YAIPT Shops destroyed

[Czar]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2338072,00.html

NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - In the biggest demolition in the West Bank in years, Israel razed 62 shops and market stalls in a Palestinian village Tuesday, as troops clashed with protesters, residents said.

Israel says the shops were built illegally. The mayor of the village accused Israel of waging war on the Palestinian economy.

Seven bulldozers, guarded by some 300 troops, began tearing down shops in the village of Nazlat Issa early Tuesday. By midmorning, 62 shops were demolished, the mayor said.

Dozens of protesters threw stones at troops who fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel pellets. Other demonstrators chanted ``Down with the occupation.''

The village is on the edge of the West Bank, close to Israel. The 170-shop market in Nazlat Issa drew many Israeli customers before the outbreak of fighting in September 2000. The market is a main source of income for the village's 2,500 residents, said the mayor, Ziad Salem, adding that Israel officials informed the shopowners that the entire market would be demolished.

Why? (looking for a reason, not an excuse)

 

[Kadarin]

Perhaps the shops were, as the Israelis state, "built illegally".. Maybe they violated some building codes or electrical ordinances, and needed to be torn down for safety reasons. Just imagine the bad PR if some Palestinians were killed in an electrical fire that could have been prevented by decisive action of the Israeli government.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Perhaps the shops were, as the Israelis state, "built illegally".. Maybe they violated some building codes or electrical ordinances, and needed to be torn down for safety reasons. Just imagine the bad PR if some Palestinians were killed in an electrical fire that could have been prevented by decisive action of the Israeli government.

But this was not in Israel

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Perhaps the shops were, as the Israelis state, "built illegally".. Maybe they violated some building codes or electrical ordinances, and needed to be torn down for safety reasons. Just imagine the bad PR if some Palestinians were killed in an electrical fire that could have been prevented by decisive action of the Israeli government.

But this was not in Israel

Good point...

If the West Bank has its own autonomous governing body, I'd also wonder why (and how) the Israeli government considers those shops "illegally built"..

 

[sandorski]

It would be nice to know the Laws broken by the shops, but you'd think that given the various circumstances surrounding the region that certain things as this would be handled with a little more aplomb(sp). This really comes across as yet another tit-for-tat action.

 

[mrCide]

like i said, israel not only continues to occupy but destroy aswell

 

[EagleKeeper]

Talia Somech, a spokeswoman for Israel's military government in the West Bank, said it took 10 years to take down the shops because a series of court and committee hearings precede the demolition of illegal structures in the West Bank. She said the owners had a chance to remove the inventory before the demolition.

This quote from the same article indicates that Israel did notjust decide one morning to go in and clean up the area.

 

[Aceshigh]

I'm so sick of hearing about this kind of thing.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Talia Somech, a spokeswoman for Israel's military government in the West Bank, said it took 10 years to take down the shops because a series of court and committee hearings precede the demolition of illegal structures in the West Bank. She said the owners had a chance to remove the inventory before the demolition.

This quote from the same article indicates that Israel did notjust decide one morning to go in and clean up the area.

But why is Israel dictating if a house can or can not be built in the west bank or the gaza strip?

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Aceshigh
I'm so sick of hearing about this kind of thing.

you and me both. These 2 peoples are acting like children.

 

[Czar]

BBC article about this

And if anyone wants to read about the economy there then a few other links
The Palestinian Authority's olive output, one of its most important agricultural products, was reduced by more than 80% in 2001, mainly due to Israeli military action.

The renewed fighting between Israelis and Palestinians over the past two years has pushed the Palestinian economy into "de-development", a United Nations report has warned.

Business caught in the crossfire

and finaly the best idea ever to change things for the better
Israeli tycoon urges help for Palestinians