Israeli military demolitions in West Bank leave 100+ homeless
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[quote]Israeli military bulldozers have demolished 23 houses in two impoverished southern West Bank villages, including structures that were home to more than 100 people.
The demolitions, one of the most significant in recent memory, occurred in a controversial Israeli-designated military area known as Firing Zone 918, which comprises approximately 115 square miles (300 sq km) and was declared restricted by the Israelis in the 1970s.[/quote]
[quote]The families, many of whose homes are attached to caves that are also used as houses, argue that their families have lived on the land since long before Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967.[/quote]
[quote]Cogat said the negotiations failed as “the building owners showed no willingness to get the situation in order and illegal construction did not stop”. As such, “measures were taken in accordance with the law”, it added.
Campaigners on behalf of Jenbah and other villages in the south Hebron hills – and more widely in Area C – point out, however, that Israel consistently refuses to give building permits to villagers or permit development of communities despite allowing construction by Jewish settlers in the same hills.[/quote]
[url]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/02/palestinian-families-homeless-as-israeli-military-demolishes-west-bank-houses[/url]
I like to think there's a war of some sort. A series of pro-Israel articles are posted one shortly after another, so, fearing further damage, Lamar must post an anti-Israel article as a counterattack.
What the actual fuck is wrong with this part of the world?
[QUOTE=Kylel999;49671766]What the actual fuck is wrong with this part of the world?[/QUOTE]
Wars between various tribal groups evolved into inter-ethnic wars which have existed for hundreds, if not thousands, of years further aggravated by religious conflict and U.S/Russian intervention. All made possible by oil, drugs, and Russian weapons.
[QUOTE=Shovel Mech;49671745]I like to think there's a war of some sort. A series of pro-Israel articles are posted one shortly after another, so, fearing further damage, Lamar must post an anti-Israel article as a counterattack.[/QUOTE]
Well, for obvious reasons it's not good to only hear one side of the story.
I think your avatar is very appropriate for this thread however.
[QUOTE=Kylel999;49671766]What the actual fuck is wrong with this part of the world?[/QUOTE]
Religious conflict going back thousands and thousands of years.
[QUOTE=phygon;49672460]Religious conflict going back thousands and thousands of years.[/QUOTE]
That's actually pure military grade bullshit.
Forgetting for a moment that this is a political conflict primarily over land, Judaism hasn't been in religious conflicts with Islam in the middle east before the foundation of the state of Israel,and certainly not for "thousands and thousands of years", considering that most Jews were kicked out of the middle east something like 400 years before Islam even appeared, and that was less than 2000 years ago.
Maybe you're confusing us with Christianity? You know, the crusades and all that?
[QUOTE=phygon;49672460]Religious conflict going back thousands and thousands of years.[/QUOTE]
While it's true to say that Islam has been anti-Semitic since Mo went to Medina, the Israeli conflict has been mainly a national-political one (although the threat from violent Islamists has been steadily growing to become one of the largest motivations).
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