[News] Israel To Demolish Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem

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  Israel To Demolish Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem

author Sunday December 23, 2012 13:43author by Saed Bannoura - 
www.imemc.org/article/64786

Israeli soldiers, and personnel of the Jerusalem City Council, 
distributed Sunday new orders against a number of Palestinian homes in 
occupied East Jerusalem.

Local sources reported that the army invaded As-Sowwana neighborhood, 
near the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, and imposed a tight siege 
on the area before posting the warrants on the doors of several homes 
under the pretext that they were built without construction permits.

Last month, Israel demolished two Palestinian homes, a barn and two 
wells, and handed demolition orders against four more homes, in the 
villages of Ad-Deerat and Al-Jawaya, south of Hebron, in the southern 
part of the West Bank.

Israel demolished since the beginning of this year 581 structures and 
182 houses leading to the displacement of more than 1049 Palestinians.

The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) reported a few 
months ago that, in 2011, the army demolished 222 homes in the Gaza 
Strip and the West Bank, and 22 homes in occupied East Jerusalem. (The 
number of displaced Palestinians exceeded 1094).

During the three-week war on Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009, 
Israeli missiles and shells led to the destruction of 4.455 homes, 
displacing more than 20.000 Palestinians.

ICAHD added that since Israel occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and 
East Jerusalem following the six-day war in June 1967, the army 
destroyed more than 25.000 Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip alone 
leading to the displacement of more than 160.000 Palestinians.

The Israeli policy of home demolition is a policy of collective 
punishment that violates international law.

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