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> Another exception applies to PA Arabs, although according to attorney Uri Goldman, this situation will be rectified by the end of 2022. To be absolutely clea
by eyelidlessness 4y ago
> Another exception applies to PA Arabs, although according to attorney Uri Goldman, this situation will be rectified by the end of 2022.
To be absolutely clear here, “PA Arabs” refers to those governed by the Palestinian Authority… as agreed to by Israel, so excluding the Gaza Strip… and “rectified” refers to subjecting anyone under that agreed authority to Israeli law rather than any agreement with any party. “Rectified” here means effectively acknowledging that PA governance is effectively squat. Which it has been for some time, but the other consequence is that there’s no denying Israel is a colonial occupier of Palestinian territories.
- ars 4y agoThe law applies to the Israeli not the PA Arab. > no denying Israel is a colonial occupier of Palestinian territories. You are seriously messed up. How can a native to the land also be a colonizer?
- kennywinker 4y ago> the area of ancient Israel was predominantly Jewish until the Jewish–Roman wars of 66–136 CE. During the wars, the Roman Empire expelled most of the Jews from the area and formed the Roman province of Syria Palaestina > 1948, when the Jewish State of Israel was proclaimed in part of the ancient land of Israel. This was made possible by the Zionist movement and its promotion of mass Jewish immigration. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_and_Judaism_in_the_Land_of_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_and_Judais...) > Colonization, constitutes large-scale population movements wherein migrants maintain strong links with their, or their ancestors', former country – by such links, gaining substantial privileges over other inhabitants of the territory. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization) The history of Isreal is poorly summarized by these three quotes - but your "a native to the land" is a worse summary. A wrongful expulsion, or thousands of years away, doesn't give you a right to displace and oppress on your return.
- eyelidlessness 4y ago> The law applies to the Israeli not the PA Arab. “Rectified” is the exact wording I quoted, they plan to apply the law to Palestinians under the PA authority. > How can a native to the land also be a colonizer? By doing the actions colonizers do to other people native to the land. Imposing their national law on those explicitly not subject to it is pretty clear cut, without even considering the other Palestinians they exempt from clear cut designation under their law.
- ars 4y ago> they plan to apply the law to Palestinians under the PA authority. Only in your twisted imagination. First that's not what the article says, and second they can't even do that if they wanted to. Greater than 95% of Palestinians live in areas A and B where Israel has no presence. So how do you imagine they would even do it? Are C which is under Israel control is less than 5% of the population.
- eyelidlessness 4y ago> Only in your twisted imagination. Or, you know, according to the quote from the article, that I included in my initial comment.
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