Saturday, June 27, 2009
More riots!!!
More riots in Jerusalem today http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245924938018&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Weird!?
Weird? How about this - my watch stopped on the 25th at 2.15pm (Israel Time) .... never happened before; so i said someone must have died. Then found out that Michael Jackson died on the 25th at 2.15pm USA Time. Weird huh? The guys who saw my watch are all creeped!!!!!
ATTENTION!!!!!!!
Demolition orders reach Convent homes inside the Old City Jerusalem- Tuesday 23rd of June, 2009
Today the Jerusalem Inter-Church Centre has learned of new house demolition orders against at least four Christian families living inside the old city of Jerusalem where local Churches accommodate more than 500 homes for Palestinian families. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and the Catholic Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land own most of these homes. Churches are already facing difficulty in attaining renovation permits and expansion is almost impossible. One of the Church lawyers confirms that even the Churches already have court cases with the municipality of Jerusalem on similar issues. One of the Church leaders bitterly criticize the different treatment given to Jewish settlers inside the city wall where they are granted permits for expanding and renovating the properties under their control. In these four cases in particular, the families were addressed individually by the Israeli municipal authorities and court cases are underway. One of the defendants, Sami Wakileh, recalls the Judge telling him, “It is a waste of your precious time. Do not dream of receiving any permit…” This means that the existing home will be demolished sooner or later. Sami's house is actually an old building that he leased from the Church and spent over a hundred thousand dollars to fix and renovate. In another case, Bassam Ayyash, who rents a 50 square meter apartment from the Greek Orthodox Church inside the Patriarchate's convent has also received a demolition order claiming that this 50 square meter apartment is an expansion to his home! Bassam is puzzled with the persistence of the authorities in not agreeing to come and investigate the matter when he confirms, “My only home is the 50 square meter apartment." Last month, ten Christian families in Beit Hanina, a suburb area of North East Jerusalem, received demolition orders for their six year old apartments in the Al-Sunbula building. Half of the building was licensed originally while permits to formulate the rest were not given. Now all the inhabitants face the same fate if the municipality carries out its threats. Housing inside Jerusalem has been a burden for all Palestinian families. With an extremely difficult process and impossible permit system coupled with the high cost of living in Jerusalem, building or having one’s own apartment is becoming a dream. The Christian community struggles with the family re-unification system and residency rights restrictions imposed by the Israeli Authorities. When one Jerusalemite cannot live together with his or her spouse who is a West Banker under one roof inside Jerusalem, the ultimate effect is that less and less couples decide to get married. Father Ibrahim Faltas, the Roman Catholic Parish priest of Jerusalem, declared last week that the number of Catholic marriages this year is almost half of what they experienced during the previous years. New Jerusalem Christian families are more and more forced to leave their home city either to the neighboring West Bank or emigrate if they have the chance.
Today the Jerusalem Inter-Church Centre has learned of new house demolition orders against at least four Christian families living inside the old city of Jerusalem where local Churches accommodate more than 500 homes for Palestinian families. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and the Catholic Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land own most of these homes. Churches are already facing difficulty in attaining renovation permits and expansion is almost impossible. One of the Church lawyers confirms that even the Churches already have court cases with the municipality of Jerusalem on similar issues. One of the Church leaders bitterly criticize the different treatment given to Jewish settlers inside the city wall where they are granted permits for expanding and renovating the properties under their control. In these four cases in particular, the families were addressed individually by the Israeli municipal authorities and court cases are underway. One of the defendants, Sami Wakileh, recalls the Judge telling him, “It is a waste of your precious time. Do not dream of receiving any permit…” This means that the existing home will be demolished sooner or later. Sami's house is actually an old building that he leased from the Church and spent over a hundred thousand dollars to fix and renovate. In another case, Bassam Ayyash, who rents a 50 square meter apartment from the Greek Orthodox Church inside the Patriarchate's convent has also received a demolition order claiming that this 50 square meter apartment is an expansion to his home! Bassam is puzzled with the persistence of the authorities in not agreeing to come and investigate the matter when he confirms, “My only home is the 50 square meter apartment." Last month, ten Christian families in Beit Hanina, a suburb area of North East Jerusalem, received demolition orders for their six year old apartments in the Al-Sunbula building. Half of the building was licensed originally while permits to formulate the rest were not given. Now all the inhabitants face the same fate if the municipality carries out its threats. Housing inside Jerusalem has been a burden for all Palestinian families. With an extremely difficult process and impossible permit system coupled with the high cost of living in Jerusalem, building or having one’s own apartment is becoming a dream. The Christian community struggles with the family re-unification system and residency rights restrictions imposed by the Israeli Authorities. When one Jerusalemite cannot live together with his or her spouse who is a West Banker under one roof inside Jerusalem, the ultimate effect is that less and less couples decide to get married. Father Ibrahim Faltas, the Roman Catholic Parish priest of Jerusalem, declared last week that the number of Catholic marriages this year is almost half of what they experienced during the previous years. New Jerusalem Christian families are more and more forced to leave their home city either to the neighboring West Bank or emigrate if they have the chance.
Friday, June 26, 2009
The Leveller
What a last 24 hours! Farrah Fawcett dies, then within 24 hours, Michael Jackson! Both icons of the 70s/80s. The message we're getting from the news is Jackson was the most misunderstood person in the world. And ythe media is getting a bashing for having set up the pop king, then tearing him down. whatever it is, his fans will also die one day, his media terrorists will also die like him one day. Death the Leveller
And now we have stoned wallabies jumping around in circles after they eat poppies meant for opium crop. Apparently they're responsible for crop circles. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stm
And now we have stoned wallabies jumping around in circles after they eat poppies meant for opium crop. Apparently they're responsible for crop circles. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stm
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
cockroach!
Goodness gracious! An unkosher cockroach found in a plate of rice served to an orthodox Jewish minister in the parliament house canteen!!!! http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095051.html Notice the uproar is about the cockroach being unkosher ..... the hygiene part comes only later.
And 300 new settlement houses are being built - a show to the US who's boss in Israel! http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095031.html
Meantime with the theft of my mobile, I've lost all your phone numbers, so don't expect me to call you (if I ever do) or if you get a call from me from my mobile, you can be sure it's not me!
And 300 new settlement houses are being built - a show to the US who's boss in Israel! http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095031.html
Meantime with the theft of my mobile, I've lost all your phone numbers, so don't expect me to call you (if I ever do) or if you get a call from me from my mobile, you can be sure it's not me!
news
So the fight for the Chief Rabbinate of Jerusalem begins - the mayor who's at odds with the ultra-orthodox (anti-zionist) community for openiong a carpark on the Sabbath, wants a zionist rabbi in charge who'll support his projects. But that means further isolating the ultra-orthodox and creating a rift in the jewish community ..... but as the saying goes : divide et imperat (divide and rule) http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184900508&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull What worries us is a zionist chief rabbi = anti-christian, therefore we'll see more restrictions put on the christian community. Like maybe no ringing of church bells on the Sabbath??????
Meanwhile the US is absolute in its call to Israel to stop ALL settlements including natural growth. Thank goodness there's someone brave enough to stand up and speak out (for the moment anyway). http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184902559&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Even an Israeli soldier refused to follow orders in the West Bank and is now in prison. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094899.html
Meanwhile the US is absolute in its call to Israel to stop ALL settlements including natural growth. Thank goodness there's someone brave enough to stand up and speak out (for the moment anyway). http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184902559&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Even an Israeli soldier refused to follow orders in the West Bank and is now in prison. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094899.html
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