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Hamas: Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes is a 'racist policy'

November 21, 2014 at 12:39 pm

The Islamic resistance movement Hamas has described Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes as a “racist policy”, Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday.

Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesperson for the movement, told Anadolu that Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes in occupied Jerusalem is a racist policy that targets all Palestinians.

Barhoum warned of the repercussions of such demolitions, in addition to what he called “Israel’s [other] follies”, stressing that these forms of collective punishment will only act to fuel a great battle in Jerusalem, using all forms of resistance.

The Israeli army blew up, on Wednesday, the house of Abdel Rahman Al-Shaludi, who was accused by Israeli authorities of deliberately running over Israelis with his car in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Jerusalem on 22 October, killing two Israeli citizens. He was shot dead by an Israeli security guard who was present at the scene.

An Israeli military source told Anadolu on Thursday that Israel would be demolishing an additional five homes in occupied Jerusalem within the next 48 hours.

The source said that the family houses of Moataz Hijazi, Muhammad Djaabis, Ibrahim Akkari, Uday Aby Gamal and Ghassan Abu Gamal would all be demolished.