PM confirms he’s mulling revocation of Jerusalem Arabs’ residency
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The endgame appears to be either apartheid or ethnic cleansing . . . this would wind up canceling the residency of 30-50% of Jerusalem's Muslims.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/report-pm-confirms-mulling-revokation-of-jerusalem-arabs-residency/
“We need to examine the possibility of canceling their residency. There needs to be a discussion about it,” Netanyahu reportedly said at the time.
The proposal could affect some 80,000-100,000 Palestinians.
The idea was met with surprise by some in the cabinet who saw the move as a step toward dividing Jerusalem through ceding control over Arab neighborhoods.
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While he does not want to bring about a single-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians, Israel will have to maintain control of the West Bank in “the foreseeable future” in order to ensure security, the prime minister said, according to Haaretz.
“These days, there is talk about what would happen if this or that person would have remained,” he said, apparently alluding to prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated exactly 20 years ago. “It’s irrelevant; there are movements here of religion and Islam that have nothing to do with us,” Netanyahu said.
He told opposition Knesset members that there is no “magic wand” to resolve the conflict, Haaretz said, and that Israel will “forever live by the sword.”
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Neighborhoods in east Jerusalem suffer from poor infrastructure, and a lack of classrooms, resources and services when compared to wealthier Jewish neighborhoods. Some 75 percent of the city’s Palestinians live in poverty, according to Israeli statistics. The situation is especially dire in those areas outside the barrier, which suffer from overcrowding and lack of municipal services as Palestinians have fled a housing crunch in Arab neighborhoods inside the barrier. Israeli police often do not venture into these areas, and Israeli utilities offer only limited services.
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