IN BRIEF:
Forced Evictions in Jerusalem
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From the beginning of the Oslo
accords to the end of 1997, 539 homes were demolished, 96 in the Jerusalem
area.
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The number of Jerusalem ID card
confiscations increased by 600% in 1996. Today, 2 to 3 ID cards are
confiscated daily.
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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.] |