Save the Life of an Arab of Former Mandate Palestine Territory

No, not from "Israeli occupation" but from the Palestinian Authority:

From the "open letter" of  Hebron's Jewish community representatives, David Wilder and Noam Arnon:-

To all those whom this may concern:

Shalom.

According to various news agencies, Mr. Muhammad Abu Shahala, a former intelligence agent for the Palestinian Authority, has been sentenced to death, following a hurried trial. His crime: selling property to Jews in Hebron.

Mr. Abu Shahala reportedly confessed following torture sessions at the hands of his captors. The death sentence can be executed only following concurrence by Mahmoud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, president of the PA. After he signs the death warrant, Abu Shahala may be killed.

It is appalling to think that property sales should be defined as a ‘capital crime’ punishable by death. The very fact that such a ‘law’ exists within the framework of the PA legal system points to a barbaric and perverse type of justice, reminiscent of practices implemented during the dark ages.
It is incumbent upon the entire international community, which views Abu Mazen and the Palestinian Authority as a viable Middle East peace partner, to publicly reject such acts of legal murder, when the ‘crime’ is nothing more than property sales. What would be the reaction to a law in the United States, England, France, or Switzerland, forbidding property sales to Jews?

...Is the Palestinian Authority a reincarnation of the Third Reich?

We appeal to all international leaders to demand the annulment of the death warrant and pending execution of Muhammad Abu Shahala, to be followed by his immediate release from imprisonment, for he has committed no crime.

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A Lesson from Shiloh. Montana, That Is

I spotted this news item and thought it appropriate as it deals with Shiloh and expansion:-

The Shiloh Road expansion project in Billings west end is moving ahead, but Montana Department of Transportation Director Jim Lynch tells us that the decade old project still has several hurdles to clear.

One of issues is the on-going negotiations over right-of-way access with six property owners, and until those negotiations come to some sort of settlement, the project remains on hold.

Lynch says that topping the list of concerns for land owners is price, access, and the potential for development after the road is built.

In other words, normal expansion althought the word "settlement" in the article doesn't refer to a Jewish revenant community in a portion of the historic Jewish homeland but rather a negotiated financial deal.

And then, I continued reading and was astounded:

"We are talking with all of them and I think we're getting closer with a few and a few, maybe not" explained Lynch. "We haven't reached the point that we're done talking, when that happens then we might have to look at what some of the other alternatives may be [be]fore the department to keep this project on track."

Lynch adds that one alternative could be yet another design change, and as a last resort, the Department of Transportation could move to condemn the property.

Did you notice that?

To build a road, the local government is going to offer money to six property owners who are literally in the way, and if that doesn't work, the property will be taken away as condemned because the government has decided that they are done talking.

And it's probably legal, too.

Ah, America.

Ah, democracy.