’Israel’ to Level Palestinian Homes in the West Bank

Local Editor

The "Israeli" regime's High Court upheld orders on the demolition of five Palestinian homes at the same time rejecting an appeal against the practice of demolition of homes belonging to Palestinians as a punitive or deterrent measure.

The Thursday ruling lifted a temporary injunction on the demolition of the homes issued by Justice Uzi Vogelman last month, citing a statement from the panel of judges, headed by court president Miriam Naor.

The five homes to be leveled by the "Israeli" regime belong to Palestinians who Tel Aviv accuses of carrying out anti-"Israeli" operations.

Three of which are situated in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus while the other two residences are in the Qalandiya refugee camp near Ramallah, also in the West Bank.

Rights groups have on numerous occasions condemned the demolitions, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists that they are "efficient tools" against Palestinians.

The destruction of Palestinian homes and buildings comes as the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits an occupying entity from destroying private property or forcibly transferring the region's population.

The demolition of Palestinian homes comes hand in hand with Tel Aviv's policy of construction of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Hundreds of thousands of "Israeli" settlers currently reside in more than 120 illegal settlements constructed since the apartheid regime's occupation of the Palestinian territories in 1967. The settlements are considered illegal by most of the international community.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team