Here's a Housing Crisis for You
The military court justification for house demolitions has an interesting history.
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In the 1960s, the military could demolish the house of a militant who had caused damage.
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In the 1970s, they could demolish the house of one whose actions had the intention of causing damage even if they had not been successful.
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By the 1980s, the military allowed itself to demolish the house of anyone who had thrown a Molotov cocktail.
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And then in 1988, the military decided it had the right to demolish the house of anyone throwing stones.
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Then, that too, was amended to include those who had thrown stones even if they had done no damage.
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And finally, the law allowed for the demolition of the houses of “suspected stone-throwers”.
From
The Holy Land Unveiled
Since 2000, Israel has demolished ove 7500 Palestinian homes and damaged tens of thousands more so that they are uninhabitable.
Palestine Monitor
Posted in Submitted by holyland on Sat, 2008-09-06 01:25.
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There are suspected Palestinians! destroy ze haus!! sieg zion!!!
