Post by Teddy Bear on Aug 26, 2010 19:55:24 GMT
As is the norm preceding any 'peace talks' between Israel and the Palestinians, there is always some sort of violence perpetrated by one Palestinian group or another, claiming some grievance or another.
You'd think by now the media would be reporting this 'ritual' as it has been going on for as long as I can remember ever since Arafat began these 'peace talks'. Clearly set to derail any attempt to reach agreement, while the leaders go through the motions. The biggest one you might remember is the Intifada of 2000 which began when Ariel Sharon took his entourage to the Temple Mount, one of the most sacred sites in Judaism, but 'co-incidentally' also claimed by Muslims as one of the most sacred sites for them. It seems Mohammed 'rose to heaven' from this place and the Muslims built the Dome of the Rock to commemorate it. Funny how there's no mention of Jerusalem even once in the Koran, but I guess with everything else going on at the time it got missed out.
I wonder what Muslims will attribute to the 9/11 World Trade Centre area called Ground-Zero to justify their building a mosque on that site?
But I digress.
As we've seen over the years every time the media and politicians make the noises to make it appear that this time things are different, and peace between Israel and Palestinians is imminent. When they fail it is always Israel that is to blame, yet I can't recall anything the Palestinians have fulfilled on their side of the agreement except lip-service to bring it about.
So I wasn't surprised when this article today from Associated Press appeared
Yet no mention of it on the BBC website. I guess they'll eventually get around to it, especially making sure it's worded to blame Jews for causing the riot, as AP already does. Naturally the Jews have no right to want to visit one of their own holy sites.
What does appear in the main BBC headline position though is how the EU have criticised Israel for convicting a Palestinian for instigating demonstrations over the security fence without permission. Notice how this story even supplants the story of Dozens killed in wave of bombings across Iraq
You'd think by now the media would be reporting this 'ritual' as it has been going on for as long as I can remember ever since Arafat began these 'peace talks'. Clearly set to derail any attempt to reach agreement, while the leaders go through the motions. The biggest one you might remember is the Intifada of 2000 which began when Ariel Sharon took his entourage to the Temple Mount, one of the most sacred sites in Judaism, but 'co-incidentally' also claimed by Muslims as one of the most sacred sites for them. It seems Mohammed 'rose to heaven' from this place and the Muslims built the Dome of the Rock to commemorate it. Funny how there's no mention of Jerusalem even once in the Koran, but I guess with everything else going on at the time it got missed out.
I wonder what Muslims will attribute to the 9/11 World Trade Centre area called Ground-Zero to justify their building a mosque on that site?
But I digress.
As we've seen over the years every time the media and politicians make the noises to make it appear that this time things are different, and peace between Israel and Palestinians is imminent. When they fail it is always Israel that is to blame, yet I can't recall anything the Palestinians have fulfilled on their side of the agreement except lip-service to bring it about.
So I wasn't surprised when this article today from Associated Press appeared
World
Palestinians riot in disputed Jerusalem neighborhood over settler presence
Published August 26, 2010
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian residents in east Jerusalem threw rocks at police and settlers and set cars on fire in an ongoing dispute over a contested neighborhood Thursday.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the early morning clashes in Silwan neighborhood erupted due to a disagreement over a pathway claimed by both Jewish and Arab families. He said an Israeli court ruled in 2000 that the pathway belongs to a Jewish family.
Palestinian residents, however, say the clash erupted after settlers were seen trying to break into a local mosque.
About 50,000 Palestinians and 70 Jewish families live in Silwan and tensions are high in the neighborhood over a municipal plan that includes the slated demolition of Palestinian homes. There have been recent clashes.
The pathway leads to an ancient underground spring that some Jews use as a ritual bath to cleanse themselves before morning prayers.
Silwan resident Ahmed Qaraein told The Associated Press that residents saw four settlers trying to enter the mosque compound. He said he yelled at the settlers and they ran to a nearby house.
Palestinian residents then threw rocks at the house and settlers responded with warning shots, Qaraein said.
Rosenfeld denied anyone tried to enter the mosque.
Israel captured and annexed east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel considers the sector part of its capital. That claim is not recognized internationally.
The fate of east Jerusalem figures to play a central role in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks set to resume next week.
Palestinians riot in disputed Jerusalem neighborhood over settler presence
Published August 26, 2010
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian residents in east Jerusalem threw rocks at police and settlers and set cars on fire in an ongoing dispute over a contested neighborhood Thursday.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the early morning clashes in Silwan neighborhood erupted due to a disagreement over a pathway claimed by both Jewish and Arab families. He said an Israeli court ruled in 2000 that the pathway belongs to a Jewish family.
Palestinian residents, however, say the clash erupted after settlers were seen trying to break into a local mosque.
About 50,000 Palestinians and 70 Jewish families live in Silwan and tensions are high in the neighborhood over a municipal plan that includes the slated demolition of Palestinian homes. There have been recent clashes.
The pathway leads to an ancient underground spring that some Jews use as a ritual bath to cleanse themselves before morning prayers.
Silwan resident Ahmed Qaraein told The Associated Press that residents saw four settlers trying to enter the mosque compound. He said he yelled at the settlers and they ran to a nearby house.
Palestinian residents then threw rocks at the house and settlers responded with warning shots, Qaraein said.
Rosenfeld denied anyone tried to enter the mosque.
Israel captured and annexed east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel considers the sector part of its capital. That claim is not recognized internationally.
The fate of east Jerusalem figures to play a central role in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks set to resume next week.
Yet no mention of it on the BBC website. I guess they'll eventually get around to it, especially making sure it's worded to blame Jews for causing the riot, as AP already does. Naturally the Jews have no right to want to visit one of their own holy sites.
What does appear in the main BBC headline position though is how the EU have criticised Israel for convicting a Palestinian for instigating demonstrations over the security fence without permission. Notice how this story even supplants the story of Dozens killed in wave of bombings across Iraq