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ISRAELI occupation forces flattened the family homes of three dead Palestinians yesterday in revenge for an attack which killed a policewoman.
Four bulldozers, escorted by more than 60 Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) jeeps, stormed the occupied West Bank village of Qabatiya, south of Jenin.
They demolished the homes of Ahmad Zakarnah, Ahamd Abu al-Rub and Muhammad Kameel.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
RAMZY BAROUD looks at how entire West Bank communities have been shattered, their social and physical fabric deliberately dismantled by Israel to enable its formal annexation