Comments on: Quietly, East Jerusalem Palestinians acquiring Israeli citizenship

By: David

David — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:02:09 +0000

These Palestinians who are applying for Israeli citizen ship are smart! They know where the bread is buttered! they know what a sham the Palestine myth is with their worthless corrupt political leaders consisting of Hamas, et. al. They may not be thrilled living in a unified Israel where their addresses state Samaria and Judea, but that is a lot more preferable that living in Backwardistan! Jobs, social services, educational opportunities, you name it, Greater Israel offers more to anyone who is willing to become a team player rather than being a third generation slave to the victim mentality!

By: jamal

jamal — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:50:36 +0000

I know the truth because i know a friend who acquired citizenship. I know people who live in ramallah but have israeli passports. The reason is simple they want freedom of movement and living anywhere and at the same time get all the benefits from israel. It is greedy, but those people are willing to sell not only their land but their mother too just to get money and benefits. It sad but this is life.

By: old fart

old fart — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:26:42 +0000

Jerusalem Palestinians want Israeli citizenship for ability to stay in Israel, if Jerusalem is divided. Last thing in the word they want is to live in”independent Palestinian Jerusalem”

By: an Israeli

an Israeli — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:04:11 +0000

The author of this article really don’t know why Palestinians are getting an Israeli citizenship??
Wow you really don’t know your people do you?
They are afraid that at some point Israel will struck a deal with the Palestinian authority and their neighborhoods will be under Palestinian control.
And then bye bye to Jewish first world Israel, bye bye to Jewish first world medical services, stipends, education, social benefit, and hello 3rd world Palestine.
Oh yes they are proud Palestinians and hate the Zionists but they will all leave their lands and move to west Jerusalem if that land were to ever to return to their brothers.
I as a Jewish Israeli wish that Israel would give these Arab neighborhoods to the Palestinian authority. We don’t need and don’t want these 350,000 Arabs in Jerusalem or Israel.

By: Leen

Leen — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:33:52 +0000

@Howiej, you mean they would rather be second class citizens than unidentified people under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank?
It’s an upgrade, definately.

By: Howiej

Howiej — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:08:04 +0000

Could it be that they are requesting citizenship because they would rather be in Israel than under the “freedom” of the P.A. or whoever takes over “Palestinian” territories?
The Arab shop owner would not have Israelis in his shop from ’48-’67 because no Jews were allowed into the Jordanian occupied territories.

By: sk

sk — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:50:08 +0000

Well, if they get citizenship I believe they can rent Israeli apartments or rent land from the ILA.

Also, the right to vote, and losing the risk of suddenly being transferred to a new PA state

By: max

max — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:30:11 +0000

Leen, I never claimed that the Palestinians prefer Israel to Palestine because of ideology(, or that their treatment is acceptable). On the contrary, I wrote that it’s quite normal that given a choice many would prefer to drop the ideology in favor of other factors. I also mentioned that many Zionists do the same.
So I think that by now we agree on all

By: Leen

Leen — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:13:30 +0000

Actually, I found the link and now that I extensively looked through the responses and surveys, I was right. The majority want to remain under Israeli rule is because of freedom of movement, not because of cultural or political situations.
Furthermore, it is because they refused to move, which I agree. Why should we move? I was born and raised in jerusalem.
And if you noticed, there was also a poll conducted regarding if there is discrimination within the muncipalities and public services and the majority answered yes.
Also us Jerusalemites experience a great degree of freedom of movement compared to the West Bank where we have access to airports, beaches, borders, can go in and out of West Bank. I am quite positive rarely anyone wants to give up that notion.

By: Leen

Leen — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:04:57 +0000

1. Is there a link please?
2. I’m using the word arab for moroccan, but yes I am aware of the multiethnic make up of Morocco, how it is considered part of the Maghreb subsystem as opposed to Arab subsystem, the identity of Moroccans. In general, when I used the word arab, I refer to linguistic make up countries.

I kind of don’t understand how the treatment of the Palestinians by the arab regimes is relevant though to be perfectly frank.