End Demolitions Now! » building permits http://enddemolitionsnow.org Israeli Settlements Are Not Built on Empty Land Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:14:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Family F: Refused permits, built anyway http://enddemolitionsnow.org/2009/10/family-f-refused-permits-built-anyway/ http://enddemolitionsnow.org/2009/10/family-f-refused-permits-built-anyway/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:15:27 +0000 ICAHD-USA http://enddemolitionsnow.org/?p=622
Demolished home debris

Demolished home debris

Mr. 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 children. His family has lived in the village for hundreds of years and he has legal title to the property dating back to the Ottoman era. However the Israeli government has a policy of not allowing Palestinian villages to grow, refuses requests for permits, and routinely destroys homes that represent a family’s life savings. Over 40 Israeli activists helped to rebuild this home.

Demolished home debris Mr F and his children outside their rebuilt home. ]]> http://enddemolitionsnow.org/2009/10/family-f-refused-permits-built-anyway/feed/ 0