There was drama Saturday in Buruburu estate when Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, accompanied by a number of county staff, stormed Glad Tidings Crusade Ministry, where a demolition was taking place.Mr Sonko and his team confronted the demolition squad, which claimed it had a court order to do the job.
The governor would hear none of it, maintaining that the demolition was illegal.His team, which included county government askaris, proceeded to rough up and "arrest" some of the members of the demolition squad.
"Externalities of Public Housing: The Effect of Public Housing
Demolitions on Local Crime," by Danielle H.
Jerusalem -- PNN - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported on Tuesday that Israeli
demolitions of Palestinian homes has risen "alarmingly" in the first half of 2011, threatening entire communities in the West Bank.
TEL AVIV, July 13, 2010 (WAFA)- Israel razed on Tuesday Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem for the first time in eight months, effectively ending an unofficial freeze of such internationally condemned
demolitions.
In the Army alone, concrete generated from planned
demolitions in the next 15 years will exceed 16 million tons.
The team pointed out that the "rules" were the "army's rules" which were often repressive, such as closing Shuhada Street, curfews, closures, home
demolitions, and enforcing land confiscations.
Al-Maqdese for Society Development released a report by the Data Bank concerning the statistics since the beginning of 2010 of "house
demolitions, houses threatened of
demolition and houses threatened to be seized by Jewish settlers in Jerusalem as follows: House
demolitions in Jerusalem:Since the beginning of 2010, 17 house
demolitions were implemented by the Israeli Authorities themselves or by citizens themselves "self-demolition", resulting displacement of 50 people including 26 children,13 out of 17 house
demolitions were implemented by the Israeli Authorities in different areas of Jerusalem, whereas 4 citizens demolished their houses with their own hands.
Al-Maqdese for Society Development (MSD) said that Israeli
demolition operations in East Jerusalem in 2009 increased to 110: 102 housing units (located in 85 buildings) plus 8 various
demolitions.
