Shusha
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Okay, since Louie isn't going to drop his foolishness about it being okay to steal as long as its from Jews, can we talk about the real problems and issues this brings up with respect to the conflict?
On a practical, single house, level, I don't understand what the problem is. Unless Israel's rental laws are vastly different from Canada's -- there is no issue here. Renting a property owned by another does not transfer ownership to the tenants, no matter how long the tenants have been renting and living in the property. So if the true owners of the property are discovered, the ownership is re-registered in the true owners names. The State of Israel, which has been collecting rents on the property for 50 years turns those funds over to the owners (or heirs). All of this affects the tenants not one bit. In Canada, one can not evict a tenant without cause EXCEPT for personal use of the property. That is always an option, provided the tenant is given proper notice. So the owners can either move into the property themselves or they can keep the tenants. If they have any shred of decency, they will permit the elderly tenants to stay until the end of their lifetime before taking it over for personal use. Or they will just keep the current tenants. There doesn't seem to be much controversy here.
Now, on a political level it is somewhat more challenging. Millions of people were uprooted and displaced in the conflict and it is impossible to unbreak all those eggs. It was an exchange of populations, which was accepted practice at the time and quite common, even if it is viewed as inhumane now. There are some practical reasons why a population exchange is a good solution. It would be political suicide for Israel and potentially dangerous for Jews, both those in Israel and elsewhere.
Enough people have been uprooted and in my opinion, there is no cause for further displacement. People who lost homes or businesses should be compensated for their loss. People wishing to re-locate from where they are now should make applications to do so, with the understanding that neither Israel nor the wanna-be Palestine wants a flood of the "other" into their nation. Its not a perfect solution. But its the most practical one.
On a practical, single house, level, I don't understand what the problem is. Unless Israel's rental laws are vastly different from Canada's -- there is no issue here. Renting a property owned by another does not transfer ownership to the tenants, no matter how long the tenants have been renting and living in the property. So if the true owners of the property are discovered, the ownership is re-registered in the true owners names. The State of Israel, which has been collecting rents on the property for 50 years turns those funds over to the owners (or heirs). All of this affects the tenants not one bit. In Canada, one can not evict a tenant without cause EXCEPT for personal use of the property. That is always an option, provided the tenant is given proper notice. So the owners can either move into the property themselves or they can keep the tenants. If they have any shred of decency, they will permit the elderly tenants to stay until the end of their lifetime before taking it over for personal use. Or they will just keep the current tenants. There doesn't seem to be much controversy here.
Now, on a political level it is somewhat more challenging. Millions of people were uprooted and displaced in the conflict and it is impossible to unbreak all those eggs. It was an exchange of populations, which was accepted practice at the time and quite common, even if it is viewed as inhumane now. There are some practical reasons why a population exchange is a good solution. It would be political suicide for Israel and potentially dangerous for Jews, both those in Israel and elsewhere.
Enough people have been uprooted and in my opinion, there is no cause for further displacement. People who lost homes or businesses should be compensated for their loss. People wishing to re-locate from where they are now should make applications to do so, with the understanding that neither Israel nor the wanna-be Palestine wants a flood of the "other" into their nation. Its not a perfect solution. But its the most practical one.