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House demolitions exploit the powerless in Area C
There is no possibility that Israel’s Civil Administration will fairly and properly plan for Palestinians in Area C if they are not at the table when their fate is decided. By Rabbi Arik Ascherman Last Thursday, the bulldozers demolished Beit Arabiya, for the sixth time. On Wednesday, two homes were demolished in Dirat, a village…
By +972 Magazine November 14, 2012
Children from Nabi Saleh try to block an Israeli military jeep after it stormed into the village, arresting five activists, among them a 15-year-old Palestinian boy, the brother of two of the children seen in the photo, during the weekly demonstration against the occupation in Nabi Saleh, West Bank, November 2, 2012. (photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
A week in photos: November 1-6
Protests in Nabi Saleh, Ma’asara and Kfer Qaddum; Beit Arabiya is demolished; arrest raid on remaining South Sudanese refugess in Israel; and more. Activestills images tell the stories of the week.                    
By Activestills November 8, 2012
Neighbor Jabril Jahalin, who in July of this year helped to rebuild Beit Arabiya, the family house of Salim and Arabiya Shawamre, surveys the rubble after it was demolished for the sixth time on November 1, 2012. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
Photos: Palestinian house demolished for sixth time
Beit Arabiya, a family home and peace center, had been rebuilt in July. At 3:00 a.m. this morning, Israeli forces demolished Beit Arabiya, the family house of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh, for the sixth time. First built in 1994, it was rebuilt once again this summer by international, Palestinian, and Israeli volunteers organized by the…
By Activestills November 1, 2012
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Photo essay: West Bank home demolished by Israel is rebuilt
International volunteers join Palestinians and Israelis to build ‘alternative facts on the ground’ in defiance of Israeli demolition policy. By Activestills Six months after Israeli bulldozers demolished the house of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh, Palestinian workers, Israeli activists, and international volunteers gathered to celebrate their successful efforts to rebuild it. Dubbed “Beit Arabiya” (“Arabiya’s House”),…
By Activestills July 17, 2012
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