http://catdestroyshomes.org/ http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=596 <div class="text blurb">The reason for the destruction? Quite simply, the houses don't have permits. And without a permit, your house is illegal, and therefore subject to demolition. It is this bureaucratic logic that gives Israel's practice of bulldozing Palestinian homes a veneer of legitimacy, for, after all, only "illegal" houses are demolished. Look a bit further, however, and it quickly becomes apparent that building permits are nearly impossible for Palestinians to obtain, so in fact, any new growth homes are usually illegal.</div> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=596 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=595 <div class="text blurb">The same kind of equipment used by Israel to destroy Palestinian homes is being turned against Israelis - with deadly consequences.</div> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=595 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=594 <div class="text blurb">Palestinians see bulldozers as tools of destruction used by the Israeli occupation to take away their land and bring down their houses and olive trees, notes Nasser Lahham.</div> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=594 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=589 <div class="text blurb">Israel might be able to go on claiming that it will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East, but it cannot do the same regarding another weapon of mass destruction: the bulldozer.</div> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=589 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=588 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=588 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=593 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=593 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=591 <div class="text blurb">While Hossam Dawyyat’s state of mind prior to his killing spree may remain unknown forever, the Israeli government exploits yesterday’s tragedy in order to further develop a political offensive against the Palestinian population of Jerusalem.</div> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=591 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=585 <div class="text blurb">In the aftermath of Wednesday's earthmover rampage in downtown Jerusalem, Israelis grappled with a familiar question: what, if anything, to do to the home of Hussam Duwayaat, the Palestinian construction worker who killed three people and injured dozens more.</div> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=585 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=592 <div class="text blurb">If politics were about poetic justice, I’d have to hand it to Mr. Barak. You take a bulldozer into our streets and kill civilians, we take a bulldozer to your home and leave your family on the street. But the person who perpetrated the attack is dead. Though three different groups have claimed responsibility for the attack, the motives of this 30-something remain unclear and he may have acted alone and without disclosing his plans. Should his wife and children and his neighbors be punished? In a democracy, a civil suit for damages may be brought against the estate of the perpetrator of a crime. This is a far cry from a bulldozer arriving at his door the following morning. The families of Yigal Amir (Rabin’s assassin) and Eden Natan Zada, two Jewish Israeli terrorists who murdered Israeli citizens, did not face home demolitions.</div> Wed, 02 Jul 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=592 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=590 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=590 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=587 <div class="text blurb">As their biannual meeting concluded last week, Presbyterian Church leaders took some actions that irritated Jewish groups, but steered clear of the talk of divestment from Israel that ignited a firestorm in Presbyterian-Jewish relations in 2004.</div> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=587 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=586 <div class="text blurb">At Caterpillar Inc.'s annual meeting today in Chicago's Loop, shareholders of the Peoria company will be asked, again, to vote on a number of corporate-governance related issues. And if history is any guide, they will once again side with management and reject the measures.</div> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=586 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=583 <div class="text blurb">Perhaps sounding the final denouement of the anti-Israel divestment movement in the United States, the 7.9 million-member United Methodist Church resoundingly rejected anti-Israel divestment proposals at its recent governing General Conference. Both Evangelicals within United Methodism and Jewish groups effectively persuaded the nearly 1,000 delegates to vote down numerous divestment plans.</div> Sun, 25 May 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=583 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=584 <div class="text blurb">Los Angeles — If a local activist group has its way, Seattle could soon become the first major American city to divest from companies that provide material support to Israel.</div> Wed, 21 May 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=584 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=581 <div class="text blurb">Methodists gathered from throughout the world are expected to consider a resolution on divestment during a conference that began this week in Ft. Worth.</div> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 http://catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=581