Palestinian family evicted from their home of 70 years by Israeli settlers

Peace in this region seems to be but a myth.

Israeli settlers took over a Palestinian home in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City today, evicting about 45 members of an extended family which has occupied the building for more than 70 years.

The settlers claimed to have documentation to prove they had purchased the building from the owners. The Palestinian tenants, who have been fighting attempts to evict them for many years, were challenging the takeover in court.

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According to Mohammed Kirresh, 22, a member of the Palestinian family, “Jewish people and Israeli soldiers with weapons” came at 2am, when most of the family was at a wedding.

He said the family, which had rented the property since 1936, had won two previous court cases challenging eviction orders. He claimed the Israelis had broken furniture and damaged belongings. [Read more]

This reminds me of how Jews have been persecuted for many years. It’s not rational behavior, that after being treated a certain way for no reason, to treat others in the same way. Mostly, I speak from my experiences in America: Bigoted Jews, Mexicans who don’t like Puerto Ricans, homophobic blacks, and the list goes on and on. I come from the line of thinking of The Golden Rule, that it makes good sense to treat others as I’d like to be treated. Apparently, not everyone agrees. Turning years of persecution into reverse persecution only makes matters stickier. Yet people of all races, nationalities, etc. continue to do it.

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http://www.reneestephen.com Renee

The idea that torture somehow ennobles a person (or a people) never made sense to me. Seriously, how could it work that way? It’s a nice thought, especially for people who feel guilt for letting torture happen, that somehow people become better through others hurting them in intolerable ways… but it sounds like just another brand of holistic psychotherapy bullshit to me.

So I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect that people learn from their own oppression, and particularly not their children to learn from it — I honestly don’t know how the meme got started in the first place. If anything, I’d expect people to become reactionary and protectionist in the face of oppression. Which, it seems, is often the case.
http://godlessliberalhomo.blogspot.com/ libhomo

The treatment of the Palestinians reminds me of how indigenous peoples’ are still being treated here in the US.
http://jewmanist.com Rose Schwartz

Renee: Yes sometimes people do act in a reactionary manner. That seems to be the case here. However, I have known just as many people baffled by the actions of their parents and grandparents (sometimes children) who do not find this behavior to be reasonable.

libhomo: You know, I never thought of it like that but I completely see your point. Thanks for that.