Palestine Today

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Israeli bulldozers demolished on Wednesday morning a laundry facility belonging to the family of Wadah Abu Dayya in the town of al-Jib, northwest of the occupied Jerusalem.

 

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Israel demolishes 4 Palestinian shops in occupied Jerusalem

Israel demolishes 4 Palestinian shops in occupied Jerusalem - Palestine Post 24

 

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Israeli occupation forces attack Palestinians and journalists while demolishing a well in al Khalil city

 

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Israeli occupation forces raid Al Issawiya village and remove all of the Palestinian flags and Photos of the martyr Mohammed Obeid hanging in Walls and doors

 

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Israeli settlers set fire to hundreds of olive trees in West Bank

Activist Ghassan Daghlass said that settlers set fire to hundreds of olive trees in the southern parts of the village of Burin, south of Nablus.

The settlers, who were protected by the Israeli occupation forces, descended from the illegal Israeli Jewish settlement of Yitzhar and damaged many of the trees before burning them.

Daghlass said the Israeli army prevented Palestinian firetrucks from reaching the area to put off the fire, making it to expand and cause heavy losses to the Palestinian farmers.

Israeli settlers set fire to hundreds of olive trees in West Bank - Palestine Post 24

 

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The truth about illegal construction in Jerusalem

Human rights lawyer Justus Reid Weiner, a scholar-in-residence at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, has just completed the first systematic study of illegal construction in Jerusalem.

• Illegal construction has reached epidemic proportions. A senior Palestinian official boasted that they have built 6,000 homes without permits during the last 4 years, of which less than 200 were demolished by the city.
• This frantic pace of illegal construction continues despite the fact that the city has authorized more than 36,000 permits for new housing units in the Arab sector, more than enough to meet the needs of Arab residents through legal construction until 2020.
• Arab residents who wish to build legally may consult urban plans translated into Arabic for their convenience and receive individual assistance from Arabic-speaking city employees.
• Both Arabs and Jews typically wait 4-6 weeks for permit approval, enjoy a similar rate of application approvals, and pay an identical fee ($3,600) for water and sewage hook-ups on the same size living unit.
• The same procedures for administrative demolition orders apply to both Jews and Arabs in all parts of the city, as a final backstop to remove structures built illegally on roadbeds or land designated for schools, clinics, and the like.
• The Palestinian Authority and Arab governments have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in an intentional campaign to subsidize and encourage massive illegal construction in the Arab sector, seeing this as part of their "demographic war" against Israel.
• Many large, multi-story, luxury structures have been built by criminals on land they do not own, frequently land belonging to Palestinian Christians living abroad.
• This epidemic of illegal construction is similar to illegal building that troubles cities in scores of countries worldwide and where the authorities utilize the law to demolish the structures.
• More than any single factor, the 35-year-long boycott of municipal politics by the Palestinian leadership has resulted in the continued imbalance in municipal services in Arab neighborhoods vis-a-vis Jewish neighborhoods.
• Despite frequent accusations that the city's planning policy seeks to "Judaize" Jerusalem, the Arab population of the city has increased since 1967 from 27% to 32%. Moreover, since 1967 new Arab construction has outpaced Jewish construction.

The myth that the "poor victimized Arabs" of Jerusalem are unable find housing, are homeless, and unable to obtain building permits is a myth carefully constructed by the Palestinians to disguise their lawlessness and demonize Jews. Nothing new to see here.

 

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Israeli settlers set fire to hundreds of olive trees in West Bank

Activist Ghassan Daghlass said that settlers set fire to hundreds of olive trees in the southern parts of the village of Burin, south of Nablus.

The settlers, who were protected by the Israeli occupation forces, descended from the illegal Israeli Jewish settlement of Yitzhar and damaged many of the trees before burning them.

Daghlass said the Israeli army prevented Palestinian firetrucks from reaching the area to put off the fire, making it to expand and cause heavy losses to the Palestinian farmers.

Israeli settlers set fire to hundreds of olive trees in West Bank - Palestine Post 24

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A number of Palestinian citizens were injured by Israeli gas bombs on Saturday during a protest in Bethlehem in solidarity with the residents of Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood near Jerusalem where tens of homes are threatened with demolition.

Palestinians injured in protest against home demolition

 

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On this day 5 years ago, Israel indiscriminately shelled Shujaiya, one of Gaza's most crowded neighborhoods, killing about 100 civilians, most of whom were children and women.

 

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On #NelsonMandelaDay we remember an anti-apartheid hero who taught us to never give up fighting for what is right.