Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes at five-year high: aid groups

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes at five-year high: aid groups

RAMALLAH, West Bank Fri Feb 7, 2014 8:50am EST

(Reuters) - Aid agencies working in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem expressed alarm on Friday at a spike in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian property coinciding with renewed U.S.-backed peace negotiations.

The statement by 25 aid organizations said the number of demolitions increased by almost half and the displacement of Palestinians by nearly three-quarters between July 2013, when the talks began, and the end of the year, compared to the same period in 2012.

Of the 663 Palestinian structures torn down last year, the highest number in five years, 122 were built with international donor aid, the groups said.

The International Red Cross announced this week it would stop delivering tents to Palestinians made homeless by demolitions in the Jordan border region of the occupied West Bank, citing Israeli obstruction and confiscation of aid.

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[Jefferson23]

1. No coincidence:

a spike in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian property coinciding with renewed U.S.-backed peace negotiations.




The contempt is well defined through their actions.