domingo, 11 de diciembre de 2016

West Bank demolitions displace 1,500 Palestinians in 2016 | +972 Magazine

West Bank demolitions displace 1,500 Palestinians in 2016 | +972 Magazine

 "The number of Palestinian structures Israel has destroyed in the West
Bank and East Jerusalem has passed the 1,000 mark for the year,
according to data from the UN
humanitarian agency. As of the end of November, Israeli authorities had
demolished 1,051 structures, displacing 1,569 Palestinians."

 A Palestinian girl walks back from school to her demolished home after it was torn down by Israeli bulldozers in the village of Khirbet al-Halawah in firing zone 918, which includes several villages, south of Hebron, West Bank, February 3, 2016. Israeli forces demolished at least a 23 buildings in the military zone in the southern West Bank, leaving several families homeless. Israel has carried out a long campaign to relocate the residents of the area, which was declared a military zone by the Israeli government in the 1970s.

A
Palestinian girl walks back from school to her demolished home after it
was torn down by Israeli bulldozers in the village of Khirbet
al-Halawah in Firing Zone 918, which includes several villages, south of
Hebron, West Bank, February 3, 2016.