re israeli destruction of mosque s in jerusalem in article eggertj may moses ll mit edu eggertj ll mit edu writes 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 in today s jerusalem post magazine there is a feature story about the ongoing restoration of synagogues in the jewish quarter the author leah abramowitz writes that there were fifty seven synagogues in the quarter in all of which were destroyed some she says used as donkey stables the building shells that is i still find it really really hard to understand why the demolition of the buildings in front of the kotel continues to evoke more outrage than this everything is so much cheaper when it happens to the jews why bill coleman clmn midway uchicago edu
