Statistics for 2016 Include Record Number of Demolitions in the OPT

Preliminary analysis of data collected by OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) indicates that, during 2016, the Israeli authorities demolished or seized 1,089 Palestinian-owned structures throughout the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, displacing 1,593 Palestinians and affecting the livelihoods of another 7,101. These are the highest…

Hadash MK Aida Touma-Sliman

MK Aida Touma-Sliman: “Israel’s Gov’t Wants the Arab Population to Pay the Price of Occupation”

Joint List MKs have reacted angrily to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call to increase the pace of enforcing demolition orders issued against homes built “without permits” by the Arab population. Hadash MK Aida Touma-Sliman has rejected any comparison between such building and the illegal construction in the occupied West Bank outpost of Amona, which is…

Demolition of an Arab home in occupied East Jerusalem

Towards Amona, Netanyahu Seeks to Appease Right — Green Lights Demolition of Arab Homes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to push ahead the demolition of homes belonging to Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, as well as Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem, in “an attempt to appease the right for the expected evacuation of the illegal West Bank outpost of Amona.” According governmental sources: “During talks led by Netanyahu…