"The government of Israel must take immediate steps to cease demolitions and evictions in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110104/wl_mideast_afp/israelpalestiniansconflicthousedemolitionsA Palestinian child stands in front of the rubble of his family house, which was demolished by Jerusalem municipality workers on November 24, 2010 in the occupied east Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Tur. The final months of 2010 saw a sharp rise in the number of Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Tur (AFP/File/Ahmad Gharabli)

In late December, Maxwell Gaylard, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, called on Israel to cease demolitions of Palestinian homes immediately.

"These actions have a severe social and economic impact on the lives and welfare of Palestinians and increase their dependence on humanitarian assistance," he said.

"The government of Israel must take immediate steps to cease demolitions and evictions in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem."

E.Jerusalem home demolitions up: rights group

"It is important to emphasis that the issue of home demolitions in Jerusalem is not a neutral enforcement of the law, but rather part of a broad [Israeli] policy that seeks to weaken Palestinian civil society in east Jerusalem and drive them out." Ir Amim ...READ MORE