29 January 2010 - 16H42  

Arab Israelis protest house demolitions
Arab Israelis hold up signs in Hebrew and Arabic during a demonstration against houses demolitions in Lod. Hundreds of people protested against the demolition of Arab-Israeli homes at a demonstration in the Israeli city of Lod, near Tel Aviv.
Arab Israelis hold up signs in Hebrew and Arabic during a demonstration against houses demolitions in Lod. Hundreds of people protested against the demolition of Arab-Israeli homes at a demonstration in the Israeli city of Lod, near Tel Aviv.

AFP - Hundreds of people on Friday protested against the demolition of Arab-Israeli homes at a demonstration in the Israeli city of Lod, near Tel Aviv.

The protesters held up Palestinian flags and banners which read in Arabic and Hebrew: "Demolishing houses, Demolishing lives," and "Yes to Development, No to Ethnic Cleansing."

Jamal Zahalka, an Arab MP among the protesters, said a total of 40,000 Arab homes in Israel were threatened with demolition.

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