However, the schools in question are in East Jersualem and the PM opening up the re-furbished, re-developed schools is the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister.
The squeals from the Israeli right wing in the report below are delightfully ironic. They are invoking the law over a piece of territory that was illegally annexed (and not even the US recognises the illegal annexation). Indeed, after 1967 the Israelis unilaterally renamed parts of the West Bank as 'East Jerusalem' before annexing it illegally.
I'm posting just some small extracts of the artile for convenience - (so apologies Arnie).
The Palestinian authority does it's civic duty and rennovates schools - and right wing Israelis object. Shameful.
I'll also quote two comments:
Guys, East Jerusalem is in Palestinian territory, not in Israel
Cara 28.10.10 07:27
The annexation of East Jerusalem by Israel in 67 has never been recognized by any state in the world, not evene by the USA. Besides, if Israeli authorities gave money to East Jerusalem schools, they'd not need funding from the PA.
and
No amount of trickery, settler terrorism or Israeli invasion will change the fact the East Jerusalem belongs to the Palestinians.
Rightists furious over Palestinian plans for new East Jerusalem schools
Palestinian premier Fayyad to rededicate schools renovated with PA funding.
By Nir Hasson
The Legal Forum for the Land of Israel yesterday asked Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch to prevent a planned visit next week to East Jerusalem by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, to rededicate two schools.
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Right-wing activists were said to be infuriated by a report in yesterday's Haaretz, according to which the Palestinian Authority is close to completing renovations, which it funded, of 15 East Jerusalem private schools.
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In a letter sent on behalf of the forum to Aharonovitch, police commissioner David Cohen and Jerusalem District police commander Aharon Franco, attorney Adrian Aggasi said the planned visit by Fayyad was "an attempt to demonstrate Palestinian sovereignty in Jerusalem in a manner that contravenes the law."
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This is not the first time the PA has undertaken governmental activity in Jerusalem. About two weeks ago the PA funded NIS 1.2 million in road repairs in Dahiyat al-Salam.
Residents of East Jerusalem say that PA security officials intervene from time to time in conflicts in that part of the city.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/ne ... s-1.321501
