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House Demolitions in the West Bank  by Jane Smith December 5,
2006  Send this page to a friend! (click here)    As we arrived
in the village of Al Funduq, central West bank, the aftermath of
the first house demolition was evident. A family stood on a pile
of rubble silenced and shocked. The second house demolition was
just beginning, with the Caterpillar and Volvo bulldozers
ripping into the top floor of the nearly completed house. As we
approached, four Palestinian men ran forward from behind the
line of soldiers and entered their house. I was deeply moved by
their courage. The soldiers grabbed the men out of the house,
holding one in a tight neck lock, and handcuffed two of them
throughout the demolition. Within an hour, the future home was
nothing but a pile of rubble. The family was powerless in this
situation, and could only watch as years of labor and money was
obliterated by the Isr