This sounds like a good thing. It is a shame that it took so long to figure out that only 1% of demolitions "deterred potential attackers or pushed their families to turn them in."

Israel to Stop Demolishing Homes of Suicide Bombers and Gunmen

It was also probably our own tax dollars that went towards rebuilding people's homes.

The following is interesting, but there was no historical context, or detail as to whether this policy was used against Arabs, Jews, or both. - "The policy of house demolitions is a holdover from the British rule of Palestine..."