National Park Plan approved over confiscated Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem

[Jefferson23]

15/09/2014

"The National Park plan is illegal and dangerous, as it will deepen Israel’s control over Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem"

On 10 September 2014, the Israeli National Council for Planning and Building (NCPB) issued its decision to approve the establishment of the "National Park - The Slopes of Mount Scopus" project. This project will annex nearly 700 dunams of lands belonging to the Palestinian villages of Al-'Issawiya and At-Tur in occupied East Jerusalem.

The decision cites some members’ claims that the plan achieves the principle of "preservation of the natural landscape", and furthers "cultural, religious and historical" principles. The Council's decision fully adopts the Israeli Jewish and Zionist narrative of the history of Jerusalem, pointing out that this area is the "place where Israelites entered the Promised Land" and the road that "King David took when he escaped from Jerusalem." According to the decision, it is also the place where Jeremiah, "one of the Hebrew prophets, came through when he arrived in Jerusalem," with reference to the biblical narrative.

The Council critiqued the local and national committees for approving the plan "without conducting the necessary checks on the impact of the plan on the Al-'Issawiya and At-Tur villages in terms of their future development." However, the Council did not consider this deficiency to be a sufficient problem to warrant the cancellation of the plan based on the objectors' requests. The Council only decided to return the plan to the national committee for planning and building to look into its borders, and into the question of whether or not the plan obstructs the needs of the two villages.

The Council’s decision to approve the plan and refer it back to the National Committee for some reconsiderations, if any, came after many appeals were submitted against the decision of the National Committee approving the plan. Adalah and the Arab Center for Alternative Planning, in coordination with the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem, and other legal organizations submitted many appeals in the name of the organizations and the Al-'Issawiya development committee.

http://www.adalah.org/eng/Articles/2326/National-Park-Plan-approved-over-confiscated-in

[Botany]

1. We should cut Israel off from all funds

Al-'Issawiya 2010 Israel destroys a Palestinian home.

[Jefferson23]

2. Their intentions have been clear for a long time..horrific policies that continue. n/t

[Botany]

3. Israel is sewing the seeds of its own destruction and for unending conflict.

n/t

[King_David]

4. That's been said for 2000 years

Not a new idea .

[DanTex]

5. At most it's been said for 80 years. (You know, history and all)

[Botany]

6. no more like the last 68 years

https://twitter.com/jricole/status/488283714125049857/photo/1

[Mosby]

7. its sowing not sewing

[Botany]

8. thanx

botany =

[oberliner]

9. Don't Muslims and Christians believe that narrative as well?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that was a narrative shared by those faiths.

[Jefferson23]

10. The narrative that all of Jerusalem belongs to Israel? Nah, they don't accept that. n/t

[oberliner]

11. No, the narrative actually identified in the article you posted

The one referencing the prophet Jeremiah and King David.

Here is some information about the Jeremiah from IslamBasics:

http://www.islambasics.com/view.php?bkID=85&chapter=23

And here is some about King David from Islam 101:

http://www.islam101.com/history/people/prophets/david.htm

It does appear that Islam and Judaism share the same narrative with respect to the prophet Jeremiah and King David.

[Jefferson23]

12. How does that matter considering Israel's plans for all of Jerusalem? n/t

[oberliner]

13. The third paragraph of the article you posted

"The Council's decision fully adopts the Israeli Jewish and Zionist narrative of the history of Jerusalem, pointing out that this area is the "place where Israelites entered the Promised Land" and the road that "King David took when he escaped from Jerusalem." According to the decision, it is also the place where Jeremiah, "one of the Hebrew prophets, came through when he arrived in Jerusalem," with reference to the biblical narrative. "

This is not only the "Israeli Jewish and Zionist" narrative, it is also the Muslim and Christian narrative.

Both Islam and Christianity embrace the same narrative described in that paragraph.

[Jefferson23]

14. Ok, but I fail to see the significance when the land is being confiscated. n/t