Palestinian Center for Human Rights Condemns Israel for Not Destroying Synagogues

Jewish Synagogues in Gaza Strip Settlements: By-product of the Israeli Belligerent Occupation That Had To Be Removed Like Other Destroyed Structures

PCHR is astonished by these strange developments with the issue of Jewish synagogues, when the Israeli government changed its position and decided to keep the stripped buildings, considering them holy places. The Israeli government even requested that the Palestinian Authority protect them after Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) vacated the structures. All that remained were useless structures of walls and roofs stripped of windows and doors.

PCHR condemns the sudden change in the Israeli government's position. Prior to this change, the government had called upon the Israeli High Court, which was considering a petition by the Rabbinate to halt the demolition, to issue its order to demolish the structures that had stopped to represent or carry any religious significance.