> Subj: West Bank: homes destroyed > Date: 12/30/98 11:29:58 AM Eastern Standard Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Agent Smiley) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Palestinian Homes Demolished > > By Abed Khabeisa > Associated Press Writer > > Tuesday, December 29, 1998; 12:56 a.m. EST > > KUFR HARIS, West Bank (AP) -- Israeli soldiers dragged a Palestinian > family out of a home slated for destruction and wrestled the young owner > to the ground while he clutched his toddler son and tried to block the > troops. > > The child fell to the ground in Monday's melee and the owner, Hussam Abu > Yakoub, had blood running down his right temple. > > Troops eventually fired tear gas into the one-story home, forcing the > remaining residents out. After the struggle, Abu Yakoub's home and > another house in the village were leveled by bulldozers. > > In response, villagers hurled stones at the troops who responded with > more tear gas and rubber-coated steel pellets. Two Israelis were injured > by stones. > > Peter Lerner, spokesman of the Israeli military government in the West > Bank, said the two homes in the village were demolished because they > were built illegally, without proper permits. > > Palestinians complain that Israel uses house demolitions as a political > tool and refuses to issue building permits in areas of the West Bank it > wants to keep under its control. The United States also opposes the > practice, saying it undermines trust. > > Monday's confrontation took place in Kufr Haris, a village close to the > Jewish settlement of Ariel, the second largest in the West Bank. > > =A9 Copyright 1998 The Associated Press
Palestinian Homes Demolished By Abed Khabeisa Associated Press Writer Tuesday, December 29, 1998; 12:56 a.m. EST KUFR HARIS, West Bank (AP) -- Israeli soldiers dragged a Palestinian family out of a home slated for destruction and wrestled the young owner to the ground while he clutched his toddler son and tried to block the troops. The child fell to the ground in Monday's melee and the owner, Hussam Abu Yakoub, had blood running down his right temple. Troops eventually fired tear gas into the one-story home, forcing the remaining residents out. After the struggle, Abu Yakoub's home and another house in the village were leveled by bulldozers. In response, villagers hurled stones at the troops who responded with more tear gas and rubber-coated steel pellets. Two Israelis were injured by stones. Peter Lerner, spokesman of the Israeli military government in the West Bank, said the two homes in the village were demolished because they were built illegally, without proper permits. Palestinians complain that Israel uses house demolitions as a political tool and refuses to issue building permits in areas of the West Bank it wants to keep under its control. The United States also opposes the practice, saying it undermines trust. Monday's confrontation took place in Kufr Haris, a village close to the Jewish settlement of Ariel, the second largest in the West Bank. =A9 Copyright 1998 The Associated Press ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
