Stepping up the battle against home demolitions in East Jerusalem | +972 Magazine
Home demolitions are not carried out as a result of planning decisions,
but as a political means of maintaining a Jewish majority in Jerusalem.
The Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, which
was seized under Israel’s Absentee Property Law, is demolished in order
to build a Jewish apartment complex, January 9, 2011. (Yossi
Zamir/Flash90)