<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[PALESTINIANS: LIVING UNDER THE OCCUPATION AND LOVING&nbsp;IT]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p class="byline">Posted  			by desertpeace			on Thursday, 			January 13, 			2011 			at 10:57 am.</p>
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<div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">And what’s  not to love? They are separated from  their families and loved ones by a  concrete wall making visits difficult, or  impossible. Access to  mosques is forbidden during Holy Days. Their children are  accosted  daily by Israeli soldiers on their way to and from school …. often   imprisoned or murdered just for the fun of it.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">And the  great outdoors….. where else but in  Occupied Jerusalem can a family be  evicted from its home to make room  for illegal Jewish settlers….  sanctioned by a court order?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Just think  of the money these Palestinians can  save by not having to bring gifts  to loved ones they cannot visit … or  contributions to their mosques  that they are forbidden to go to … or having to  feed an imprisoned or  murdered child … or the city taxes they no longer have  to pay as living  in a tent is tax free.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Just think  about those things so you won’t be  surprised at the results of a Poll  just held in Occupied East Jerusalem. I’m  sure ever Jew living there  was questioned as the results are definitely not a  reflection of what  any Palestinian is thinking.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Reading the Israeli press lately has become like  reading America’s satirical newspaper <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Onion">‘The Onion’</a></strong>…. it’s just not  real. Case in point is the following;</span></div>
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<h1><span style="color:#808000;font-family:Verdana;font-size:large;">Poll: Jerusalem Arabs prefer Israel</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong>US poll: 39% of east Jerusalem Arabs prefer to live under Israeli  sovereignty; 30% didn’t answer</strong> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:medium;">WASHINGTON  – The  future of Jerusalem is considered one of the core issues in  Israeli-Palestinian  negotiations and one of the most significant  obstacles to a permanent agreement  between the two sides. However, it  appears that on the Palestinian side, those  who live in Jerusalem have  already made their decision on the matter – and the  Palestinian  Authority leadership in Ramallah may not like it. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">A public   opinion poll carried out by American Pechter Middle East Polls for the  Council  on Foreign Relations together with the head of the Palestinian  Center for Public  Opinion, Dr. Nabil Kukali, showed that if Jerusalem  were divided as part of a  peace agreement between Israel and the  Palestinians, east Jerusalem Arabs would  prefer to live under Israeli  sovereignty. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">The poll,   which comprised the residents of east Jerusalem’s 19 Arab neighborhoods,  also  pointed out that their opposition to Jerusalem’s division is so  intense that  they would rather move to a new home within Israel’s  borders rather than live  under the authority of a Palestinian state. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">The study   also showed that Jerusalem’s Palestinian residents were interested in  keeping  their Israeli Identity cards and enjoying the State’s health  and social  benefits. Some 35% of them said that Israeli citizenship is  their preferred  citizenship and only 30% chose to be citizens of the  future Palestinian state.  An additional 30% said that they didn’t know,  or preferred not to answer the  question. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">And what   would the neighbors say? When asked “if most people in your  neighborhood” would  prefer to become citizens of Palestine or of  Israel: 31% estimated that most  people prefer Palestinian citizenship;  39% estimated that most people prefer  Israeli citizenship; and 30%  declined to answer or said they didn’t know. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">It would seem   that the residents of east Jerusalem are willing to pay a high price in  order to  carry the blue Israeli identity card: 40% said they would  move in order to  remain Israeli citizens if their neighborhood was  transferred to Palestinian  sovereignty. In contrast, only 29% said that  if the opposite were to occur, and  their neighborhood remained under  Israel’s authority they would move to an area  under Palestinian  authority. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">In addition   to the social benefits, those who chose Israeli citizenship most often  mentioned  freedom of movement in Israel, higher income and better job  opportunities. Those  who chose Palestinian citizenship overwhelmingly  cited nationalism and patriotic  reasons as their primary motivation. </span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4013000,00.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Source</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://ps.hadnews.com/palestinians-living-under-the-occupation-and-loving-it.htm">PALESTINIANS: LIVING UNDER THE OCCUPATION AND LOVING IT at PS.HADNEWS.COM</a>.</p>
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