August 12, 2007

Racist Highway

Israel is constructing a road through the West Bank, east of Jerusalem, that will allow both Israelis and Palestinians to travel along it - separately.

There are two pairs of lanes, one for each tribe, separated by a tall wall of concrete patterned to look like Jerusalem stone, an effort at beautification, indicating that the road is meant to be permanent. The Israeli side has various exits. The Palestinian side has few.

The point of the road, according to those who planned it under the previous prime minister, Ariel Sharon, is to permit Israel to build more settlements around east Jerusalem, cutting the city off from the West Bank but allowing Palestinians to travel unimpeded north and south through Israeli-held land.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

They obviously don't teach English in your nmadrassah because the article clearly states that Palestinians with Israeli identity cards or special permits for Jerusalem will be able to use the Israeli side of the road.

Nope- not racism.

A REAL example of racism is roads like THIS ONE IN YOUR LAND.

Jundi said...

in other words .. institutionalized palestinians will be allowed to use the road .. WOW so generous of the zionists.

regarding the photo u posted .. only muslims are allowed in mecca u fool

Anonymous said...

Indeed the article indicates that the highway reflects Israel's idea of a unilaterally declared border.

So no racism, just a decision not to wait for Fatah and Hamas to arrive at a negotiated solution.

Anonymous said...

It isn't a border, Abed. BOTH sides belong to Israel, and Israelis wil remain on both sides.

We won't tolerate your racism here in OUR land.