Severe violence: Further destruction in the Geulat Zion Hills and Ramat Migron • Watch

November 24, 2021   

Destruction campaign in Binyamin: Hundreds of police officers and civil administration inspectors raided the Ge'ul Zion and Ramat Migron hills in Binyamin this morning (Wednesday) accompanied by demolition equipment, and began demolishing the homes of 4 families who live there and have been rebuilt since the demolition last week. The families report that they were forcibly removed from their homes within minutes and without being given any warning or time to organize. Residents who documented the demolition were also forcibly removed from the site. In the hills, they strongly attacked the demolition: "It seems that the reins have been finally let loose and the blood and property of the youth of the hills have become worthless in the eyes of the government and the security establishment." "This morning's brutal demolition, in which 4 families with small babies were violently thrown out of their homes in just a few minutes, is a direct continuation of the ongoing persecution against the residents of the hills, the culmination of which we experienced in the killing of the teenager Ahuvia Sandak. Someone needs to come to their senses and quickly, before God forbid there is another disaster." The chairman of Religious Zionism, MK Bezalel Smotrich, responded: "A government with a broken compass. Illegal construction is being expanded for the Bedouins, and the government is preparing and legislating the Electricity Law for them, and the Jewish settlement is being destroyed and evacuated. Oh, the shame." [Gallery]