OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) notified, on Wednesday, the Palestinian residents of Nuaman village in the northeast of Jerusalem of its intent to demolish all their homes under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Chief of the village council Jamal al-Darawi said that employees from the Israeli municipality escorted by police officers stormed the village and delivered demolition notices against its homes, for the third time since the beginning of the current year.
According to these notices, all 35 inhabited homes in the village, comprising 45 apartments, are slated for demolition on the grounds of unauthorized construction.
The IOA has been banning construction in the village for 32 years, which forced about 100 residents to leave their homes.
Since the IOA built the separation wall in the area in 2002, the village has become isolated from Jerusalem, although it lies within the city’s municipal boundaries. The Israeli police also maintain a checkpoint at its entrance to control the residents’ movement.
