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<p class="byline"><abbr class="published" title="Wednesday, January 12th, 2011, 9:00 am">Wednesday, January 12 2011<span class="author vcard">|<span class="url fn n">Mairav Zonszein</span></span></abbr></p>
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<p>Seventeen structures, including a school and a bathroom  facility, were demolished by the army this morning in Al-Daqeqa, a  Palestinian village in the <a class="external" href="http://www.btselem.org/download/Southern_Hebron_Hills_Map_Eng.pdf" target="_blank">South Hebron Hills</a>. <span style="font-size:11.6667px;">The  Civil Administration of the IDF carried out the demolitions, citing  that the structures were illegally built. A few weeks ago the Civil  Administration carried out a similar operation in the area when it <a href="http://972mag.com/idf-destroys-numerous-water-cisterns-across-south-hebron-hills/">destroyed 11 water cisterns</a> last month.</span></p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text">Al-Daqeqa village following destruction. (Photo: Mikhael Manekin)</p>
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<p>Rabbis for Human Rights is reporting that the residents are in the  midst of a planning process for the village in which much time and money  has been invested so as to improve their livelihoods. The destruction  of their homes sets their plans back years and leaves them homeless and  helpless in the face of cold winter nights. Some of the villagers tried  to resist and it has been reported that four were arrested.</p>
<p>This area of the West Bank is in Area C, under full Israeli control,  and from Israel’s actions it is clearly a region that it wants to keep  under its hold permanently. However it is also important to note that  this village is very isolated, and you need to drive on a dirt road  several kilometers to get to it. But politics aside, this is also a  basic issue of humanity. What is Israel thinking taking away people’s  homes, schools and water supplies? How can it legitimize such actions?  Where is the international community? As opposed to East Jerusalem, the  South Hebron Hills gets no local or international media attention.</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text">Al-Daqeqa village following destruction. (Photo: Mikhael Manekin)</p>
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<p>The army’s reasoning of illegal construction is not a valid argument  because A) Israel has a policy of preventing Palestinian construction  all over Area C of the West Bank and in East Jerusalem, in the interest  of maintaining and increasing Jewish presence. B) Israel has not  destroyed many structures that the courts have ruled were  illegally  built. One of the most conspicuous examples is Beit Yonatan in Silwan.  But there are others, including the many outposts strewn along hilltops  throughout the West Bank, such as Mitzpeh Yair, and Yuval. In the case  of Yuval, just today it was reported in Israeli news that two structures  built illegally by Jews there are slated to be demolished. However, the  security establishment has asked the Prime Minister to excuse these two  structures from being demolished because they belong to widows of  Israeli soldiers who fell in Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Peace  Now has appealed to the court, arguing that these structures must be  demolished by law.</p>
<p>Some of the villagers from Al-Daqeqa have filed an appeal with the  Supreme Court citing lack of good faith and violation of basic human  rights and justice.</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text">Typical family in South Hebron Hills (Photo: Mairav Zonszein)</p>
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<p><a href="http://972mag.com/breaking-army-demolishes-17-structures-in-south-hebron-hills-humanitarian-crisis-looming/">Breaking: Army demolishes 17 structures in South Hebron Hills – humanitarian crisis looming</a>.</p>
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