JERUSALEM: The head of the Roman Catholic church in the Holy Land protested yesterday against Israel’s demolition of a church-owned property in annexed east Jerusalem, saying it eroded chances for peace. “This act is against the law, against justice and against humanity, against any ideology upon which peace can be built and increases segregation and hate,” Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fuad Tawwal told journalists at the site of the demolition. Israeli security forces and bulldozers arrived at the house at 5:00 am (0300 GMT) on Monday with a previously unseen demolition order, claiming it had been built without a permit, according to its residents — a family of 14.
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