The photovoltaic central Emnaizel, a West Bank village south of Hebron, is brand new. It was built in 2009 at a cost of 292,000 euros, provided by the Spanish International Cooperation Agency, and provides electricity to 40 families of Emnaizel, a school and a medical center. The Israeli army has announced that the plant will be demolished within a week, with two houses, for lack of building permit.
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The Israeli NGO Rabbis for Human Rights has taken legal defense Emnaizel families in the case of the power plant and has called for the suspension of burofax demolition process. The Israeli Civil Authority, however, is on holiday until 19 for parties of “Sukkot”, which drastically reduces the leeway for lawyers. Yesterday was impossible to contact a spokesman for the Civil Authority.
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