Posted on 06/01/2018 12:05:20 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
The European Union demanded that Israel cancel plans to evict Bedouin squatters from illegally-erected structures just east of Jerusalem, and condemned a planned housing project in the area for the Israeli town of Maaleh Adumim.
Israeli authorities recently announced plans to demolish the Bedouin encampment known as Khan al-Ahmar.
The illegal community, which lies entirely in Area C under full Israeli control, was established without any building permits. The encampment is located in the strategically important E-1 area between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim, one of the largest Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria.
Israel also recently approved housing permits for 92 new units in Maaleh Adumim on the edge of E-1.
In a statement Thursday, the 28-member European body claimed the demolition of the unauthorized Bedouin encampment was illegal, and constituted a forced transfer.
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Eu? Who the hell is the EU?
They are but a pompous gang of powerless nothingness
EU and UN.
Very, very expensive generators of nothing.
The cost to maintain the EU and UN is probably greater than 80%
of the GDPs in the world.
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They Euros should build a really big Starbucks and call the Bedouins homeless people. Problem solved, they'll have somewhere to live.
Bedouins have thrived under Israeli rule, and that’s partly the problem. Their population has grown to the point where they are becoming urbanized and their former nomadic lifestyle is impracticable. The compassionate thing to do would be an airlift to the Sahara within shouting distance of an oasis or two, sheep, camels and all.
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