Wednesday, December 5, 2012

They came in and demolished the village's mosque

 
A resident of the village of al Mufaqarah sits upon what's left of the village's mosque after it was demolished yesterday by the Israeli army.
 
On Tuesday December 4th at 6.30 am, two bulldozers together with a Border Police vehicle, 4 District Coordination Office (DCO) vehicles and 5 Israeli army vehicles arrived to the Palestinian village of al Mufaqarah, and demolished their mosque.

The mosque had already been demolished by the Israeli army one year ago, on November 24, 2011. The inhabitants of the village had just finished rebuilding their new mosque last October.


The village of al Mufaqarah is situated in Area C, under Israeli military and administrative control. All building and construction must be approved by the Israeli administration. Israel denies Palestinians the right to build on 70% of Area C, which comes out to about 44% of the West Bank, while within the remaining 30% a series of restrictions are applied which eliminate the possibility of obtaining a permit.

While Palestinian villages of Area C are suffering from the ongoing policy of demolition, in the nearby outpost of Avigail, illegal under the Israeli law itself, Israeli settlers are constructing new buildings unhindered. These illegal constructions are tolerated by the army and police, despite repeated reports from international and Israeli activists.
(Breaking the silence)

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