Israel on Track for Record Number of East Jerusalem Home Demolitions

"According to data collected by the civil society organization Ir Amim, August is on track to break a years-long record for the number of home demolitions in East Jerusalem, despite the high coronavirus infection rate in the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods.
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'As long as the coronavirus crisis continues, the state should freeze home demolitions,' says Aviv Tatarsky, a researcher for Ir Amim. 'It’s the right decision, both from the humanitarian perspective and for the obvious reason that the coronavirus outbreak in East Jerusalem affects the entire city. East Jerusalem residents are forced to build without a permit because the city and the Interior Ministry refuse to approve master plans for their neighborhoods. In such circumstances, the Kaminitz Law and the enhanced enforcement that it caused are a cruel injustice. You can’t deprive thousands of innocent people of shelter without giving them a solution,' Tatarsky says."