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House demolitions and property destruction
The Israeli government plans to forcibly displace 27,000 Bedouins in the occupied West Bank within three to six years. Read more about Israel finds new "home" for Bedouins: a garbage dump
Skyrocketing Israeli policies of home demolitions in Area C have displaced more than 650 Palestinians In the first six months of 2011 alone. Read more about Demolitions by Israel increase fivefold, says new UN report
According to Hassan Saifi, a representative of the ministry for religious affairs in Gaza, a quarter of the Gaza Strip’s 800 mosques were damaged or destroyed in the Israeli attack on Gaza in winter 2008-09. Read more about Cash shortage hampers rebuilding of mosques destroyed by Israel
Israeli military forces have demolished 27 houses in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank over the last two weeks, rendering more than 140 Palestinians homeless. The state of siege in the Jordan Valley has particularly impacted women. Read more about "Now it's all gone": Women cope with siege in Jordan Valley
One may not expect to see construction in a village where approximately 80 percent of the homes are currently pending demolition. But in Izbat al-Tabib, a small village in the occupied West Bank, that is just what one will find. Read more about Izbat al-Tabib village resists land confiscation, demolition orders
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