Israeli NGO: House demolitions sow 'despair and senseless violence'

Israeli campaign group the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD) issued a statement on Wednesday regarding the spiralling violence in and around Jerusalem.

In it, the group accused Israel of forgoeing "any effort to address the grievances of a people under its control", instead descending into "raw oppression."

ICAHD condenmed the Israeli "answer" to what it called the "downward cycle of senseless violence in which Jerusalem finds itself."

"House demolitions, mass arrests, revoking the 'residency' of native-born Jerusalemites, closing Palestinian neighbourhoods with concrete blocks, arming Israeli Jewish vigilantes."

The group warned that these policies would "inflame the situation", which many warn is already on the brink of becoming a full-fledged intifada.