Giuseppe Federici Study Center – For a new onset
Press release no. 6/19 of the 21 January 2019, Saint Agnes
The walls of the only democracy
The Israeli government continues its policy of expanding illegal colonies in Palestine, protected legally and militarily. The road with built-in wall was missing!
Let's remind the pro-Israel right-thinking people, who identify the Palestinian people solely with Muslims, that Zionist policy caused the departure of the majority of Christians from the Holy Land and those who remained are discriminated against in various ways as the Jewish state does not recognize equality between all citizens. On the lands recently confiscated from Catholics:
West Bank, the road with the built-in wall
Northeast of Jerusalem, on the street 4370, opened days ago, separates Israeli traffic from Palestinian traffic. The “novelty” is that to do so it was already built with the wall in the middle…
The west side for Palestinian traffic, the east side for Israeli vehicles. After keeping it frozen for over ten years due to a safety dispute, il 10 Last January Israel led the way 4370 in the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank. Just five kilometers long, the stretch of road has the particularity of being divided longitudinally by a concrete wall surmounted by a metal fence and high 8 meters, as reported by the newspaper Haaretz.
«While Israelis and Palestinians share much of the West Bank road network», noted Agence France Presse (Afp), "There are a certain number of roads reserved for Israelis". However, none have an airtight physical barrier separating the two communities for the entire length of the journey.
Concretely, the new road is divided into four lanes. Two on each side of the wall. The eastern lanes connect – in both directions – the settlement of Geva Binyamin (northeast of Jerusalem) to the inhabitants of the settlements of French Hill and Pisgat Ze'ev. Israeli vehicles and those of Palestinians who have an entry permit to Jerusalem can use them. This two-way street, inaugurated in recent days, it is currently only open during peak hours, that is to say from 5 from morning to noon. Even on the other side of the wall, the road is two-way. Opened about twenty days ago, coast Jerusalem to the east and south, without allowing access to the city. Only Palestinians without an entry permit to the Holy City can enter it.
Israeli officials believe that "the road will ease traffic congestion to and from Jerusalem for settlers living in the West Bank.", AFP reports, and in particular at the checkpoint at the Palestinian village of Hizma, at the northern entrance to Jerusalem. Most of the settlers, from the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 1967 He goes to the city every day for work, study or free time. The Israeli television channel i24News adds that the 4370 it should also facilitate the movement of Palestinians between the two main cities of the West Bank: Bethlehem and Ramallah.
According to Israeli Minister for National Security Gilad Erdan, who participated in the inauguration of the road, it is «the example that a shared life can be created between Israelis and Palestinians while responding to security challenges»…
Opponents of the new route don't see it the same way, and define the asphalt strip as an "apartheid road", as Haaretz headlined the edition of 10 January, highlighting the separation between Jewish settlers and the Palestinian population.
«Every Israeli who believes in democracy should be ashamed of this new path», said Ahmad Majdalani, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (Olp) to the digital newspaper The Times of Israel, also comparing the situation with that of apartheid in South Africa.
«On the Street 4370 It is part of Israel's policy of incorporating settlements into one “Greater Jerusalem”», noted researcher Aviv Tatarsky of the Israeli anti-occupation NGO Ir Amin («The city of peoples» in Hebrew), who fights for the equality of all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Intentions that also include Israeli politicians, such as Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, they don't hide.
source – http://www.centrostudifederici.org/n-terra-santa-prosegue-da-parte-del-governo-israeliano-la-politica-dellespansione-delle-colonie-illegali-in-palestina-protette-giuridicamente-e-militarmente-mancava-la-strada-con-muro-incorporato/
