…In Ras al-Amoud [in occupied East Jerusalem], 13 Palestinians were left homeless after being forced to demolish their own home on 21 December, following a demolition order posted on their door by Israeli police.
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) reported that the families were faced with the decision either to demolish their own home and pay a fine of 60,000 shekels (approximately $17,000 US) “or refuse, and watch as soldiers demolish their house and punish them with a fine of 120,000 shekels ($34,000),” ISM stated. “Soldiers showed up outside with a bulldozer. Finally, on 21 December, they [the Palestinians] tore down their own houses”.
Pretty much like digging your own grave.
“While children around the world are enjoying the holiday season in their homes, these children have suffered the trauma and indignity of watching their homes destroyed in the presence of their parents,” Barbara Shenstone – an UNRWA official said as she watched Palestinian homes being demolished in East Jerusalem….
The perpetrators of this crime will have their day in a real court.
Antoine Raffoul
Coordinator
1948: LEST WE FORGET