Demolition of a wedding hall in Deir Hanna
Israeli authorities demolished a wedding hall in the town of Deir Hanna in the al-Batuf region on Thursday morning, citing construction without a permit, amid a heavy police presence that cordoned off the site and prevented residents from entering. The demolition comes days before the Knesset elections, while the Joint List filed an urgent petition to prevent the exploitation of the demolition for propaganda purposes.
Israeli authorities demolished a wedding hall in the town of Deir Hanna in the al-Batuf region on Thursday morning, citing construction without a permit. Large Israeli police forces deployed, cordoning off the demolition site and preventing residents from entering. The demolition comes just days before the upcoming Knesset elections. The Joint List had filed an urgent petition to the head of the Central Elections Committee against National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and his party 'Otzma Yehudit', the police, the Enforcement Authority for Land, and the 'Israel Land Authority', demanding a halt to the exploitation of politically motivated demolitions and evictions in the Arab community for election propaganda.