Summary
The East Jerusalem neighbourhood (Wadi Hilweh, in occupied al-Quds) whose forced evictions in February 2012 close Purchase by Other Means: The Palestine Nakba and Zionism’s Conquest of Economics as a contemporary instance of the structure the article traces: “It is no random event” (Purchase by Other Means: The Palestine Nakba and Zionism’s Conquest of Economics, PDF p.29 / printed p.161).
Details
- As Wolfe writes in February 2012, Israeli authorities are forcibly evicting Palestinian residents from Wadi Hilweh (Silwan); 50,000 Palestinians live there, and there is no saying how many will be driven from their homes (PDF p.29 / printed p.161).
- The pretext, in Wolfe’s account, is a highly dubious archaeology according to which King David built a Jewish city there in the third millennium BCE (note 101).
- The City of David Archaeological Park replacing the Palestinian homes is financed by, among others, Ron Lauder of Estee Lauder, who currently chairs the Jewish National Fund; Lauder is one of numerous plutocrats supporting what Wolfe calls this contemporary exercise in ethnic cleansing (PDF p.29 / printed p.161).
Related pages
Purchase by Other Means: The Palestine Nakba and Zionism’s Conquest of Economics, Jewish National Fund, Nakba, Ethnic Cleansing