Jerusalem mayor to raze 200 Palestinian homes
Electronic Intifada - 9 Feb 2010
rr r r rr r rr r rr r rr r rr rrr rJerusalem’s mayor threatened last week to demolish 200 homes in Palestinian neighborhoods of the city in an act even he conceded would probably bring long-simmering tensions over housing in East Jerusalem to a boil. His uncompromising stance is the latest stage in a protracted legal battle over a single building towering above the jumble of modest homes of Silwan. Jonathan Cook reports from Jerusalem.