Coexistence in Shiloach (Silwan) isn’t Rubbish !!!
While left wing radical groups speak of Judenrein areas in Jerusalem (Free of Jews) and demonstrate against Jews legally purchasing and living in predominantly Arab areas (old Jewish neighborhoods) like Shiloach-Silwan, slowly but surely, one can actually see small signs of basic coexistence taking place. Two years ago, Jewish and Arab families in the Shiloach (Kfar […]
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Shiloach (Silwan) – Arabs and Leftwing Radicals Are Trying to Once Again “Bury” the Yemenite Jews
Backed by impartial press coverage, and by left wing radical groups like Ir Amim and Peace Now, Arabs from the Shiloach (Silwan) are trying to rewrite history and once again “bury” the Yemenite Jews and their rich history in Jerusalem. The public has recently been flooded with pictures of Arabs protesting possible evictions, and interviews […]
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Nir Barkat – Previous Mayor of Jerusalem Returns to Shiloach
Nir Barkat – the previous mayor of Jerusalem and a high ranking Likudnik paid a visit to the old Yemenite Village of Shiloach with Ateret Cohanim and the public council for the renewal of Kfar HaTeimanim (Gadi Bashari). As mayor, Nir Barkat played a major role in preserving Jewish life in the area. When attempts […]
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Antisemitic Attack At The Shiloach Spring Proves The Need For A New Approach To Sovereignty In Jerusalem
For years Jews have been returning to neighborhoods on the seam line of Jerusalem and beyond, turning once homogeneous Arab neighborhoods back to the blended areas historic Jerusalem had before the Arab pogroms of the 1920s and 1930s. These blended neighborhoods could be the vanguard of coexistence, but as anyone who has spent time in […]
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Arabs from Silwan (Shiloach) get refunds and “piggyback” Jewish victory in court
A couple of years ago, a number of Jewish families from the Shiloach and the Old City sued the East Jerusalem Electrical Company. (Set up and initially under Jordanians during the years 1948-1967, and from Six Day War in 1967, works in conjunction or under the more proficient Israeli Chevrat Chashmal) Last week, the Israeli […]
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My Response To The British House of Commons Concerning The Shiloach
The recent letter from the British House of Commons (British – Palestine All party Parliamentary group) is both astounding in its lack of integrity and honesty and extremely arrogant, given the role that the British played in Jerusalem during the Arab riots and pogroms under the British Mandate.Have the British totally forgotten their Judeo Christian roots? Are they […]
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The Fight For Sovereignty In Jerusalem
In recent weeks the “Palestinian” Authority has made worrying announcements on their intent to apply their sovereignty to areas of “East” Jerusalem. With campaigns to renovate a number of Arab properties across the Eastern neighborhoods, the Abbas regime in Ramallah is seeking to counteract Israel’s successful rehabilitation programs in a number of these neighborhoods. While […]
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Jerusalem’s Security Barrier and the Loss of Jewish Sovereignty
When one stands on various areas of Jerusalem’s seam-line that runs roughly along 1948-49 armistice line, the unmistakable site in the distance of the security barrier, is both jarring and in many ways calming to the eye and the mind. The security barrier, which is actually a fence in most places, turns into a foreboding […]
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82 Years Later, There Is Justice In The Shiloach
In August 1938, the British authorities abandoned the old Yemenite Village of Shiloach and left the Yemenite and Sefardi families without protection. The village was ransacked and the Synagogue desecrated by marauding hate filled Arabs. Six months later in January of 1939, one of the well known Shiloach residents, Shlomo Madmoni tried to return to the village to salvage a […]
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Unholy Trinity in Shiloach Will Not Succeed – Peace Now, Ir Amim, Radical Arabs
The relationship between leftwing fringe radicals like Peace Now, Ir Amim and some Arabs in strategic Jerusalem neighborhoods is well documented. In many instances, and sadly, it’s these Left wing “jewish” groups, who are funding and initiating lawsuits, ON BEHALF OF THE ARABS against Ateret Cohanim or any entity that they believe is associated with […]
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