Studies show that US coverage is Israeli-centric. The main bureaus for CNN, Associated Press, Time, etc. are located in Israel and often staffed by Israelis. The son of the NY Times bureau chief is in the Israeli army;"pundit" Jeffrey Goldberg served in the IDF; Wolf Blitzer worked for AIPAC. Because the U.S. gives Israel over $8 million/day - more than to any other nation - we feel it is essential that we be fully informed on this region. Below are news reports to augment mainstream coverage.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Report: Israel may seize Palestinian East Jerusalem property - thousands of acres worth hundreds of millions of shekels

Ma'an - Israel's attorney general has informed the country's High Court that the state plans to apply its laws on so-called abandoned properties to property in East Jerusalem, Israeli media reported Monday.

Yehuda Weinstein's proposal would "legally" take over thousands of acres and buildings belonging to people who moved to "enemy states" during the 1948 war that are worth hundreds of millions of shekels, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

Many of the structures are owned by Palestinians forced into living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Israel occupied and illegally annexed East Jerusalem in 1967 following a short but decisive war with three of its neighbors. The Jerusalem-based Israeli government in 1980 declared the city its "eternal, undivided capital" in a move that was never accepted by the international community, which maintains embassies in Tel Aviv.
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