Jill Shaw writing from Beit Hanina, occupied West Bank, Live from Palestine, 26 August 2008
(Jill Shaw is an American living in San Francisco, where she works as a criminal defense investigator. Shaw was in Palestine recently as a participant in the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions' two-week summer rebuilding program)
".....However, from another lens, the demolition makes terrible sense. Every Palestinian I met in Jerusalem spoke of the undeniable truth as they experience it: Israel is making life economically and emotionally impossible for Palestinians in order to squeeze them out of the area. This is particularly true for Palestinians who remain in coveted Jerusalem, and might explain why 22,000 East Jerusalem houses have outstanding demolition orders. This is why Jeff Halper believes that house demolitions are one of Israel's main weapons in its arsenal of occupation. Demolish the home, demolish the family, demolish the spirit, and maybe, just maybe, the people will follow."
".....However, from another lens, the demolition makes terrible sense. Every Palestinian I met in Jerusalem spoke of the undeniable truth as they experience it: Israel is making life economically and emotionally impossible for Palestinians in order to squeeze them out of the area. This is particularly true for Palestinians who remain in coveted Jerusalem, and might explain why 22,000 East Jerusalem houses have outstanding demolition orders. This is why Jeff Halper believes that house demolitions are one of Israel's main weapons in its arsenal of occupation. Demolish the home, demolish the family, demolish the spirit, and maybe, just maybe, the people will follow."
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