RAMALLAH (Dispatches) – Palestinian sources said on Wednesday that Zionist troops demolished residential and herding structures in several areas in the West Bank and East al-Quds.
A local activist who monitors the settlement activities in al-Khalil area said Zionist troops, supported by bulldozers, demolished a residential structure and a barracks used as a shelter for herds in the southern al-Khalil town of Masafer Yatta.  
Another residential structure and a herd barn were demolished in Jiftlik and three other structures in Froush Beit Dajan in the Jordan Valley, as well as a structure under construction in Battir Village, near Bethlehem.
Zionist troops also tore down two houses belonging to Palestinians in East al-Quds town of Issawiyye earlier on Wednesday.
Israeli sources said the demolitions are all based on the lack of construction permits.
According to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Zionist authorities approved only 1.5 percent of building permits applied by Palestinians.
Hanan Ashrawi, a member of Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee, accused Israel of "ethnic cleansing" against Palestinians.
"Israel is seeking to isolate Jerusalem (al-Quds) completely and disconnect it from the West Bank, taking advantage of the international silence toward its actions that undermine the two-state solution and the establishment of the state of Palestine,"Ashrawi said in his statements to Xinhua.
Two days ago, Palestinian sources said Israeli army issued an eviction order to the Palestinian Bedouin community in Pope Mountain near Bethany, East Jerusalem, before demolishing their residences.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party said the regime’s plan to evacuate Palestinians from the periphery of East al-Quds is "a declaration of the death of the two-state solution and waging a comprehensive war against the Palestinian people."