Hundreds Of Rabbis Around The World Call For Halt To Palestinian Home Demolitions

More than 400 rabbis from Israel, Britain and around the world have called on Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes.

The Independent reports, via Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, that Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) has submitted an open letter to the Israeli Prime Minister, claiming that his stance is not in line with “international law and Jewish tradition”.

The appeal from the Jewish community comes following Netanyahu’s announcement of the destruction of more than 400 Palestinian homes in the Israeli-controlled part of the West Bank, known as Area C.

The pre-fabricated bungalows were funded by the European Union, Daily Mail reported, but did not have building permits and are being demolished as illegal structures.

“Thousands have been forced to build without permits, and great human suffering is caused when hundreds of homes are demolished each year,” the letter said.

“The State of Israel has an obligation to ensure that every human being under her control, each created in God’s Image, has a fair chance to build a home for him/herself and his/her family, irrespective of the current state of the peace process or differing opinions about what areas will be under Israel’s control in a future final status agreement.”

A United Nations envoy to the Occupied Palestinian Territories raised opposition to house demolitions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem last month:

“In the past three days, 77 Palestinians, over half of them children, have been made homeless,” said James Rawley, the UN’s Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator.

“Some of the demolished structures were provided by the international community to support vulnerable families… Demolitions that result in forced evictions and displacement run counter to Israel’s obligations under international law and create unnecessary suffering and tension. They must stop immediately,” he said.

From January 20-23, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) documented the Israeli demolition of 42 Palestinian-owned structures in the Ramallah, Jerusalem, Jericho and Hebron governorates.

The planning policies applied by Israel in Area C discriminate against Palestinians, making it extremely difficult for them to obtain building permits, the office stated.

In 2014, OCHA recorded 590 Palestinian-owned structures in Area C and East Jerusalem as having been destroyed by Israeli authorities, displacing 1,177 people. It was the highest number since the agency started monitoring displacement in 2008.

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Watching the horrors that the people of Palestine endure every day, and rightly abhoring the actions of the Israeli government and the Israeli 'settlers', it saddens me that people equate their actions with the Jews of the world. It is no more the fault of the Jewish people as a whole that crimes are being perpetuated in the name of 'zionism' than it is the fault of the Muslims of the world that crimes are being committed in the name of a distorted Islam. Zionism is not Judaism, the 'Islamisc State' is not Islamic.
Thankfully, the actions of groups like RabbisLetter.Org, Jews Against the Occupation, Jews for Justice for Palestine, Jews Against Genocide, the Anti Zionist Orhordox Jews, the Satmar Rabbi with a following of 50,000 Jews who abhor the occupation, the Haredi Jews that rally for Palestine, Young Jewish and Proud (the youth movement of The Jewish Voice for Peace), Jews against Zionism & Occupation - USISLAM.ORG, Rabbis for Human Rights, B'Tsalem and so many more, show that the problem is not a Jewish problem, it is an Israeli and Zionist problem, so bless all of them for standing up to be counted. The Muslims, like Jordan, the Kurds etc, fighting against ISIS, The Sons of Iraq who defeated Al Qaeda in Iraq and so many more show the same thing for the Muslims of the World.

What about the Israelis that live iunder the daily threat of extinction by countless nations?
The occupation with settlements is wrong as is the fact Israel is under the very threat of extinction espcially as seen by the mindless murders carried out by extremists targetting innocent civillians.
What needs to change is the Israeli Goverment and to stop the settlement program but I do not see many calling on Hamas to be removed from being in power from the Arab world.

It works both ways where action is needed

Jewish Virtual Library, number of deaths from terrorism in Israel since 1920 (odd as Israel didn't exist in 1920)

Last Year 4

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/osloterr.html

How many Palestinians killed - eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww, lets not even go there eh?

risingsun wrote:Jewish Virtual Library, number of deaths from terrorism in Israel since 1920 (odd as Israel didn't exist in 1920)

Last Year 4

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/osloterr.html

How many Palestinians killed - eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww, lets not even go there eh?

Are you having a bubble bath on a debate about the existance of israel since its formation on now how many have been killed and you want to play a numbers game on deaths and injured?
Are you serious? Where the very real threat of annihilation by Arab nations of Israel given half the chance?
How utterly idiotic the left are to use the deaths and injuries of citizens of both sides ignoring the whole point.

Okay you want to play a stupid number game:


Between 1948 and 1997, 20,093 Israeli soldiers were killed in combat, 75,000 Israelis were wounded, and nearly 100,000 Israelis were considered disabled army veterans. On the other hand, in 2010 Yom Hazikaron, Israel honored the memory of 22,684 soldiers killed since 1860 in the line of duty for the independence, preservation and protection of the nation, and 3,971 civilian terror victims.
According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Anti-Defamation League, a total of 1,194 Israelis and foreigners were killed and 7,000 wounded between September 2000 and August 2010 by Palestinian terror attacks (most of them during 2000–2005 Second Intifada); while more than 3,000 Israelis have been killed and 25,000 have been wounded as a result of Palestinian violence and hostile enemy action (without including wars) since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 until today.

You really didn't get the point of that did you. Ah well.

risingsun wrote:You really didn't get the point of that did you.  Ah well.

The point being many Israelis have lost their lives and been wounded, to fight for their existance and you wanted to play the number game and know you have no leg to stand on.
That was naive, where at least I want to see peace for both sides.

personally I think I need to go to specsavers...

I SAW "HUNDREDS OF RABBITS AROUND THE WORLD.........."

doh

Every time i see this topic scrolling up on the right hand site i keep reading

Hundreds Of Rabbits Around The World Call For Halt To Palestinian Home Demolitions
I think WTF?

You two are bloody hopeless!

I read it as rabbits too

And I thought I was the one needing glasses!

What are you lot rabbiting on about?

Don't have a clue what they are on about, I'm just munching lettuce!

Oh right Anyway, signing off for the night as tomorrow is another day and another dollar and I've got taxes to pay.

Hundreds of rabbits still coming to protest home demolitions.