http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/01/jerusalem.housing/index.html wrote:
U.N. warns of Jerusalem housing crisis
Thousands of Palestinians are facing a housing crisis because of inadequate urban planning by Israeli officials who run the east Jerusalem region, a U.N. report shows.
Twenty-eight percent of Palestinian homes in the area have been built without permits, which makes them targets for demolition by Israeli authorities, according to the study by the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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East Jerusalem was controlled by Jordan until 1967 when it was annexed by Israel, which then claimed sovereignty over the city. This annexation is not recognized by the international community.
Recent incidents indicate that the Jerusalem municipality will retain and possibly intensify its pace and policy on demolitions, which are conducted by the Israel Defense Forces, the study states.
Thousands of Palestinians are facing a housing crisis because of inadequate urban planning by Israeli officials who run the east Jerusalem region, a U.N. report shows.
Twenty-eight percent of Palestinian homes in the area have been built without permits, which makes them targets for demolition by Israeli authorities, according to the study by the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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East Jerusalem was controlled by Jordan until 1967 when it was annexed by Israel, which then claimed sovereignty over the city. This annexation is not recognized by the international community.
Recent incidents indicate that the Jerusalem municipality will retain and possibly intensify its pace and policy on demolitions, which are conducted by the Israel Defense Forces, the study states.
I know, Israelis not giving a sh*t about Palestinians, whodathunkit? It just felt a little slow in here this afternoon. The master building plan still has not been revealed by the Israeli authorities, but they're going ahead with the demolitions of Palestinian housing anyway. The article doesn't tell where the now homeless folk will be living.
In completely unrelated news, my sister goes to the University of Delaware, which now has 6 confirmed cases of swine flu. Apparently she's throwing a "swine and dine" dinner for her friends to celebrate our new patheogenic friends!