IOF troops raze 10 Palestinian homes http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7b7PBfTOwmXPh7Bk908qSquIIQlu5VQ394AhKp6VZ%2bmh9ofa7H%2bgsA42%2bXaCrlzNYpyGnS0pLpG%2bRhsMQnH7uxgLHcNcVswn8AEifnLW5IKw%3d

- Bulldozers of the Israeli occupation army flattened ten Palestinian homes in Al-Khalil district on Thursday morning, local sources said. Locals reported that hundreds of Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the village of Um Nir, southeast of Yatta town in Al-Khalil district, and provided protection for huge bulldozers that razed houses and damaged roads and infrastructure. They said that the Israeli occupation forces turned the village into a closed military zone, adding that the demolition process was still in full swing until Wednesday noon.

Report: Israelis behind 42 Jerusalem land violations in April http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7hIq631GdgPc3WNnG8X7GpermPcBb2xNfJ5%2bt%2bVA9iOihoVwBSFimpGqK97qOUG1OL4h2eRwYh5vEcgQRMkWYK7GtlQbhXHmX0Ufj3%2fbKkXI%3d

A report issued by the Land Research Center in Jerusalem on Wednesday documents that Israeli forces carried out 42 property infringements against the people of Jerusalem in April 2011 ...The report records 37 residence rights violations, including that one man was forced to tear down his home in the Wadi al-Jawz neighborhood in Silwan. 32 other families, that consisted of 280 members, were threatened with evictions from their homes, the report says.

Israeli police physically assaulted the Uwaidas after raiding their home and a local supermarket, the report goes on to say, adding that another man Moussa Ahmed Badran was forced to close his carwash for fear that Israel's Jerusalem municipality would demolish it as happened amid arrests and assaults in January earlier the same year.Concerning land confiscation and settlement activity, the report says the Jerusalem municipality approved the renewal of a license to erect a settlement colony nucleus on land owned by Palestinians including the Abu Taa‘e family in the Sheikh Jarrah district.

The purposive destruction of natural Palestine http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1046/re5.htm

Israel's policies against Gaza have not only ruined much of its natural environment, but also threaten Egypt directly, writes Mahmoud Bakr

Hebron/Al Khalil: Settlers attack family home on Shuhada Street http://cpt.org/cptnet/2011/05/05/hebronal-khalil-settlers-attack-family-home-shuhada-street

Christian Peacemaker Teams 5 May -- At 3:15 p.m. on 3 May, CPT Hebron responded to a report of settlers attacking a home above Shuhada Street. When CPTers arrived at the residence near Qurtuba Girls School, they met local human rights activist Issa Amro. Together, they spoke with family members, masons and other workers who had been repairing a section of the home when the settlers attacked.

They reported that thirty to forty settlers, male and female, came down the hill behind the home and destroyed a portion of the exterior face of a concrete block wall. The settlers then attempted, unsuccessfully, to push part of the wall into the courtyard below. Failing that, they threw stones, dirt and scrap wood into the courtyard before leaving with over $400 worth of construction tools belonging to the workmen. According to the workers and the family, the Israeli military accompanied the settlers and did nothing to stop the assault on the home. The police were called, but never came to investigate.