APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday June 14, 2018
Quote of the day:
“Today I write to you and my heart is on the verge of tears. I read the High Court's decision regarding
our Bedouin neighbors. It is clear that the four petitions submitted by the (Kfar Adumim settlement)
Association contributed to a decision that would enable the forcible evacuation of our Bedouin neighbors. From
here, I cannot understand why the community leadership chose to act to expel our neighbors. What instinct has
led us to want the destruction of their homes? What morality has motivated us to want to expel people for the
second time, after their families were already expelled from the State of Israel in the 1950s? What
imperviousness, and perhaps arrogance, led us to refuse to join the proposal of members of the community to
reach a jointly agreed solution? What logic made us open a terrible account with those who live next to us? The
Bedouin houses are illegal. Maintaining the law is essential to the welfare of society. But this was not the
principle that was of top concern to the leadership of the community. If this were the case, it would have
prevented unauthorized construction inside (our own) community, before it acted against illegal construction by
the Bedouin. It eyes were set on other considerations, not keeping the law and not good neighborliness. I hope
that there were no considerations regarding the fact that our neighbors are not Jews, because these are
unacceptable to me as a Jew.”
—Part of a letter written this week by former Jewish Agency chairman, Sallai Meridor, slamming his fellow settlers at Kfar Adumim settlement where he lives, for their actions to get rid of their Bedouin neighbors, the village of Khan al-Ahmar.*
—Part of a letter written this week by former Jewish Agency chairman, Sallai Meridor, slamming his fellow settlers at Kfar Adumim settlement where he lives, for their actions to get rid of their Bedouin neighbors, the village of Khan al-Ahmar.*
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