The Israeli occupation authorities demolished on Tuesday a Palestinian-owned three-story home in al Isawiyyeh neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem displacing 23 folks, native information businesses reported.
Proprietor of the home, Nidal Yassin Mustafa, mentioned that the municipality employees protected by the Israeli occupation police surrounded the world the place the constructing is situated and demolished the constructing underneath the pretext it had been constructed with out a allow.
Nidal Mustafa mentioned 23 folks had lived inside this home, noting that every one of them have turn out to be homeless as they had been left on the street.
Chatting with Safa information company, Nidal mentioned that the household obtained the primary word asking them to a pay effective of NIS90,000 ($29,000) seven years in the past.
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He mentioned his household paid the effective, however the municipality requested them to pay a brand new effective price NIS140,000 ($45,000). “We have now paid NIS40,000 ($13,000),” he mentioned.
Nidal additionally mentioned that his household had paid tens of 1000’s of shekels for plans, maps and different employees in an effort to receive a constructing license, however they failed.
Wafa information company says that Palestinians are pressured to construct on their lands in occupied Jerusalem with out a allow as a result of getting one is nearly unattainable.
The Israeli occupation has been making an attempt to maintain the Palestinian presence within the metropolis to a minimal in an effort to change the demographic steadiness in favour of the Jewish inhabitants.
The household mentioned after shedding all makes an attempt to avoid wasting the home, they appealed to the Israeli municipality to demolish the constructing themselves in an effort to keep away from the excessive charges paid to the municipality, however the municipality stunned them and demolished the home.
