By Hiba al-'Almi, a student
My family's dream was to buy our own house. In 2002, my father bought an apartment from Mr. Majed Abu 'Isha, who had built an apartment house. My father paid $200,000 for it, investing all his savings. The contractor showed him the building permit he had received.
In 2005, we received the [...]
18,000 Homes destroyed by Israel since 1967. These are figures for Palestinian homes. If approximately 120,000 Druze and Arabs were expelled from the Syria Golan Heights in 1967 and their villages (134 in number) were completely demolished, that makes about 20,000 additional demolished homes, assuming six people per family unit. (ICAHD)
Part 2, Part 3, Part [...]
Also tagged Home Demolition, Israel, occupation, PalestineVia: B'TSELEM – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Qalqiliya, 29 August 2007: Extensive destruction of houses and gross humiliation of residents
Around four o'clock in the morning of 29 August 2007, a large contingent of soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers, entered the Naqar neighborhood of Qalqiliya. According to the media, the soldiers [...]
Where on earth would you expect to see a military forces going out at 5:30 AM to throw out 'handicapped children' to the cold streets after snatching the kids out of their beds?
ISRAEL, no where else!
Believe it or not, the Israeli forces went out to demolish a centre for disabled children in east Jerusalem before [...]
Israeli Occupation Forces demolish Palestinian homes in the South Hebron Hills, West Bank. Palestinian, Israeli, and international solidarity activists aid in the attempt to halt the illegal demolitions.
What Ezra, in the green jacket says, towards the end of the video:
(to the arresting soldier) Don't hit me… Why are you tying it so hard? (to the [...]
This is some of what Israel and the mainstream media don't want you to see:
House Demolitions in the West Bank
by Jane Smith – 12/4/06 [Source: Thomas Paine's Corner]
As we arrived in the village of Al Funduq, central West bank, the aftermath of the first house demolition was evident. A family stood on a pile of [...]
