Israel Dramatically Ramping Up Demolitions of Palestinian Homes in West Bank

[Purveyor]

Israel has razed over 200 EU-funded buildings in the West Bank in the past two years. This year alone around 480 people, including 220 children, have been left homeless.

Amira Hass Feb 21, 2016 9:16 AM

Since the beginning of this year, especially in early February, Israel’s Civil Administration has significantly increased the pace of Palestinian home demolitions in the West Bank’s Area C under full Israeli control (about 60 percent of the West Bank).

It has demolished 293 homes in just six weeks, compared with 447 for all of 2015. The average has surged to 49 from nine per week. The demolitions have left more than 480 Palestinians, including 220 children, homeless.

At the settlement subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, headed by Moti Yogev (Habayit Hayehudi), MKs have openly pressured Civil Administration officials to step up the demolitions and evict Palestinian communities from Area C.

Over the years, they have accused the administration of being powerless or deliberate foot dragging. They have especially complained about European aid to Palestinian construction in these areas, and demanded that the authorities destroy buildings that international organizations, particularly European ones, have donated.

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiNy8DC6onLAhUIJiYKHRBiDwMQqQIIHSgAMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fisrael-news%2F.premium-1.704391&usg=AFQjCNFgxxVWyURj8Vmk-QhsvV7-17yUmQ&sig2=bOxNqCtTjr8tjCnj_Dd_2A

[shira]

1. Amira Hass supports terror attacks & admits she can't stand living among Jews.

Might as well be publishing a Stormfront article.

[Purveyor]

2. Yeah. Damn that Haaretz anyway. The gov ought to

,shut them down and silence them.

[King_David]

3. The obsession choo choo train rolls on and on ...

Choo choo

[Purveyor]

4. Oh you know it isn't even close to the 'good ole days'.

[shira]

5. It's vile to support terror & to hate living among Jews. But that's Hass.

What do you think about people who support terror attacks against random Jews?

[Little Tich]

7. Could you please be a little more substantial in criticism?

I can't see how Amira Hass would support terrorism in any way, nor do I see how the OP from Haaretz could be classified as Storfront material. I think Amira Hass is doing a good job detailing Israeli human rights violation, and from what I've read in other news, the OP is factually correct.

[shira]

9. There's plenty of evidence supporting my claims about Hass...

Amira Hass stating Palestinians have a right to throw rocks (even at random Jews)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=38238

In this thread, she justifies rock throwing (which is incitement) even though rocks had just killed a baby. Amira also says she can't stand living among Jews:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=52491

Hass defending Hamas' rejection of a ceasefire...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=71356

Here she is defending Leftwing organizations that support the executions of Palestinians who sell land to Jews:
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.696592

Invoking the Protocols of the Elders of Zion:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/113417963#post443

[Little Tich]

10. The provided links actually show how "evidence" can be fabricated from almost anything.

All I can say is that at a glance, I can easily see that the allegations are simply not confirmed by the evidence given, not even indirectly. This is CAMERA style argumentation, and I'm not going to refute your links simply because it's not worth it for me to refute something that's not fact-based nor a reflection of any actual ideas among people.

Sorry.

[shira]

11. I don't expect you to acknowledge anything, just as you denied Arab MP's supporting terror.

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Or when you denied Gilad Atzmon's Jew hatred despite him saying it's rational to burn down synagogues.

Thing is, you don't get to define what's antisemitic. Jews do.

[Little Tich]

6. The evictions of Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank is one of the reasons why I support BDS.

These house demolitions are part of the Apartheid system in the West Bank, and also completely illegal according to international law. Israel wants to remove the Palestinian population from Area C in order to facilitate the transfer of illegal colonists to take their place. By denying Palestinians in Area C access to infrastructure and building permits, Israel is making the lives of Palestinians living there ever harder as well as strangling any attempts at developing areas under PA control.

Here's what B'Tselem has to say about Area C:
What is Area C?
Source: B'Tselem, Published: 9 Oct 2013, Updated: 18 May 2014
(snip)

The precise number of Palestinians in Area C is unknown. Israeli NGO Bimkom estimates the population at 200,000, whereas according to an extensive survey by OCHA [UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs] there are 300,000 Palestinian residents in Area C. Both Bimkom and OCHA say that approximately 60,000 Palestinians live in at least 180 villages and communities that lie entirely within Area C. The rest reside in approximately 290 villages and towns. Only some of the built-up area of these communities is located in Area C, while the remainder is in Areas A or B. Of the residents of communities located entirely within Area C, over 20,000 live in Bedouin or other shepherding communities, in tents, sheet-metal shacks or caves. They have only very limited access to services and are not hooked up to water, sanitation or electricity infrastructures. According to UN food aid agencies, these communities face a high degree of food insecurity – 34% after receiving aid – as compared with 24% among the Palestinian population of Area C as a whole, and 17% in Areas A and B.

Israel strictly limits Palestinian settlement, construction and development in Area C, while ignoring the needs of the Palestinian population. This policy means Palestinian residents must subsist in very rudimentary living conditions. They are denied any legal avenue to build homes or develop their communities, so they face the constant fear that their homes might be demolished, and that they be expelled and lose their livelihood. The boundaries outlined for Areas A and B impose an artificial scarcity of land for some of the communities in these areas. In addition to bringing about land ownership issues, this situation contributes to difficulty in obtaining lots for construction, steep price hikes for the few available plots, dearth of open areas, and a total lack of suitable sites for infrastructure and industrial zones. If, for want of an alternative, residents of these areas build homes without permits on nearby land – owned by them but classified “Area C” – they live with the ever-present threat of demolition.

Area C has the bulk of future land reserves for the entire Palestinian population of the West Bank. These areas hold the opportunities for developing and expanding existing Palestinian communities. They are also meant to be used for the construction of infrastructure, such as waste treatment facilities or industrial zones, which cannot be situated near residential areas. In addition, they are necessary for the development of the West Bank economy, including mineral mining, use of water resources, agriculture, pastureland and tourism. Likewise, the maintenance of inter-community infrastructure, including roads, and water and electric grids, requires both passing through Area C and working there. Therefore, Israel’s policy in Area C has significant ramifications for the entire Palestinian population of the West Bank, in excess of 2.6 million people.

Read more: http://www.btselem.org/area_c/what_is_area_c

[shira]

8. Still quoting from B'tselem I see...a racist organization supporting the execution of Palestinians

...who sell land to Jews.

Classy.