Israeli bulldozers raze 4 east Jerusalem buildings

Описание: (13 Jul 2010)
Beit-Hanina neighbourhood, east Jerusalem
1. Wide of bulldozer approaching home slated for demolition
2. Palestinian residents standing next to Israeli border policemen, bulldozer in background
3. Palestinian resident arguing with Israeli border policemen
4. Various of residents and private security guards removing belongings from home
5. Riot police at site
6. Palestinian residents watching site of home demolition
7. Wide of bulldozer smashing through roof of home
8. Zoom out of bulldozer demolishing home
9. Policeman next to Palestinian woman watching house being demolished
10. Close up of bulldozer razing home
11. Close up of Palestinian woman as she watches home being demolished
Isawiyeh neighbourhood, east Jerusalem
12. Tilt down from West Bank barrier to demolished house
13. Palestinian resident Basem Isawi walking among ruins
14. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Basem Isawi, Isawiyeh resident:
"I came and the army stopped us from here. The area was surrounded by hundreds of soldiers and when we managed to go in from the other way, we watched them destroy the house, and we couldn't do anything."
15. Palestinian children playing amongst debris
Jerusalem
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Meir Margalit, city council member, from left-wing Merez Party:
"Because of the demographic trends in east Jerusalem the municipality and the government, they are afraid that the Palestinians will become a majority in the next future, and in order to try to stop this process they (have) forbidden them to build houses in order to convince them to leave the city."
Isawiyeh neighbourhood, east Jerusalem
17. Children playing in debris
Ramallah, West Bank
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Saeb Erekat, Palestinian chief negotiator:
"This government of Israel has been given the choice between settlements and peace, and it's obvious that they have chosen settlements."
Isawiyeh neighbourhood, east Jerusalem
19. Wide of demolished structures, with West Bank barrier in background
STORYLINE:
Israeli bulldozers destroyed six buildings, including at least three homes, in contested east Jerusalem on Tuesday, resuming the
demolition of Palestinian property after a halt aimed at encouraging peace talks.
Jerusalem house demolitions are a volatile issue because of conflicting Israeli and Palestinian claims to the city's eastern sector.
Israel sees it as part of its capital city, while Palestinians want it for their own future capital.
The municipality said none of the structures razed were homes, and that all had been illegally built and were not populated.
The demolitions were carried out by a court order, the municipality said in a statement.
But Palestinians disputed those claims, saying three of the demolished structures were homes and one was a warehouse.
Two daybeds and bags crammed with children's clothing and kitchen utensils were strewn outside one of the buildings.
Basem Isawi, 48, an unemployed contractor, stood amid the rubble of his unfinished home, forbidding his six children to come out of the nearby house where they currently live to see what had happened to it.
Isawi said he built the almost-finished home illegally for about 25-thousand US dollars because he was convinced the municipality would deny him a permit.
He had been notified of the impending demolition but did not know when it was slated to happen, he said.
"We watched them destroy the house, and we couldn't do anything," Isawi said.
Police said the demolitions were carried out without incident.
Since October, no houses had been demolished in the eastern sector of the city until Tuesday.

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