UNRWA: 12,000 Palestinians Made Homeless by Israeli Demolition Spree by From UNRWA release 12:49pm Fri May 9 '03 The "silent" transfer goes on print article The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Wednesday that the total number of Palestinians made homeless by Israelis military demolition campaign climbed above 12,000 this month following a rapid acceleration of the Israeli demolition policy in Gaza during the first quarter of this year. Since the beginning of the Intifada in September 2000 until April 30 2003, a total of 12,737 people had seen their homes demolished in Gaza and the West Bank. According to UNRWA, recent months have seen a sharp increase in house demolitions in the Gaza Strip. Until the end of 2002, total and partial demolitions had averaged fewer than 30 per month. In the first three months of 2003, 221 homes were demolished or damaged beyond repair -- making an average of 74 per month. These alone housed 401 families or about 2,273 persons. UNRWA has so far been able to complete only 158 new shelters for homeless families and is working on 160 more. A further 471 houses, including those destroyed during Israeli occupation army's massive invasion of Jenin in April 2002, are at the planning and design stage. add your comments

Reference by referencer 7:23pm Fri May 9 '03 print comment http://www.un.org/unrwa/news/releases/2003/hqg05-03.pdf add your comments

call it what it is by pete 2:55am Sat May 10 '03 print comment Ethnic cleansing. Fascist tactics. add your comments

Then Can All be Made Homed instead of Homeles by alice 9:13pm Sat May 10 '03 print comment by shipping them all to their real home in Jordan!! add your comments

oh really by tom 11:01pm Sat May 10 '03 print comment Or they could ship all those who started the trouble in the first place. The European and American Jews could go back to where they belong. And leave Palestine to the indigenous people, instead of trying to kill them all. add your comments

Indigenous? by J 12:16am Sun May 11 '03 print comment If you wanna go so far back as to use indigenous then it would be the Jews land. The idea of everyone go back to where they came from is just rediculous and ethnocentric. add your comments

Are israelis semites? by Or just Europeans 1:52am Sun May 11 '03 print comment Israelis are noting more than hebrew speaking gentiles add your comments

What are you thinking? by 8:36am Sun May 11 '03 print comment Have you been to the religious sections of Israel, namely Safed and the old city of Jerusalem? Gentiles, hardly. add your comments

NOT YET by HA? 9:33am Sun May 11 '03 print comment THE QUESTION IS HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? add your comments

Yep by 7:32pm Sun May 11 '03 print comment Yep, I lived in Safed for over a year and I've lived in the old city for about 2 years total. Now I'm back in the states again. add your comments