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Perhaps you have some sources for this claim? Because I found this UN report from 2009:The corrected headline should read: Extremist Israelis and extremist Palestinians both building illegally in Area C to change the "facts on the ground". No one ever wants to talk about all the illegal settlement building Palestinian Arabs are doing on Israel-controlled territory.
THE PLANNING REGIME APPLIED BY ISRAEL IN
AREA C OF THE WEST BANK
As a result of the restrictive planning and zoning policies outlined above, Palestinian construction in approximately 70 percent of Area C is almost completely prohibited. In the remaining 30 percent, a range of restrictions make it extremely difficult for a Palestinian to obtain a building permit. In this context, Palestinians wishing to build must do so “illegally” (e.g. without a permit) and live with the risk that their structures may be demolished by the ICA. Building without a permit is also a criminal offense under Israeli military orders, punishable by a Þne or prison sentence, though this appears not to be enforced currently.51
According to information released by the Israeli State Attorney’s Office in early December 2009, a total of approximately 2,450 Palestinian-owned structures in Area C – or an average of 200 per year – have been demolished due to lack of permit over the course of the past 12 years.52
Though there were indications in 2008 – in the form of a several month lull in demolitions – that the Israeli government might be changing its policy of demolishing “illegal” structures in Area C, the informal freeze that began in April 2008 was short-lived. Demolitions resumed in August 2008 and by the end of the year, the number of demolished structures had almost reached the same level as in the Þrst quarter of 2008, preceding the freeze (though the level of displacement was considerably less).53
Of courser I fully anticipate the usual cries of "The UN hates Israel" and other similar nonsense.
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