Israeli army destroys US-funded public park in West Bank

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Israeli army destroys US-funded public park in West Bank


NABLUS, West Bank (AFP) - The Israeli army, using a bulldozer, destroyed a US-funded public park, including a children's playground and swimming pool, in a West Bank village, witnesses and officials said.

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The bulldozer, protected by a force of Israeli soldiers, demolished the park in Azzun, close to the northern town of Qalqilya, on the grounds that it had been built without permission of the Israeli authorities in the occupied territory.

Construction work on the park had begun in November last year and was almost completed, the mayor of Azzun, Ihssan Abdellatif, told AFP.

He said that the project, which cost around 120,000 dollars, had been financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

"I can confirm that the park that was destroyed today was funded by USAID," a spokeswoman for the agency, Anna-Maija Litvak, told AFP on Wednesday.

The spokeswoman added that USAID had contributed around 80,000 dollars towards the cost.

No immediate reaction was available from the Israeli army which regularly demolishes buildings that it says have been constructed without authorisation.

The army also destroyed two other houses built "without permission" in two other villages in the Qalqilya area on Wednesday, according to Palestinian security sources.

[Vargas]

Originally Posted by photomasterx

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060222...n_060222142509

Israeli army destroys US-funded public park in West Bank


NABLUS, West Bank (AFP) - The Israeli army, using a bulldozer, destroyed a US-funded public park, including a children's playground and swimming pool, in a West Bank village, witnesses and officials said.

ADVERTISEMENT

The bulldozer, protected by a force of Israeli soldiers, demolished the park in Azzun, close to the northern town of Qalqilya, on the grounds that it had been built without permission of the Israeli authorities in the occupied territory.

Construction work on the park had begun in November last year and was almost completed, the mayor of Azzun, Ihssan Abdellatif, told AFP.

He said that the project, which cost around 120,000 dollars, had been financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

"I can confirm that the park that was destroyed today was funded by USAID," a spokeswoman for the agency, Anna-Maija Litvak, told AFP on Wednesday.

The spokeswoman added that USAID had contributed around 80,000 dollars towards the cost.

No immediate reaction was available from the Israeli army which regularly demolishes buildings that it says have been constructed without authorisation.

The army also destroyed two other houses built "without permission" in two other villages in the Qalqilya area on Wednesday, according to Palestinian security sources.

And what about the Holocaust? Don't you remember how bad that was?
Sure buddy...you keep wearing your tin-foil hat! Next thing you're going to say is the Holocaust didn't happen. You know very well that Israel did this to make way for a bigger and better park for the Palestinians. I hate the way the media spins this and makes Israeli's look bad. Don't you remember the Holocaust? The current park was a safehouse to launch razor sharp rocks from the strategic positioning of the seesaws. How soon you forgot about the Holocaust. If a 9 year old throw a rock at that vantage point, its bound to cut through a military vehicle and cut straight through AT least 5 soldiers! The last thing we need is another Holocaust.

Please stop posting anti-semite links and bull**** propogands...You have no idea what they went through during Holocaust.

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Originally Posted by Vargas

And what about the Holocaust? Don't you remember how bad that was?
Sure buddy...you keep wearing your tin-foil hat! Next thing you're going to say is the Holocaust didn't happen. You know very well that Israel did this to make way for a bigger and better park for the Palestinians. I hate the way the media spins this and makes Israeli's look bad. Don't you remember the Holocaust? The current park was a safehouse to launch razor sharp rocks from the strategic positioning of the seesaws. How soon you forgot about the Holocaust. If a 9 year old throw a rock at that vantage point, its bound to cut through a military vehicle and cut straight through AT least 5 soldiers! The last thing we need is another Holocaust.

Please stop posting anti-semite links and bull**** propogands...You have no idea what they went through during Holocaust.

lol. i wish i could rep you again. thats exactly what they do. every time they get caught they throw the holocaust in your face or use the "anti-semite" crap aginst you to deflect criticism of there actions.

[One Man Army]

Israel loves to instigate a lot of crap

[A & B]

I believe that's a technical violation of the 4th Geneva convention.