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Adventurer
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 Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: Israel halts football stadium construction in West Bank |
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Israel halts football stadium construction in West Bank
Palestinians are keen football players and supporters
Israel has ordered construction work on an internationally financed football stadium being built for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to be halted.
Palestinian municipal authorities in al-Bireh, near Ramallah, have been told they lack the correct permit to build.
This is because Israel has designated some of the plot for the planned stadium as under its exclusive control.
If Palestinian officials do not comply with the order, Israel could demolish the arena.
The stadium's development has been financed by the world football's governing body, Fifa, as well as France, Germany and Gulf states.
Palestinians have said that Israel's issuing of the stop-work order is unreasonable and politically motivated.
Israeli officials have said they are working with their Palestinian counterparts to resolve the issue.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8371680.stm |
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BoholDiver
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:27 am Post subject: |
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| Good thing, since it's not even their country. |
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Adventurer
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| BoholDiver wrote: |
| Good thing, since it's not even their country. |
The West Bank is not recognized as part of Israel. Even if it were, though it's not, it would mean they could treat them because of outdated concepts of blood and land, because the Polish Catholics were indigenous to Poland, and Polish Jews were not, so did it mean the laws they passed in Poland were fine because Poland was for the Poles? I think that's an outdated notion. |
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BoholDiver
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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That's pretty much what I meant.
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| BoholDiver wrote: |
| Good thing, since it's not even their country. |
The West Bank is not recognized as part of Israel. Even if it were, though it's not, it would mean they could treat them because of outdated concepts of blood and land, because the Polish Catholics were indigenous to Poland, and Polish Jews were not, so did it mean the laws they passed in Poland were fine because Poland was for the Poles? I think that's an outdated notion. |
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