Israeli authorities have forced a Palestinian to demolish his own home in the occupied al-Quds, after the Israeli municipality issued a demolition an order against it under the pretext of lacking the necessary construction permits.
Faraan: Palestine’s Wafa news agency, citing local sources, reported that Israeli authorities left Mohammad Amira with no choice but to totally knock down his own home in the Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher village in East al-Quds on Sunday.
Hasan Burajiya, a spokesman for the anti-settlement commission of the Palestinian Authority told Wafa that the Palestinian resident had to begin demolishing his house with his own hands to avoid paying unreasonable demolition costs to the Israeli municipality.
In July 2019, Israeli authorities demolished 77 Palestinian-owned houses in Wadi Al-Hummus, claiming that they have been built too close to the controversial separation barrier, a wall that the Israeli regime has been building since 2000 under the pretext of keeping out the Palestinians who are regularly protesting the regime’s occupation and aggression, which runs through Sur Baher village.
Israel routinely demolishes Palestinian houses in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds, claiming that the structures have been built without the so-called permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. They also sometimes order Palestinian owners to demolish their own houses or pay the costs of the demolition if they do not.
Almost 75 percent of applications for a permit by Palestinian residents of al-Quds are rejected by the Israeli municipality, according to rights groups.
Moreover, the Tel Aviv regime plans to force out Palestinian families from different neighborhoods in East al-Quds in an attempt to replace them with settlers.
