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"I have been there and seen the demolition results and visited with families affected. This needs to be stopped"
"I am an American Jew and I deeply resent that my tax dollars are financing these illegal and repressive activities"
"Having seen the destruction of homes and also new settlements, I realize that no peace can come until this stops."
Demolition News
- Israel to destroy 'illegal' Bedouin villages
- In Lod, destruction of homes may be harbinger of more woes ...
- Further Settlements Planned Near Nablus
- Jordan Valley Demolitions: a History of Ongoing Silent Deportation
- DCI-Palestine concerned by the effects on the lives of children of house demolitions in Area C
ICAHD-USA Tweets
- New: Israeli Military Demolishes Dairy Farm in Bani Naim http://t.co/ar0hmPnF #icahd #palestine #israel 04:21:10 PM May 11, 2012 from icahdusa twit tools
- New: Israel to revive razing of homes as form of punishment http://t.co/Z4tY6U7T #icahd #palestine #israel 03:40:04 PM May 11, 2012 from icahdusa twit tools
- New: We've gone way beyond Apartheid: Frank Barat interviews Jeff Halper http://t.co/R0BW0csW #icahd #palestine #israel 02:04:16 AM May 03, 2012 from icahdusa twit tools
- RT @US_Campaign: Join coalition member @icahdusa for Summer Rebuilding Camp "Creating Alternative Facts on the Ground" http://t.co/8nrn6 ... 04:32:41 PM April 20, 2012 from Twitter for Mac
- New: ‘Judaizing’ Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem, with backing from Americans http://t.co/6KgqQyjL #icahd #palestine #israel 09:34:41 PM April 18, 2012 from icahdusa twit tools
Family Stories Archive
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Bedouin of al-Araqib face routine demolitions
Posted on February 16, 2012 | No CommentsFollowing the 1948 War, the Bedouin population in the Negev Desert in southern Israel was forced to change its way of life. Prior to that time Bedouin wandered freely in the deserts, which are now under Israeli, Egyptian and Jordanian jurisdiction. In 1953, the Israeli army ordered many of the... -
Village of Amniyr bulldozed five times in 2011
Posted on February 16, 2012 | No CommentsAmniyr is a small village of 11 families in the South Hebron Hills, just northeast of the Palestinian village of Susiya and the illegal Israeli settlement bearing the same name. The main occupation of the families is farming and herding sheep. The village is located next to ancient Susiya which... -
Abu Eid family compound demolished in Lod
Posted on February 8, 2012 | No CommentsOctober 2010 saw a dramatic rise in violence through out the mixed city of Lod. Due to the situation, the Israeli government created an urgent development plan for the city. The budget allocated 4 million NIS for welfare needs, 10 million NIS towards crime prevention programs and 40 million NIS (a full... -
Family D: Watching settlers harvest their trees
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsMr. D is the patriarch of an extended family living near Hebron. The clan has resided in the Hebron area for over 1,000 years and now numbers over 19,000 people in the Hebron district. Over 34 dunams (8.5 acres) of Mr. D’s land was confiscated for an illegal Israeli settlement... -
Family K: No “natural growth”
Posted on October 15, 2009 | No CommentsMr. K is a high school mathematics teacher who lives with his family in the village of Shukba in the central West Bank. One day his wife called him at work to say that the Israeli army has arrived and was about to demolish their home. By the time... -
Family F: Refused permits, built anyway
Posted on October 15, 2009 | No CommentsMr. F lives in the village of Shukba in the Central West Bank. The Israeli army destroyed 6 houses in the village in one day in 2006. Though it had proved impossible to obtain building permits from the Israeli authorities, Mr. F built a home for his family of seven... -
Family M2: Your house or your village.
Posted on October 15, 2009 | No CommentsMr. M2 built his home in 2006, adjacent to his parent’s home on the family land. In 2007 they were forced to dismantle the home by the Israeli Authorities under threat of massive demolitions in the village. The people of Kebia are mostly farmers, construction workers, and a handful of... -
M family suffers two house demolitions
Posted on July 5, 2009 | No CommentsZatara is situated just south of Jerusalem in Area ‘C’ near the Har Homa settlement. The family paid over 7,000 shekels to apply for a building permit in 1995 but was refused. Mr. M went ahead and built a home on their own land in 1996 and lived there with...