Israeli Supreme Court rules: Israel can confiscate Palestinian property in Jerusalem. - Polidicks

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/hgYiy63.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE=Haaretz]Only a day after the High Court of Justice upheld most of the sections of the “Anti-Boycott Law,” the justices of the Supreme Court approved the use of another controversial law: The application of the Absentee Property Law to assets in East Jerusalem. The practical effect of the ruling is that it allows the state to take control of property in East Jerusalem whose owners live in the West Bank or Gaza. Under the law enacted in 1950, any person who lived in a hostile country, or in the area of “the Land of Israel” that was not under the State of Israel’s control, and owned property within the state, is considered an absentee owner and his property may be transferred to the state’s Custodian of Absentee Property. The primary purpose of this law was to enable use of lands belonging to Arabs who left Israel during the War of Independence. In 1967, after the Six-Day War, which saw the extension of Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries, Palestinians with assets in Jerusalem suddenly found themselves considered “absentee” owners, even though they hadn’t gone anywhere. Sometimes they were living only a few hundred meters away, but outside the new Jerusalem city limits and officially in the West Bank, and found their property confiscated only because Israel drew the new municipal border between them and their property, making them no longer residents of Jerusalem - though they never left their homes. The law is worded in very broad terms, and states that any person who owns property in Israel and lives, or is present, in an enemy country can be declared an absentee and the property will be transferred to the control of the Custodian — and used for the “development of the country.”[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.652231#.VTATTq-f1uQ.twitter"]Source[/URL].

This is some fourth reich shit.

Does Israel not even see the complete irony of themselves implementing these policies?

[QUOTE]The practical effect of the ruling is that it allows the state to take control of property in East Jerusalem whose owners live in the West Bank or Gaza. states that any person who owns property in Israel and lives, or is present, in an enemy country can be declared an absentee and the property will be transferred [/QUOTE] Makes sense, honestly. Israel is already incredibly overpopulated, and vacant homes run by people who moved to enemy countries are simply taking up space. It's not as if said Palestinians are going back there or anything. Why not?

[QUOTE=Monkah;47547730]Makes sense, honestly. Israel is already incredibly overpopulated, and vacant homes run by people who moved to enemy countries are simply taking up space. It's not as if said Palestinians are going back there or anything. Why not?[/QUOTE] "Or is present" From my understanding, this means that you could go see family elsewhere for a week and lose your house, it's ridiculous and easily abusable. I am no genius though, if I am misunderstanding this, then someone explain to me

This is what happens when you create laws with very broad terms, someone eventually abuses it. [QUOTE=Monkah;47547730]Makes sense, honestly. Israel is already incredibly overpopulated, and vacant homes run by people who moved to enemy countries are simply taking up space. It's not as if said Palestinians are going back there or anything. Why not?[/QUOTE] Except they're abusing it. [quote]In 1967, after the Six-Day War, which saw the extension of Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries, Palestinians with assets in Jerusalem suddenly found themselves considered “absentee” owners, even though they hadn’t gone anywhere.[/quote] The law was to be used in case the owner moved out, not in case of what is actually happening that is Israel increasing it's borders over the owner's lands, making the owner "move out" of his land.

[QUOTE=da space core;47547746]"Or is present" From my understanding, this means that you could go see family elsewhere for a week and lose your house, it's ridiculous and easily abusable. I am no genius though, if I am misunderstanding this, then someone explain to me[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]in an enemy country[/QUOTE] unless your family lives in Palestine, in which case I doubt you're an Israeli citizen, that doesn't exactly happen

[QUOTE=Monkah;47547730]Makes sense, honestly. Israel is already incredibly overpopulated, and vacant homes run by people who moved to enemy countries are simply taking up space. It's not as if said Palestinians are going back there or anything. Why not?[/QUOTE] This is pretty reprehensible, even for you. Israel has historically used "absentee" property laws to confiscate property away from Arabs and to more importantly revoke any kind of residency rights they had. This law is a continuation of that, justifying it shows that you're essentially a Jewish supremacist. You should have been more truthful when you said "people", as the only "people" in this case are going to be Arabs. The law is all about confiscating property from Arabs and revoking their residency status in order to change the ethnic demographic of the city.

[QUOTE=da space core;47547729]Does Israel not even see the complete irony of themselves implementing these policies?[/QUOTE] Why do you think they care?

Heil Israel! Talk about "clever" use of law in a demographic "cleansing", and pretty much punching the hornets nest. I have a feeling this will not end in good terms...

They're literally copying the Nazis now. Well done Israel, you pricks.

[QUOTE=da space core;47547746]"Or is present" From my understanding, this means that you could go see family elsewhere for a week and lose your house, it's ridiculous and easily abusable. I am no genius though, if I am misunderstanding this, then someone explain to me[/QUOTE] lol in the past they've taken homes vacant for a few hours still filled with fresh food

[QUOTE=Monkah;47547730]Makes sense, honestly. Israel is already incredibly overpopulated, and vacant homes run by people who moved to enemy countries are simply taking up space. It's not as if said Palestinians are going back there or anything. Why not?[/QUOTE] The excerpt you quoted also states that they can take control of property in East Jerusalem (the Palestinian half) whose owners live in the West Bank or Gaza. These are not people who move to enemy countries. The West Bank and Gaza, practically speaking, are part of Israel.

How long until Israel implements the gift of friendly campgrounds with employment opportunities for the displaced Palestinians?

[QUOTE=draugur;47551306]How long until Israel implements the gift of friendly campgrounds with employment opportunities for the displaced Palestinians?[/QUOTE] Never?

[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;47551309]Never?[/QUOTE] It's a reference that they're going a similar route the Nazis went when they were discriminating Jews.

I wonder when Fuehrer Netanyahu will enact his final solution to handle the Palestinian people.

hey israel, pro tip: An internal supreme court doesnt dictate or validate international relations!!!

[QUOTE=Monkah;47547730]Makes sense, honestly. Israel is already incredibly overpopulated, and vacant homes run by people who moved to enemy countries are simply taking up space. It's not as if said Palestinians are going back there or anything. Why not?[/QUOTE] No, this is just fueling more hatred between the two. People are going to continue to die because Israel keeps enacting Draconian laws which absolutely fuck over the Palestinians. Groups like Hamas get more support due to this, and use that support to continue to wage a holy war on Israel, which always responds with a massive Israeli counter strike, which always ends up with a lot of dead innocents. This is a reason there will never be peace between the two.

you know somedays you think humanity might have a chance to finally put our differences aside and live in peace. But you then check the news and see this shit, eat a bag of dicks Netanyahu.

[QUOTE=Pilot1215;47553764]No, this is just fueling more hatred between the two. People are going to continue to die because Israel keeps enacting Draconian laws which absolutely fuck over the Palestinians. Groups like Hamas get more support due to this, and use that support to continue to wage a holy war on Israel, which always responds with a massive Israeli counter strike, which always ends up with a lot of dead innocents. This is a reason there will never be peace between the two.[/QUOTE] And a lot of shitty movies to be made about it too

I kinda wish Ol' Ben would have died on that plane

[QUOTE=ossumsauce;47553728]hey israel, pro tip: An internal supreme court doesnt dictate or validate international relations!!![/QUOTE] The West Bank is still technically Israeli occupied territory.

Guys, at least give me [I]some[/I] time to start the 'seconds before someone compares Israel's recent law to Nazi Germany' clock. I have to wind it back up, you know?

[QUOTE]How long until Israel implements the gift of friendly campgrounds with employment opportunities for the displaced Palestinians?[/QUOTE] More like, when are they going to pre-heat the ovens of friendship.

[QUOTE=desertdog11;47555484]More like, when are they going to pre-heat the ovens of friendship.[/QUOTE] One thing at a time.

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;47555418]Guys, at least give me [I]some[/I] time to start the 'seconds before someone compares Israel's recent law to Nazi Germany' clock. I have to wind it back up, you know?[/QUOTE] We would love to give you time. But it seems like every week Israel does something new which considering their history is incredibly ironic. The apartheid, the segregation, the annexing of land this reeks of Lebensraum.

There's something rather dishonest in the way that many people compare Israel to Nazi Germany.

Sounds like Operation Lebensraum And people call me a Nazi for criticizing Israel...

[QUOTE=Deng;47556331]There's something rather dishonest in the way that many people compare Israel to Nazi Germany.[/QUOTE] Yeah maybe Nazis were right after all? They wanted to exterminate the exterminators. Just kidding, but almost not. Scary shit right here.