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<h1 class="reader-title">Record Number of House Demolitions in
Jerusalem since Trump Took Office</h1>
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24, 2019</a></span>
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<p><span>A rights group says <span>Israeli authorities</span> have
demolished at least 140 Palestinian homes in <span>occupied
East Jerusalem</span> this year, the highest annual
number since it began keeping records in 2004.</span></p>
<p><span>The demolition of homes built without permits
comes amid a major increase in Israeli settlement
activity both in East Jerusalem and in the occupied
West Bank since President United States President <span>Donald
Trump </span>took office.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">House demolitions in Hebron and
Jerusalem leave 14 Palestinians homeless<a
href="https://t.co/ZPZMngG4Ir">https://t.co/ZPZMngG4Ir</a></p>
<p>— Days of Palestine (@DaysofPalestine) <a
href="https://twitter.com/DaysofPalestine/status/1181891011368361985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October
9, 2019</a></p>
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<p><span>B’Tselem says 238 Palestinians have lost their
homes this year, including 127 minors. The
second-highest number of demolitions on record was in
2016 when 92 homes were demolished.</span></p>
<p>It said commercial structures are also being demolished
at the highest rate on record, with 76 dismantled so far
this year, compared to 70 in all of 2018.</p>
<p><span>Israeli officials did not respond to requests for
comment.<br>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dangerous precedent: East
Jerusalem neighbourhood faces mass house demolitions <a
href="https://t.co/PwVjFBCQN4">https://t.co/PwVjFBCQN4</a>
via <a
href="https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MiddleEastEye</a></p>
<p>— لينة (@LinahAlsaafin) <a
href="https://twitter.com/LinahAlsaafin/status/1152521538954047493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July
20, 2019</a></p>
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<p><span>Israel has occupied the West Bank illegally since
1967, committing various crimes against Palestinian
civilians.</span></p>
<p><span>More than <span>600,000 Israeli Jews</span> live
in settlements in the occupied West Bank and East
Jerusalem, in constructions considered illegal under
international law.</span></p>
<p><em>(Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, PC, Social Media)</em></p>
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