Go west, Israeli authorities are suggesting to Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem.
To the West Bank, that is.
It is an offer to go into voluntary exile from people and places that have been most meaningful to these Palestinians’ lives — and this is not just insurance benefits, but family, friends, loved ones, stores, schools, places of worship, and much more.
They would then live in a completely different system under the Palestinian Authority, with little or no future access to Jerusalem barring an Israeli permit, or a miracle – and sometimes they are the same.
Silwan area activist Jawad Siyam, 35-year-old head of the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood’s Popular Committee, said in an interview on Saturday that two offers have been made in recent months to resettle him and his East Jerusalem neighbors in the West Bank.
One location is mid-way to the Dead Sea, at Mishor Adumim. The other is in Anata, which formerly had access to Jerusalem but which is now cut off by The Wall.
Both areas would be in the middle of nowhere.
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