Highly Anticipated Jerusalem Light Railway Takes Its First Passengers for a Ride

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  johnnycm August 23, 2011 at 1:09 pm

  "After nearly a decade of construction and delays..." Yes, those pesky delays, like an international boycott against the contractors building the rail line, the construction company Veolia backing out, and a long, long, fight over the human rights implications of the rail line (namely, is this an extension of occupation policies by non-military means?). You don't even need to take a position, but it's pretty clear that it is your responsibility to note that there is a dispute going on, right? This is typically a great website, but you all need to be a little more conscious of the human and democratic impacts of some of these large-scale "green" projects you praise. If Ratner greened up Atlantic Yards by installing hanging gardens, would you ignore the crooked permitting process and the outcry against it by local citizens?