An Invitation To Israel's Thought Police: Haul Me In

[Purveyor]

A Palestinian man from East Jerusalem is summoned by Israeli police for a Facebook status describing his city as occupied.

By Michael Omer-Man
|Published February 21, 2014

It has been a month since I last visited Occupied Jerusalem. By writing those words, I may be hastening my return to the city, albeit involuntarily.

This week, a Palestinian resident of Occupied East Jerusalem was summoned by Israeli police for describing the city’s mayor, Nir Barkat, as the “mayor of the occupation,” Haaretz reported.

East Jerusalem was occupied by Israeli forces on June 7, 1967. Later that month, some 70 square kilometers of Palestinian East Jerusalem and the West Bank were annexed by Israel and handed over to the Jerusalem Municipality, a move that no country in the world has ever recognized.

In 1980, Israel passed a basic law, which carries the weight of a constitutional amendment, officially declaring occupied East Jerusalem as part of its capital. In response, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution declaring the law “null and void” and called on member states to move their diplomatic missions out of Jerusalem. Since then, no country has established or maintained an embassy in the city.

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[dipsydoodle]

1. A move which no country in the world has ever recognised

And the US doesn't accept "Israel" as country of birth on passports for those born in East Jerusalem.

'Nuff said.

[Jefferson23]

2. Don’t hold your breath, but I’ll update if the Thought Police take me up on my offer.

I won't.