IPNOT PICTURE OF THE DAY June 17: Wadi Hilweh playground destroyed again by Israel

In 2012 Israel destroyed children's playground in Wadi Hilweh, which is situated in the Silwan neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. It was then rebuild by the locals, but today it has been destroyed again.

On yesterday the locals were able to stop Israeli occupation from getting to the playground - then the claim was that they would be doing 'repairs'. Today that was changed to 'archaeological work' - with mechanical diggers that dug a trench through the playground and dumped the dug soil on rest of the playground.

In Silwan Israeli occupation has given - through Israel's 'National Parks' authority - the zoning authority to illegal Israeli settlers' organization named Elad, whose goal is to drive as many Palestinians out of East Jerusalem and bring in as many illegal Israeli settlers as possible.

That illegal Israeli settlers' organization holds zoning authority in occupied Palestinian territory is one of those things that Israel's 'Western' supporters - including almost all of the mainstream media - neither mention nor criticize. What in else would be absurd and monstrous is injustice 'normal' when it comes to Israel.

In Israel itself its a rare Arab community which holds zoning authority in its own area. The whole system is rigged, it is planned to be rigged and operates as intended, producing Apartheid, ethnic cleansing and poverty.

In end of March Israeli occupation destroyed a playground in Silwan's al-Abbasiyya. Both it and the now destroyed playground are in private land owned by Palestinians.

The destruction of children's playgrounds so the kind of petty hate that is characteristic of the illegal Israeli settlers. They wage long campaigns to make Palestinians' lives as miserable as possible and celebrate takeover of houses after decades of attempts at great victories. In the meanwhile, the Palestinian population no only in occupied East Jerusalem but of whole Jerusalem is growing at a faster rate than the Jewish one.

PHOTO: Silwanic.net

SOURCES:

Children of Wadi Hilweh play in bulldozed playground ~ in pictures

https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/children-of-wadi-hilweh-play-in-bulldozed-playground-in-pictures/

Israeli Forces Level Palestinian Playground in Latest Silwan Demolition

http://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-bill-on-prison-sentences-for-minors-targets-palestinian-children/

Parks in Arab East Jerusalem 'not for the public'

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/features/2015/9/18/parks-in-arab-east-jerusalem-not-for-the-public