What about, perhaps, Emile Habibi Square?
Today the municipality is going to name the main entrance square to Jaffa in the name of one Joseph Carmel, a property tycoon who reportedly donated some money to the Tel Aviv municipality.
Yet again the municipality makes an effort to wipe out Jaffa's Palestinian character. Why not name the square for.... Emile Habibi, author, thinker, and politician as well as Israel Prize recipient for literature?
Or perhaps, simply, Seraya square, in commemoration of the Seraya (the Otttoman municipality building) or Farid El Atrash Square (in name of the great singer and oud player beloved by both Palestinians and many Jews) or.... there are so many options.
Or "Mahmoudiyeh Square" in honour of the great Mahmoudiyeh Mosque located just off the square?
Yet again the municipality makes an effort to wipe out Jaffa's Palestinian character. Why not name the square for.... Emile Habibi, author, thinker, and politician as well as Israel Prize recipient for literature?
Or perhaps, simply, Seraya square, in commemoration of the Seraya (the Otttoman municipality building) or Farid El Atrash Square (in name of the great singer and oud player beloved by both Palestinians and many Jews) or.... there are so many options.
Or "Mahmoudiyeh Square" in honour of the great Mahmoudiyeh Mosque located just off the square?
The round about square is located on the historical entrance (or exit: it was from here all taxis left for Beirut, Damascus etc. prior to 1948) of Jaffa, at the northern end of the clock tower square.
Ron Huldai, the mayor, spoke about correcting historical errors.
He continues making them.
Ron Huldai, the mayor, spoke about correcting historical errors.
He continues making them.
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Concise, incisive, and very smartly written. I like a lot. :)
Concise, incisive, and very smartly written. I like a lot. :)
Ron Huldai is mayor to the rich, bourgeois. Period. Yet he must be held accountable to all the people in his jurisdiction. (Recall Obama's early address on becoming president... and I am paraphrasing: "I am president of all the people who live in this country.")
Huldai and other hacks can learn from the more evolved leaders and politicians wherever they reside. Meanwhile, keep telling the truth on this blog. I do want to hear about the local Jaffa population that is working with you. Alone doesn't work. Coalitions have a chance. Yet you know this already.
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