To hear the wailing of the men and women being dragged out in front of the children, to see their broken belongings scattered on the ground. Unsurprisingly, the event did not merit a single word in the Israeli press that day or the following day. The demolition policy currently being implemented by the occupation authorities carries the seed of the next calamity. A child whose house was demolished in front of his terrified eyes becomes a walking time bomb. A Palestinians pays for a amall apartment in the Old City more than an Israeli for a luxury apartment in Rehavia.
Contractors find it lucrative to build and rent.
And so the feverish pace of Palestinian construction is reaching its peak. Even before the bulldozer moves out of the area after a demolition, the task of rebuilding begins with the family and neighbors. The laborers returning from their day jobs in Israel proper join in the effort. In a matter of days a new house has replaced the demolished one, with the family ensconced in it. This process repeats itself again and again.