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Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/05/1607911.php

The new homes were built by a group of limited income Palestinian Christian 
families who banded together as the Arab Orthodox Housing Project to build 
a new life. They obtained a 99-year lease from their Church, the Greek 
Orthodox Church, 22 years ago and then began the agonizing process of 
organizing and saving enough money to start construction. Thanks to Israel 
and our country's support of their policies, Christians are becoming an 
'endangered species' in the Holyland. Right Wing Conservative Christians 
here in the U.S. actually help make this happen by supporting Ariel Sharon.

Israeli courts have upheld an Israeli Army order to demolish 120 newly 
built Palestinian homes in Beit Sahour, a Palestinian town adjacent to 
Bethlehem. Residents today demonstrated against the order and launched an 
international campaign to save their homes.

The new homes were built by a group of limited income Palestinian Christian 
families who banded together as the Arab Orthodox Housing Project to build 
a new life. They obtained a 99-year lease from their Church, the Greek 
Orthodox Church, 22 years ago and then began the agonizing process of 
organizing and saving enough money to start construction.

"We were renters for 40 years," Dalal Awad, a mother of five told me. "We 
saved for 22 years and built this home with our neighbors. It cost $42,000. 
We built it with our hearts, our own labor. Now the Israelis want to kill 
our dream.".