From: anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (Anwar Mohammed)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.mideast
Subject: Re: How Occupied Is Jerusalem?
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:17:10 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

The 1992 Award for Stunning Disingenuousness goes to...[Drum Roll]...

In article <1992Apr10.174934.12264@midway.uchicago.edu> gross@befvax.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1992Apr10.151107.18636@ncsu.edu>, hernlem@chess.ncsu.EDU (Brad Hernlem) writes:
>>(For those of you who think that the use of "occupied" when describing
>>Jerusalem is merely political:)
>>
>>TO TURN JEWS INTO A MAJORITY IN EAST JERUSALEM
>>
>>ISRAEL STEPS UP SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY
>>
>>OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, April 4 (R) -- The Palestinian mechanics glare at
>
>Maybee I dont reeed vury goot, 
>
>But please tell me where in the article it said anything about making
>Jews a majority in East Jerusalem

Gee, you're right, nowhere here does it actually say anything about a Jewish
majority in East Jerusalem...there must be *nothing* to worry about:

>Israel, defying world opposition, has built more than 1,000 Jewish homes
>	                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>for every one for Arabs in East Jerusalem since capturing it in the 1967
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Middles East war.

>The 150,000 Palestinians, virtually barred from building for themselves,
>            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>are already hemmed in by 140,000 Jews in the new settlements. Housing
>                                                              ^^^^^^^
>Minister Ariel Sharon has now begun a drive to break up established Arab
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>neighborhoods.
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>The Palestinians have been discriminated against in services as well as
>building. Amirav says only one governemnt shekel is spent on Arab sector
>          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>services for every 10 spent on the Jewish sector.
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>The government has the final say on master building plans. Both Labor
>and Likud governments have used it in the last 25 years to surround the
>Arab neighborhoods with Jewish settlements.

>Darwish's organization exists to develop northern East Jerusalem, the
>main reservoir of land available for Arab building. A zoning plan for
>                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the area has yet to be approved.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>His figures show the government has built or is constructing 62,330
>                                                             ^^^^^^
>units for Jews in East Jerusalem. Less than 60 have been built for
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                           
>Arabs. Darwish says the settlements sit on 5,713 acres (2,312 hectares)
 ^^^^^
>of open land confiscated from Arabs.
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>Sharon is trying to use an expediting committee set up by the government
>two years ago to speed construction of homes in Arab neighborhoods for
>                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>If successful, his ploy will powerfully boost the land grab in
>established Arab neighborhoods he begun a few years ago.


>Leon Gross
>I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.

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