Can anyone explain to me why the Israelis are demolishing Palestinian homes anyway? Anyone know a reason?
A small number of demolitions are carried out against the property of terrorists, or their families. A larger number are against building or farmland which the IDF believes have been used to shoot at them. The vast majority are on houses which have no permit (almost impossible to get a permit if you're an Arab), or are in the way of a new settlement, expansion of a settlement, by pass road for a settlement, or area of land reserved for a settlement.
42% of the West Bank is now territory zoned for Israeli settlers, their crops, and roads.
Strangely enough, the IDF never carries out demolitions of Jewish terrorists property, eg Baruch Goldstein, who murdered 29 people in a mosque, let alone collective punishements of settlements, like the Hebronites, who have carried out numerous pogroms against the Arabs.