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"Israel ethnic cleansing Palestine village to make way for Jewish settlement"
"Posted 1 hour ago by asma
Israel is going to destroy every single house in the village of Humsa and Hadidiya to make way for Jewish settlements, according to Amnesty International and the Stop the Wall coalition.
Israeli army demolishes homes and animal pens of Palestinian families in Hadidiya, 6 February 2008
© Stop the Wall Campaign
On the morning of February 6, two bulldozers and a number of military jeeps entered the community of al-Hadidiya and destroyed the homes of 18 people and chased the local away.
The people of al-Hadidiya have long been resisting a series of attempts by the Occupation authorities to expel them from their land to make way for the further expansion of the Roi, Bega’ot and Hamda settlements.
The local Palestinian population, which has been there since long before Israeli forces occupied the area four decades ago, is being put under increasing pressure to leave the area
The current demolitions are part of a larger campaign that is being waged against the Bedouin communities in the West Bank.
With the planned expansion of settlements, particularly to the north and east of Jerusalem, the Occupation is working to remove Bedouin from areas where it plans to build. In the Jerusalem plains, for example, some 7,500 Jahalin Bedouin are under threat of eviction and forced population transfer."
