Israel destroys EU-funded development projects

Israel destroyed dozens of EU-funded development projects across the occupied West Bank in 2011. The details of the extent of Israeli destruction have been given in a report issued by non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), which monitored the investigation made by local and international NGOs, the Israeli occupation authorities demolished 620 buildings in the occupied West Bank in 2011. Sixty-two of those were built with funds from the European Union; almost all were part of the local infrastructure in Area C, which is subject to Israeli security and civilian control.

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The Israeli occupation army claimed that it was “forced” to issue the demolition orders “because the construction was carried out without obtaining the necessary permits from the Israeli authorities”.