Love of the Land: Revelation for Gideon Levy

Revelation for Gideon Levy

TS
CAMERA/Snapshots
22 March '10

In his column yesterday, Gideon Levy misleads:

And we must not forget that this huge building project in Jerusalem [Ramat Shlomo] is for Jews only; not one Palestinian neighborhood has been built in 43 years of occupation. Should that not be called apartheid?

Who need new neighborhoods when Palestinian building -- the expansion of pre-existing neighborhoods -- continues at an impressive pace? Consider this map from the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies ("Jerusalem: Facts and Trends 2005-2006," page 60):



Should it not be called apartheid to prohibit Jews from building in certain neighborhoods, as Levy would like?

Love of the Land: Revelation for Gideon Levy