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Israel & Palestine News | Palestinian Bedoin

Israeli military forces demolished most of Humsa Al Bqai’a, a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank.
As international attention focused on the U.S. presidential election, the Israeli operation rendered more than 70 (including 41 children) homeless.
Despite being in violation of international law, nearly 700 Palestinian structures have been destroyed to date in 2020, resulting in homelessness for 869 Palestinians.

West Bank witnesses largest demolition in years (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | November 2020)

Since the beginning of 2016, the average monthly demolition rate has increased to 165 a month, a dramatic increase from the 50-per-month of 2012-2015.
The coordinator of Israel’s activities in the West Bank indicated the increased rate is an attempt to get through the 11,000 outstanding demolition orders.
Palestinian and Bedouin structures are deemed illegal in the West Bank if built without difficult-to-get permits, in a designated (but often seldom-used) firing range, or in violation of colonial-era planning and zoning restrictions.

(Image Credit: Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters)