re israeli destruction of mosque s in jerusalem in article y m d witsend uucp d c sessions dcs witsend tnet com writes or for that matter with the usa around here nobody reroutes freeways to avoid churches synagogues and so forth they just get condemned paid off and the road goes through the same is standard policy for any number of other public projects schools and sports arenas being only two examples anticipating the objection that the cases aren t comparable how not the wall has to count as the tourist attraction in that part of the world making room for the traffic would be a twenty second decision for any city council i ever heard of the cases aren t really comparable a project like a freeway requires public hearings court action appeals advance determination of restitution and so on the razing of the moghrabi district in east jerusalem happened within hours of the end of the hostilities of the day war the residents were given only two or three hours notice to pack up and find accomodations elsewhere they had no chance of public hearing debate appeal negotiation or anything it was get out or die in the rubble jim eggertj ll mit edu jim eggert
