More evictions of Palestinian Families

... I was going to make a post about the Swiss Constitution Day, but instead, I'll focus on a more severe matter: Palestinians being evicted from their homes today, to make way for Jewish settlers.

There are several wars around the world. But there is one single one, that not only feels bad, it really makes me sick thinking about it. The Israeli - Palestinian conflict. Two sides where both seems to be ruled by a part which really don't want peace, but really really wants more conflict.

Today two large Palestinian families where evicted from their home in Eastern Jerusalem. By international consensus a Palestinian territory, but occupied by Israel. The case had even gone all the way up to supreme court in Israel, which ruled that the Palestinians where living in those houses illegally! And why? Because the settlers had a paper claiming the property was bought by the settlers... Well, this is not the first time I have seen this in the news. And I can guess there is a LOT of hidden cases, which we never hear of. So what the hell is happening?

This smells long way of forgery or corruption for me. It's hart to explain how that kind of eviction can be justified EVEN if they had actually sold their property. And who would buy a property, and not making sure it was a legal buy? If you didn't care for the previous owner of the house.

So how can that happen in the first place... Given that the Palestinians never had signed a paper selling their own house, how can the Israeli High Court judge their living there illegal? And if the Palestinians HAD signed a paper which sold the house. How could it even get so far up as the High Court? And as it's about a matter of property in Palestinian Legal territory, how could an Israeli Court judge in the case at all? Sadly I can only find one single possible answer, which makes me feel even more sick about that conflict:

Racism.

I know there is much more nuances in there, and that many many Israelis don't support the evictions or even the West Bank settlements. I cheer for those who dare to speak up against these kinds of atrocities. Israel, and especially more Americans need to see what is happening in Palestine, done by Israeli settlers, and supported or ignored by too many leaders in USA: It must be possible to say more that "it's not productive", as a comment to those actions (Even though I know "not productive" is a diplomatic term for "really damaging").

And then: How come not more Americans are not seeing a link between the actions of Israel in the West Bank combined with the United States' silent approval of it, to what is does: Brew more hate and terrorism not only against Israel, but toward the United States, and even Europe too! And how come then that it is not a part of America's "War on Terror"! If the USA want to get rid of terrorism, it HAS to solve one conflict, which would stop a lot of the problems: The Israel-Palestine conflict.

... I could continue to rant even more bullshit about the conflict, but I realize I have no way the writing skills to do any difference, nor the capacity to go on much more. So I'll rather go to bed, and hope at least some few people have read this post, coming to the conclusion that something has to be done.

And just to clarify: I have nothing against Americans or Jews in general. I have several friends and colleagues of either kind, and all of them are great people.