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Title: Israel moves to deport 'illegal' Palestinians from West Bank
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URL Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Midd ... al-Palestinians-from-West-Bank
Published: Apr 12, 2010
Author: Ilene R. Prusher
Post Date: 2010-04-12 18:01:39 by Skip Intro
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Views: 417
Comments: 11
Israel moves to deport 'illegal' Palestinians from West Bank A new Israel military order scheduled to go into effect on Tuesday gives Israel the power to deport and prosecute Palestinians living in the West Bank without a permit. A sweeping new Israeli military order that is due to go into effect on Tuesday could allow for the deportation of thousands of Palestinians whom Israel considers to be in the West Bank illegally – and could also affect internationals living in the West Bank. The order, which was passed into military code six months ago but is due to go into effect on Tuesday, was discovered by the Israel-based human rights group HaMoked: the Center for the Defense of the Individual, and reported in Sunday's Haaretz newspaper. HaMoked and nine other human rights groups have banded together and appealed to Israel's Ministry of Defense to delay enforcing the order. Under the new Israeli rules, anyone caught living in the West Bank without an Israeli permit could face expulsion within three days or be sentenced to up to seven years in prison. The deportation policy would primarily be applied to Palestinians or foreign nationals who are residing in West Bank without a permit, according to an army statement. "The major problem is that for the first time, Palestinians can be regarded as infiltrators in their own land," says Elad Kahana, a lawyer for HaMoked. She adds that even people who have been living in the West Bank for 20 years will be required to obtain a special permit. "The main target is people who originally came from the Gaza Strip and foreigners who came here under family reunification laws." The greatest number of those falling into the second category, says a spokeswoman for human rights organization B'tselem, is Jordanian women who married West Bank Palestinian men. Such marriages are common, usually within extended families. "These are the groups at risk, but the order is so general and so wide that it could be used against almost anybody caught in the West Bank," says Sarit Michaeli, the spokeswoman for B'tselem. Violation of Oslo Accords? In recent years, several Gaza-born Palestinians have been deported from the West Bank to Gaza. One of the most prominent of these occurred late last fall, when Berlanty Azzam, a student at Bethlehem University, was arrested at a Ramallah-area checkpoint on her way to a job interview. Having been born in Gaza, she was detained by soldiers and then deported her back to the coastal strip several months before her scheduled graduation. The Oslo Accords declared that the West Bank and Gaza Strip should be considered as one contiguous territory. As such, many human rights groups say this behavior by Israeli forces is illegal, and seems aimed at reducing Palestinian population growth in the West Bank. The new military order, B'tselem says, is an attempt on the part of the army to make deportations easier, as well as adding the possibility of criminal charges. "Let's say you're born in Gaza, but you came to study at Bir Zeit University [north of Ramallah] and you stayed and got married, even had kids," Michaeli says, explaining a typical predicament. "According to Israel, you're still a Gazan, and if you cross a checkpoint and a soldier notices that your ID card says Gaza, you could be arrested and deported. If you are eventually forced to leave the West Bank, you're likely to bring your family with you." According to HaMoked, "tens of thousands of Palestinians" would live in danger of being deported either to Gaza or to Jordan. But exact numbers are difficult to obtain because the numbers of people to be considered "illegal sojourners" by the Israeli military order have not been documented. HaMoked and nine other groups appealed to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak Monday to delay the implementation of the order. They have not yet received a reply.
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#1. To: Skip Intro (#0)
The major problem is that there is no such thing as a Palestinian people or a Palestinian land. Just a bunch of useful idiot Arab squatters being used as propaganda tools. Learn some job skill other than strapping bombs on their 2 year olds to kill Jews, and maybe they'll get a better life.
As I said, that's a really stupid statement, even for you.
It was a name applied to a geographic region, not a Nation or people, tool. -- As Walid Shoebat and others have stated so eloquently, there never was "a Palestinian people" until the myth of "a Palestinian people" became politically expedient for primarily Arab Islamists dealing with the west and opposing the Jews. The true history of "the Palestinian people" is that one day a bunch of people were told they were "Palestinian", prior to which most of them had thought of themselves as Jordanian. The notion of "a Palestinian people" is derived from revisionist history, and from the enthusiasm of American bleeding heart liberals who found a cause to advocate for that they never checked for historical validity. Although there is historically a geographic reference to an area called Palestine, there was a parade of different tribal and ethnic groups through this area, including Jews. This is historical fact. Since the time that the fiction of "a Palestinian people" was invented, their numbers have swelled beyond the rate at which it is possible for humans to reproduce, further demonstrating that today's "Palestinians" are a politically expedient fiction.
That "fiction" goes back over 3000 years.
I'm not talking 3000 years; I'm talking about 150 or so years, but you are so indoctrinated into your "Juze are evil" way of thinking, you are too stupid to realize it. The fact of the matter that around the beginning of the 20th Century, "Palestine" was desolate and virtually unpopulated. The land was bought by Jews (the Arabs were more than happy to sell this worthless land to the stupid Jews) who developed it. Jews legitimately own the land.
#8. To: no gnu taxes (#7)
The facts are that at the beginning of the 20th century Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire and hardly unpopulated. I don't know where you came up with the idea that the Jews bought Palestine, but as always you're totally wrong. I suggest you look into the history and aftermath of WWI and educate yourself.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"The major problem is that for the first time, Palestinians can be regarded as infiltrators in their own land
#4. To: no gnu taxes (#1)
The major problem is that there is no such thing as a Palestinian people or a Palestinian land.
#5. To: Skip Intro (#4)
#6. To: no gnu taxes (#5)
This is historical fact. Since the time that the fiction of "a Palestinian people" was invented
#7. To: Skip Intro (#6)
That "fiction" goes back over 3000 years.
Replies to Comment # 7. The fact of the matter that around the beginning of the 20th Century, "Palestine" was desolate and virtually unpopulated. The land was bought by Jews
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