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IN BRIEF:
Forced Evictions in Jerusalem

From the beginning of the Oslo accords to the end of 1997, 539 homes were demolished, 96 in the Jerusalem area.
The number of Jerusalem ID card confiscations increased by 600% in 1996. Today, 2 to 3 ID cards are confiscated daily.
In 1997 alone, 20,000 dunums of land was confiscated or Jerusalem settlement expansion.

[Source: LAW, Five Years of Oslo: The Continuing Victimization of Human Rights, September 1998.]

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