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R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 07:49 PM Nov 2014

‘There’s no such thing as illegal houses, there is such thing as racist laws': Israelis demonstrate

http://mondoweiss.net/2014/11/demonstrate-collective-punishment

About 80 Israelis rallied last Wednesday night outside of Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat’s house, chanting and banging drums in protest against the intensified attack on East Jerusalem that has taken place over the last week and to demand an end to what they call the policy of collective punishment toward the residents of East Jerusalem.

Protesters chanted “There’s no such thing as illegal houses, there is such thing as racist laws,” and “Arresting children does not bring security,” and held signs such as “Discrimination and marginalization in East Jerusalem = Apartheid.”

“[Mayor Barkat] should know that there are numbers of people in this city who do not share his ideology, who do not believe in this collective punishment,” said Uri Agnon, one of the organizers of the protest. “We wanted to tell his neighbors that they should know what their neighbor is doing, and should pressure him as neighbors.”
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