1) How would it not be ethnic cleansing to "cleanse" East Jerusalem of the Jewish ethnicity?
first of all, Jews are a religion not an ethnicity. secondly, who is talking about removing "Jews" from EJ? this is about removing illegal settlements and illegal settlers from Occupied territory, and the Palestinians have already shown a willingness to allow many Israeli settlers stay in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, under Israeli and EVEN Palestinian sovereignty.
2) How is building an apartment building on land you own in a major city creating a "settlement"?
Israel's annexation of West Bank territory and calling it "East" Jerusalem was done unilaterally and is not recognized by a single nation on Earth, not even the USA.
3) How is it illegal to build an apartment building on land you own?
who sold it to them?
4) Since the issue is an American building an apartment building, how is it a reflection of Israel's policies at all?
um.....its done at the approval of the Israeli authorities. this purchase, demolition, and construction of segregated housing COULD NOT be done without Israeli govt. approval.
get it?
got it?
good.