{"id":10795,"date":"2017-05-25T11:25:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T09:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law.acri.org.il\/en\/?p=10795"},"modified":"2017-05-25T11:25:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T09:25:44","slug":"lets-draw-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.acri.org.il\/en\/2017\/05\/25\/lets-draw-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Draw the line"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Friends,<\/p>\n

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Declarations about the unification of Jerusalem\u00a0were echoed time and again this week. But when I drive through Jerusalem, am I really in a unified city?<\/p>\n

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Fifty years have passed since June 1967, and yet I still know exactly when I\u2019m in the east part of the city and when I\u2019m in the west. The unofficial border of the city, the one the government has tried to blur and conceal, is marked by the blatant negligence plain for all to see. This, despite the fact that the decision to apply Israeli law in East Jerusalem obligates authorities to ensure that Palestinian Jerusalemites\u2013 who are permanent residents and not citizens \u2013 enjoy all the rights and freedoms that Israeli citizens enjoy, except for the right to elect representatives and be elected to Knesset.<\/p>\n

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The reality is that Palestinians in East Jerusalem are a systematically impoverished community: 76% of Palestinian residents live below the poverty line, their infrastructure is insufficient and much fewer services and budgets are allocated by the Municipality and Government Ministries than are to Israelis in West Jerusalem. A quarter of the Palestinian population has been cut off from the rest of the city by the Separation Barrier, living in what has become no man\u2019s land.<\/p>\n

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Every year, ahead of Jerusalem Day, ACRI publishes “East Jerusalem Facts and Figures,”<\/a> which outlines the neglect and poverty Palestinians face\u00a0in East Jerusalem.\u00a0Click here<\/a> to listen to a podcast which\u00a0unpacks and explains some of the data. To watch a video highlighting some of the facts and figures, click on the image below.<\/p>\n

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So, is East Jerusalem really part of the State of Israel? For 50 years, Israel has been operating without defined borders, in Jerusalem and elsewhere. (By the way, ACRI has yet to receive a response<\/a> from the Prime Minister following a request sent several weeks ago for a map of the country\u2019s official, sovereign borders.)<\/p>\n

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When the borders are blurred, red lines are crossed. In a country without borders, people live without rights; this has been the situation for half a century now. Share the video \u2013 Lets\u00a0draw the line!<\/p>\n

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Yours,
\nSharon<\/p>\n

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\nAdv. Sharon Abraham-Weiss
\nExecutive Director
\nThe Association for Civil Rights in Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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