Israel passes draft law requiring Palestinians to pay for their own home demolitions.

[Ponce]

Israel passes draft law requiring Palestinians to pay for their own home demolitions.

Wednesday June 29, 2011 12:10 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News

A Committee of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) passed a first draft of a law that will require that Palestinians whose homes are destroyed by Israeli forces pay the Israeli government for the demolition costs.

Home demolition in Hebron (image from anticap.wordpress.com)


The law will now be passed to the full Knesset for a final reading, where it is expected to pass due to the current makeup of the Knesset.

Since 1967, Israeli forces have demolished 24,813 Palestinian homes. 90% of these homes were destroyed for 'administrative' reasons – because they either lacked a permit or were in an area designated for expansion by the Israeli military. No permits have been issued by Israeli authorities for Palestinian construction in the Occupied Territories since 1967. The remaining 10% of the demolitions have been 'punitive' demolitions of the homes of Palestinians accused of attacking Israel, or of their families' homes.

In the first five months of 2011, Israeli forces demolished more Palestinian homes than in the entire year of 2010, rendering homeless 706 Palestinians, including 341 minors. This is according to the most recent numbers released by the Israeli Civil Administration.

If the law passes the full Knesset, any Palestinian whose home is destroyed by the Israeli military will have to pay thousands of dollars to cover the cost of the demolition. Already, many Palestinian homeowners, mainly in Jerusalem, have been forced to pay for the forced demolition of their homes.

Israeli forces use US-made armored D9 bulldozers, manufactured by the Caterpillar Corporation, to carry out the demolition of Palestinian homes. This has led US and international activists to call for a boycott of the Caterpillar corporation, saying that the use of the bulldozers to demolish Palestinian homes is a violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.

[joboo]

Now they'll throw people in jail for not paying up after demolishing their homes.

Reminds me of that evil looking Jewish kid proudly wearing a t-shirt that said "force without mercy". Maybe soon he'll upgrade to a "deadly force with malice" t-shirt, and proudly wear that one. Real class individuals.

[Serpo]

Attack on Jew in Arab Neighborhood Gets Little Press

By Lazar Berman
June 28, 2011, 11:46 am

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On Sunday, an Israeli Arab, on his way back from work, relied on his GPS to guide him through a Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem on a shortcut home.

A Jewish child in the neighborhood spotted the man, a 28-year-old worker in a moving company, and began yelling “Arab! Arab!” In seconds, Jewish children came running from all sides, and began pelting the man with stones. Bloodied and afraid for his life, the Arab man pleaded with the children to stop, but the onslaught continued.

Finally, an old man from the neighborhood pulled the man out of his car and into his house, where they called the hospital.

A heinous, racist assault, right? What kind of society can pretend they seek peace when the first instinct of their children is to assault Arab drivers? Clearly, these children are being taught to hate.

You haven’t heard about this story because only the Israeli press covered it, and because it actually happened the other way around.

Nir Nachshon followed his GPS into the Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Issawiya, where children of all ages attacked him with stones, sticks, kicks, and punches. Only the brave actions of one of the village elders and his sons saved his life.

The implications of this incident are truly chilling. These are children, living in the heart of Jerusalem next to Hebrew University, and their immediate reaction to a Jew driving through their neighborhood is to beat him mercilessly. When he begged for them to stop, said Nachshon, “I looked especially at the small children, expecting to find a little sympathy there,” but found none.

It’s not hard to imagine the reaction from the press, the United Nations, and a myriad of NGOs if it were Jewish children attacking an Arab driver. But when it’s a Jewish Israeli clubbed almost to death, they show about as much compassion as the children of Issawiya.

http://blog.american.com/2011/06/attack-on-jew-in-arab-neighborhood-gets-little-press/

[collector]

I guess "terrorist attacks" have been light, they need to ramp up hostilities to get operation genocide off and running

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According to the Bible (or legend) sometimes Goliath does not win!


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