International Silence on Displacement of Palestinian Families in Jordan Valley and Naqab

Mansi Slams International Silence on Displacement of Families in Jordan Valley and Naqab

[11/08/2010 - 01:35 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

Palestinian minister of public works and housing Yousuf Al-Mansi strongly denounced the international silence towards Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley and southern Naqab (Negev) areas and called for immediate intervention to stop Israel from displacing Palestinians.

In a press release on Tuesday, Mansi said that Israel is waging a war on the Palestinians in the Jordan valley and Negev in order to force them to leave their villages.

He expressed solidarity with the Palestinian families in these areas and hailed their steadfastness in the face of Israel's demolition policy.

The minister also called on human rights organization to document home demolitions carried out by Israel in Palestinian villages in order to expose its destruction policies globally.

Israel on Tuesday demolished once again all homes and tents in Ein Hilwa area of the northern Jordan valley and Al-Araqib village of the Negev region, and issued demolition orders against a mosque and 44 homes in the West Bank.

For its part, the higher follow-up committee for Arab citizens of the 1948 occupied lands decided to take a series of protest steps and practical moves against Israel's demolition of Al-Araqib village in the Negev for three times in a row.

Members of the committee held a meeting following the demolition of homes on Tuesday and agreed to rebuild the homes again and organize different protests in occupied Jerusalem and other occupied Palestinian cities.

In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped at dawn Wednesday five Palestinian citizens, at the pretext they were wanted, during raids on homes in different West Bank cities, according to the Hebrew radio.

Palestinian local sources said that the five Palestinians were kidnapped near the cities of Ramallah, Al-Khalil and Nablus during violent raids on homes.

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