19.8.03
Report: 43% of Palestinian residents of downtown Hebron forced out
Ha'aretz article citing a B'Tselem report which found that 43% of the Palestinian residents of downtown Hebron have been forced out of their homes:
Ha'aretz article citing a B'Tselem report which found that 43% of the Palestinian residents of downtown Hebron have been forced out of their homes:
In addition, at least 2,000 businesses in the West Bank flashpoint city of Hebron have closed, and three schools, which served 1,835 students, were taken over by the Israel Defense Forces and closed, B’Tselem found.Ethnic cleansing, slow but steady.
The report cites the primary reasons for the Palestinian flight as being violence committed by the Jewish residents of Hebron and by security forces, the hundreds of days curfew imposed on the area over the last three years, and the closing of businesses.
