And even if the request really did come from the Palestinian authority, the Israeli government should have refused to destroy the homes and green houses out of respect for the refugees. If the Israelis would have said: "sorry but if you really don't like it you will have to destroy them yourselves and we will pay the cost", then I seriously doubt that the Palestinians would have gone ahead and destroyed them. How could the Palestinian authority have bulldozed all those houses while so many of their own people remain homeless? Would the poor Palestinian farmers really have wanted to destroy all those green houses like their own farms and olive trees had been destroyed? Unthinkable. If all this is true, then the Palestinian politicians responsible need to be replaced at the next elections by people who will genuinely act in the interest of the people. I would not be surprised if there were some shady dealings going on with dirty money exchanging hands to satisfy the Israeli settlers who didn't want to leave anything to the Palestinians. A full enquiry should be made into the whole affair. Was the request for destruction decided democratically by the Palestinian people or just by some leaders? This question needs to be answered.