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T. Leitersdorf, architect and planner of the largest settlements in the West Bank and his orientalist perspective:
“I look upon the morphology of the Arab villages with envy. The beauty of the Arab village lies in its accumulative and somewhat irrational nature … it is always better than when an architect comes in, the architect only spoils things because the architect has to work logically and they do not.“
— Feb 27, 2025 10:35PM
“I look upon the morphology of the Arab villages with envy. The beauty of the Arab village lies in its accumulative and somewhat irrational nature … it is always better than when an architect comes in, the architect only spoils things because the architect has to work logically and they do not.“
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On Jerusalem:
“Rather than a multicultural city centre the Jewish Quarter might be better described as an artificial, ethnically homogeneous, gated neighborhood, whose construction was made possible by the forced displacements of its inhabitants. It is a ‘biblical’ theme park, sending out further tentacles of Jewish housing enclaves and religious study-centres into the Muslim Quarter […].”
— Feb 27, 2025 10:51PM
“Rather than a multicultural city centre the Jewish Quarter might be better described as an artificial, ethnically homogeneous, gated neighborhood, whose construction was made possible by the forced displacements of its inhabitants. It is a ‘biblical’ theme park, sending out further tentacles of Jewish housing enclaves and religious study-centres into the Muslim Quarter […].”
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FU Berlin has today cancelled an event with Francesca Albanese and Eyal Weizman due to ‘security concerns,’ which is, of course, a cowardly lie. They were under pressure from the mayor and others, who called the event ‘a disgrace.
You can take the German out of the Gehorsam but you can’t take the Gehorsam out of the German.
— Feb 12, 2025 10:34AM
You can take the German out of the Gehorsam but you can’t take the Gehorsam out of the German.
