<sod>[[Human rights organizations]] and the [[United Nations]] criticize the ongoing demolitions<ref name="UN">{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/10/200910282211496109.html|title=Israel levels Palestinian homes|publisher=|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref> of Palestinian homes as violating [[international law]], and [[Amnesty International]] has contended that the Israeli government actually uses demolitions to [[collective punishment|collectively punish]] Palestinians<ref name="Amnesty-rubble"/> and to seize property for the expansion of [[Israeli settlement]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/rafah1004/5.htm#_Toc84676179|title=Razing Rafah: Mass Home Demolitions in the Gaza Strip: Map 2: Rafah Features|publisher=|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1442149.php/EU_criticizes_Israeli_demolition_of_Arab_homes_in_East_Jerusalem_|title= EU criticizes Israeli demolition of Arab homes in East Jerusalem  Read more: EU criticizes Israeli demolition of Arab homes in East Jerusalem - Monsters and Critics - http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1442149.php/EU_criticizes_Israeli_demolition_of_Arab_homes_in_East_Jerusalem_#ixzz0CfWuIOa5|date=2008-11-10|publisher=Middle East News|accessdate=2009-04-14}}</ref>[[Theodor Meron]] advised the Israeli government in 1968, soon after the occupation of the [[Palestinian territories]] in the [[Six Day War]], that the practice contravened international law, in particular the Geneva Conventions. Incidences of Palestinian terrorists stating that they backed out of terrorist attacks, due to the fear that their parents' home would be demolished, have been recorded.<ref>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4865622,00.html Shin Bet thwarts bus suicide bombing in Jerusalem] Yoav Zitun, Yael Freidson and Fred Goldberg|Published:  11.10.16</ref><eod>
<sod>[[Human rights organizations]] and the [[United Nations]] criticize the ongoing demolitions<ref name="UN">{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/10/200910282211496109.html|title=Israel levels Palestinian homes|publisher=|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref> of Palestinian homes as violating [[international law]], and [[Amnesty International]] has contended that the Israeli government actually uses demolitions to [[collective punishment|collectively punish]] Palestinians<ref name="Amnesty-rubble"/> and to seize property for the expansion of [[Israeli settlement]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/rafah1004/5.htm#_Toc84676179|title=Razing Rafah: Mass Home Demolitions in the Gaza Strip: Map 2: Rafah Features|publisher=|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1442149.php/EU_criticizes_Israeli_demolition_of_Arab_homes_in_East_Jerusalem_|title= EU criticizes Israeli demolition of Arab homes in East Jerusalem  Read more: EU criticizes Israeli demolition of Arab homes in East Jerusalem - Monsters and Critics - http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1442149.php/EU_criticizes_Israeli_demolition_of_Arab_homes_in_East_Jerusalem_#ixzz0CfWuIOa5|date=2008-11-10|publisher=Middle East News|accessdate=2009-04-14}}</ref>[[Theodor Meron]] advised the Israeli government in 1968, soon after the occupation of the [[Palestinian territories]] in the [[Six Day War]], that the practice contravened international law, in particular the Geneva Conventions.<eod>