Israeli forces demolish centre for disabled children in east Jerusalem

Sabbah at Daily Kos

Where on earth would you expect to see a military forces going out at 5:30 AM to throw out 'handicapped children' to the cold streets after snatching the kids out of their beds?

ISRAEL, no where else!

Believe it or not, the Israeli forces went out to demolish a centre for disabled children in east Jerusalem before the dawn on Tuesday.

According to Ma'an news agency:

Our Jerusalem correspondent reported that the Israeli military forced the disabled children to evacuate the building and then began demolishing it.

The 70 m² building, which is owned by Palestinian Jerusalemite Hani Tatah, houses more than 20 disabled children.

Haaretz Correspondent said:

The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) said seven children and two caregivers were asleep at 5:30 A.M. when police and Border Police arrived and instructed the caregivers to evacuate the children. According to ICAHD, the police refused to call the center's director to contact the parents and to evacuate the children, but started to do so themselves. After two children were removed by police, the director and the caregivers removed the rest, out of concern that the children would be harmed.

The Jerusalem police said they did not remove any children from the building. "Moreover, at the request of the people at the site, we allowed them to conduct their prayers undisturbed although we knew that the moment we delayed the demolition, we were taking a chance that disorderly conduct would occur."

'Disorderly conduct'... yeah... by the 'disabled children'!? Oh wait, they are Palestinians, so even if they are disabled, they are dangerous to the security of Israel.

Or maybe not... They are not dangerous, but some Jewish colonizers (a.k.a. settlers) 'liked' that spot of land and wants to build a small colony there. So, who cares about disabled children? And who cares if it is 5:30 AM or even 1:00 AM? And who cares if they are thrown into the streets? It's enough "sin" to be a Palestinian to have it all and worse.