“You’re talking about removing an entire residential community and displacing hundreds of people under flimsy pretexts,” said Hamdi Abu Al-Hayyat, a homeowner of one of the threatened houses, in an interview with The New Arab.
Israel claims Palestinian homes in Kafr Qalil and Nablus’s Al-Dahiya Al-Ulya neighborhood are built on “archaeological land.” Since its 1967 occupation of the West Bank, it has demolished homes under three main pretexts: administrative reasons, punitive actions, and “military operations.”
Most demolitions are administrative, targeting homes in “Area C,” which makes up 61% of the West Bank, citing lack of permits.
Israel claims Palestinian homes in Kafr Qalil and Nablus’s Al-Dahiya Al-Ulya neighborhood are built on “archaeological land.” Since its 1967 occupation of the West Bank, it has demolished homes under three main pretexts: administrative reasons, punitive actions, and “military operations.”
Most demolitions are administrative, targeting homes in “Area C,” which makes up 61% of the West Bank, citing lack of permits.