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April 8, 2016

U.N.: Israeli Govt. Triples Rate of Demolitions of Palestinian Homes
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This comes as the United Nations says the Israeli government has tripled
the number of demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank
over the past three months. The data shows a monthly average of 165 home
demolitions since January. On Thursday, Hussein Kaabneh spoke out after
Israeli authorities demolished his home in a village near Jericho.

Hussein Kaabneh: "At 9:00 in the morning, I was surprised by the
(Israeli) police and the army. They came to demolish the structures. So
I was very mad. I asked them, 'Why do you want to demolish it?' I did
not get a warning or anything. And he told me, 'You are not legal.'"

Topics:Israel & Palestine

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