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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Israel razes illegal construction in East Jerusalem, West Bank
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBorder Police and state inspectors demolish 20 illegally constructed buildings in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya and the West Bank village of Qalandiya.
The buildings were all subject to a demolition order and were all located close to the West Bank fence, Ynet news website reports. Most of the buildings were also in their final stages of completion and were not yet inhabited.
The pro-settlement NGO Regavim expressed satisfaction at the demolition, calling it a “first, important step” in restoring implementation of the Planning and Building Law.
Leading Israeli human rights group says Israel has demolished more Palestinian homes in the West Bank this year than it has done in nearly any other year in the last decade.
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