In other Mideast news, Israel continues to demolish Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem. On Monday, Israeli troops destroyed the home of Amjad, an East Jerusalem father of three children.

Amjad: “In the morning I sleep inside. The soldiers come and take me. They bring the dog. 'What do you want?' I tell him. 'I have a problem in my heart.' ’It’s not my problem,’ he tells me. 'Go outside.' But I don’t want to go. Five soldiers take me, they brought me out. They take my phone and my — [inaudible]. You know, she tells me, 'No, we don't want.’ And we see, after, they broke the house. Now I have two problems: I don’t have any place to sit, I have three children.”

Over 200 Palestinian homes have been demolished in East Jerusalem and the West Bank this year, displacing at least 520 Palestinians.