The other day Bruce Wolman reported that an honored guest of J Street’s conference in October had been the Interior Minister who helped stripped 1000s of Palestinians of residential rights in Jerusalem. Today, to its credit, J Street slammed the policy, calling it troubling.
Though yes, let’s see if that former interior minister shows up at the next J Street conference.
“Troubling?” They are troubled by it? Call me when they’re maybe outraged about it instead of merely uncomfortable.
Like the US government, J Street being troubled doesn’t extend to actually doing something about the problem.
Perhaps they’ll be ‘mildly perturbed’ by the next outrage.
Fingers crossed.
Read heart wrenching story of one such permit being revoked in the letter from 21 st of June 2008 sent to Norman Finkelstein:
link to normanfinkelstein.com
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Article 13.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
I guess human rights are not universal if you had misfortune to be born Arab in Jerusalem.
RE: “J Street slammed the policy, calling it troubling.” – Weiss
ALSO SEE: “EU diplomats’ Jerusalem report critical of Israel”, By Linda Gradstein, “The Star”, Toronto Edition 12/03/09
Leaked draft document condemns Israeli policies, calls on European states to back Palestinian claims
(excerpt) JERUSALEM–Tensions are growing between the European Union and Israel over a draft document that slams Israeli policies in East Jerusalem and calls on EU countries to strengthen Palestinian claims to the city.
A second document, to be discussed in Brussels next week, seeks EU recognition of East Jerusalem as capital of a Palestinian state.
In addition, an Israeli human rights group says Israel is stripping Palestinians of their Jerusalem residency permits at a growing rate…
ENTIRE ARTICLE – link to thestar.com