheim, who manages the Sharon Building, said his staff told him the elevator was malfunctioning Nov. 25. He added, however, that employees did not report hearing any alarms from the elevator.

Krimsky said that as part of the investigation, police are trying to determine whether alarm buttons in the elevator were working. Investigators did not say whether the elevator was malfunctioning before Kliman got in it.

Bernheim said he learned Nov. 26 that there were problems with the elevator, but that with the Thanksgiving Day holiday approaching, workers were not brought in until the following Monday. A repair crew found Kliman's body that day.

The malfunctioning elevator is one of three in the building, side by side, and on Wednesday it was barricaded with a yellow cone as police examined the scene. Cal/OSHA, which regulates elevators, said it was last inspected Nov. 4 and found to be sound.

News of an intensified police investigation was welcomed by Kliman's friends and fellow activists, some of whom continue to suspect wrongdoing. In addition to his advocacy of Israeli issues, Kliman campaigned on behalf of gay rights.

"I'm still suspicious, even though I really want this to have been an accident," said Faith Meltzer, a member of S.F. Voice for Israel.

Dardik said that investigators' strong suspicions that Kliman's death was unintentional was, in a way, reassuring.

"Knowing this is a horrible, horrible accident may offer some sort of comfort for those of us who are grieving," Dardik said. "Maybe we can stop wondering if there was foul play."

Investigators urged anyone with knowledge of Kliman's activities or whereabouts on the day of his death, or in the days immediately before, to contact police Lt. James Spillane at (415) 553-1975.

– you're swearing an oath of vengeance against the commentators here assembled because some dude got stuck in an elevator?

"There is a bitter residue. I live on the boundary of Jaffa and Bat Yam. On the second day of the tension in the city, I saw soldiers on my street. I didn't think it was serious, but apparently they received a prior warning. At 1 A.M. we woke up to awful screaming of 'Death to the Arabs.' Shirtless Jewish demonstrators from Bat Yam came out, carrying clubs and roaring. They wanted to enter Jaffa through my street. I immediately called the representative of the Arab community in Jaffa, so he would warn the residents. He told me, 'It's all right. We are waiting for them. Just let them come.' I was taken aback. Fortunately, the police blocked both sides and did not let them meet. Today I am driven by a feeling of fear: I don't know where the religious friction can lead. It frightens me: I am frightened that what happened then will happen again."

You will notice that there is no protection of equality for all Israeli citizens under the law. And also, "freedom of occupation" doesn't mean what you think it means.