Posts Tagged ‘Lod’
What is the Meaning of Ben Gvir, Smotrich and Israel’s Far-Right Government?
Those Who Think Israel is Becoming a Fascist State do Not Understand What Fascism is To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling, when all those around you are losing their heads, it’s a good idea to keep a firm grip on your own head! Never has so much hysterical nonsense been written by so many as in the…
Read MoreLand Apartheid in Israel – Knesset Votes for New Bill to Demolish Arab Homes and Villages
Israeli Arabs are 20% of the population yet they occupy 2½% of the land Israeli policemen stand guard as bulldozers demolish homes in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert, on January 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana) You might think that a new Bill to prevent building contrary to the planning…
Read MorePlanning Laws – Another Example of Israeli Apartheid
Officially of course there is no discrimination between Arabs and Israeli Jews when it comes to planning laws. Except that in practice Jewish towns receive planning permission when they need to expand and Arab towns don’t. In fact there has not been one example of a new Arab town in Israel since its foundation in…
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