The belongings of the Aramin family is seen after the Jerusalem municipality demolished their house, in the village of At-Tur, East Jerusalem, November 13, 2012(photos by Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)
This is not a sick joke, it’s real.
“They Won’t Know and Won’t Understand 2012” – this is the name that was given to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority plan to demolish Arab structures and remove rubble in the area of the Mount Scopus Slope National Park, slated to be established in East Jerusalem.
The document, which has been obtained by Haaretz, details the preparations for clearing the site of the planned national park and states that the aim of the operation is “to prevent interference in designation of the area as a national park and the preservation of nature and landscape values.”
The “mission,” according to the document, is for the municipal authorities, with the help of the Jerusalem District of the Nature and Parks Authority and the command of the Jerusalem Police, to “act in accordance with a municipal bylaw to fill burrows and to remove hazards.”
A year ago, the Jerusalem Planning and Building Committee approved the plan to establish a new national park in the area of Mount Scopus. However, the plan was frozen by a court order due to a petition regarding the question of whether it is necessary to translate “They Won’t Know and They Won’t Understand” into Arabic.
Palestinian residents and left-leaning organizations in the city say the aim of the national park, like that of other parks and public gardens in East Jerusalem, is to prevent the development of the two adjacent Palestinian neighborhoods, Issawiya and a-Tur. The national park is slated to be constructed on areas designated in the past for expansion and will, in fact, create a situation in which the neighborhoods will not have anywhere to develop.
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[T]he park is that it has no justification as far as nature and the landscape in the area, as most of the site consists of stretches with no vegetation or wildlife and very few archaeological sites of unusual value.
The Jerusalem municipality demolished another home in the East Jerusalem village of At-Tur today.
Tarek Aramin looks at a uprooted tree, as he stands near the ruins of his house, demolished by the Jerusalem municipality, in the village of At-Tur, East Jerusalem, November 13, 2012.(Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Actviestills.org)
Israel just continues to commit crimes against humanity. We know this will not be making onto the “liberal” MSNBC
Seems routine. Routinely brazen. Let the nicey-nice American Zionists explain to you why they not only favor Israel in its original borders but now, after all the extra ethnic cleansing, robbery, land-theft, murder, etc., etc., ad naus.
Surely a time must come when such people will turn away and say, “I can’t believe I supported and protected that! Before, Jews were never criminals! And we didn’t create a state in the name of saving Jews in order to torture and dispossess and oppress another people.”
Still in the planning stages: Projects “Pull the Wool Over Their Eyes”, “They Won’t Know What Hit ’em”, “Pretend We Care” and “Catch Us if You Can, Hehe”.
There can now be little doubt within the global community that Israel’s continuing violation of international law in its escalating land grab in the occupied territories of the West Bank and also in East Jerusalem is bringing the Middle East ever nearer to the brink of war.
That war is likely to turn nuclear as the expected loss of civilian lives materializes in major conurbations and Israel deploys its undeclared nuclear weapons of mass destruction in a desperate attempt to maintain its military superiority.
Currently, global stock markets have yet to reflect this very real potential danger, but that can well change overnight.
I’d like to add the second paragraph in the Haaretz article:
“The phrase “They See Not, Nor Know” appears twice in the Bible, for example in Isaiah: 44. In both places, it is used to denounce pagans and people who did not recognize the God of Israel.”
Makes the name seem even worse.