Israeli attorney reinstates go-ahead for house demolitions

Zionist daily Haaretz disclosed on Wednesday that the Israeli attorney general Yehuda Weinstein had refused the Arab lawmakers' demand to freeze the orders of house demolitions against thousands of Palestinian homes.

Weinstein along with the general prosecutor met with representatives from the Joint Arab List, two weeks ago, to discuss the issue of house demolitions.

The lawmakers demanded that the government freeze all demolitions of Arab houses until a joint team of local authorities and professionals is formed to study other solutions to the crisis of Arab housing.

The newspaper revealed that Weinstein refused the demand, claiming that “all government actions must be carried out fairly and without regard to race”.

He also refused to form a team to examine the case under the claim that the government formed a crew, one month ago, to come up with a plan to solve the problem”.