ICAHD estimates that about 52,000 Palestinian homes were demolished in the Naqba (Source: Walid Khalidi, All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 2006) and another 59,367 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967, based on information gleaned from the Israeli Ministry… Read more »
Wednesday 12th May 2021        5.00-6.15pm (UK time) with Jeff Halper interviewing residents from Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah The campaign concerning house demolitions and displacement continues on both the activist and political levels. Israel’s ongoing intention to Judaize all of historic Palestine has been relentless even during the Coronavirus pandemic that has had a devastating… Read more »
The extent of the destruction since 1948: at least 130,000 homes and other structures (farm buildings, reservoirs, mosques, community buildings, schools, etc.) In what became Israel during the Nakba of 1948 and in its wake: 52,000 homes, more than 530 entire villages, towns and urban areas.[i] The systematic demolition of Palestinian homes, mosques and other… Read more »
Israeli Supreme Court Stays Eviction of Palestinian Family from East Jerusalem Home (Press Release on 6 August 2020) Eviction of the Sumarin family from Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, stayed after Israeli court declares it will hear their appeal Decision follows international campaign by Sumarin Coalition 69MPs had signed Early Day Motion 529, condemning the unjust… Read more »
Demolitions & Displacement in the occupied West Bank (including occupied East Jerusalem) and within the state of Israel March 2021 Report 1 March 2 March 3 March 4 March 6 March 8 March 10 March 11 March 14 March 15 March 17 March 18 March 21 March 24 March 25 March 28 March 29 March
Photo: Community of Khirbet Humsah after demolition, 2 Feb 2021, Aref Daraghmeh, B’tselem 1 February 2 February 3 February 4 February 8 February 9 February 10 February 12 February 14 February 16 February 17 February 22 February 23 February Monthly Totals Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for… Read more »
Humsa Al Bqai’a (Khirbet Hamsa – in Hebrew) A Bedouin community located in Area C in the north of the Jordan Valley Current population: approximately 70 of whom 41 are children The Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) demolished it on 3 November 2020 in the largest mass demolition within the previous ten years. Following it, the… Read more »
So far during February the Bedouin community of Humsa Al Bqai’a (Khirbet Hamsa) located in the north part of the Jordan Valley has been demolished five times – on the 1st, 8th, 14th, 16th and 22nd. This is the same village that was demolished on 3 November during the largest mass demolition in the previous… Read more »
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