Israeli bulldozers raze about 50 Palestinian shops ahead of settlement-linked road project
Israeli authorities said the shops were illegal and blocked a planned road, while Palestinians said the project would reroute traffic and expand settlement control.
- On Tuesday, Israeli bulldozers demolished dozens of Palestinian shops in Al-Eizariya, clearing land for a road project in the occupied West Bank.
- COGAT stated the structures were built illegally and obstructed a planned road, though the Palestinian Authority argues the demolitions facilitate a broader plan to reroute traffic away from Israeli settlements.
- Shop owner Mohammad Abu Ghalieh said, "Forty-eight years of night and day to build something for his children and himself, and in one day and one night, everything was gone." Daoud Jahalin reported more than 200 families would lose their incomes.
- Attorneys appealed to the Supreme Court, but the demolitions proceeded; Peace Now director Hagit Ofran said the project aims to "divert all Palestinian traffic" to isolate the E1 area.
- Critics warn the E1 project isolates Ramallah and Bethlehem, hindering north-south movement for Palestinians; the strategy creates separate road systems for Israelis and Palestinians, complicating efforts to establish a contiguous Palestinian state.
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The government of Netanyahu wants to cut the West Bank into two parts east of Jerusalem with a settlement and a street. Shops like Mousa Hajuj stand in the way.
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Israeli bulldozers raze about 50 Palestinian shops ahead of settlement-linked road project
Israeli authorities have started the demolition of some shops built without permits on the outskirts of a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank.
Al-Quds Al-Arabi: Israeli bulldozers demolished dozens of Palestinian shops on the outskirts of a town southeast of Jerusalem this week to clear the way for a road project linked to settlements in the occupied West Bank. The road is part of a broader plan to divert Palestinian vehicles from a new highway being built to serve nearby Israeli settlements. This project is part of a strategic sector […]
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