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AP. 13 October 2002. Greek Orthodox Palestinians protest Israeli plan to
demolish their homes.
BEIT SAHOUR -- Accompanied by Greek Orthodox priests, more than 100
Palestinian Christians staged a protest march on Sunday against Israeli
plans to demolish a church-related apartment complex.
The marchers carried crosses and Palestinian flags as well as signs in
Arabic and English reading, "Hands off our homes!"
The protest is part of a broader dispute over Israel's expansion of
Jerusalem's borders beyond the eastern sector of the city that it
captured from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast War.
Israel has annexed the entire, expanded city.
Palestinians accuse it of trying to use newly built Jewish neighborhoods
to cut off the rest of their surrounding towns from Jerusalem.
One of those new Israeli neighborhoods, Har Homa, was built starting in
1996 on a once-forested hilltop that Palestinians claim as their own.
Beit Sahour officials say that Israel's Supreme Court is considering
their challenge of an order to demolish the seven four-story structures
built on lands owned by the Greek Orthodox church in an area between
Beit Sahour and Har Homa.
Beit Sahour officials say the apartments are being built on area that is
legally under its administration.
Peter Lerner, spokesman for Israel's Civil Administration, said he had
no comment on the issue.
The project, which was launched about 10 years ago, was meant to provide
low-income housing for young Greek Orthodox families in Beit Sahour, a
predominantly Christian town of 13,000, according to Suzan Sahori, a
spokeswoman for Beit Sahour.
Sahori said a new Israeli road meant to speed Israeli settlers past
Palestinian towns is being built behind the apartment complex.
The U.N. General Assembly voted 131-3 in July 1997 to condemn the
6,500-unit Har Homa project.
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