OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forced, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian family to demolish its own house in al-Tur town, east of Jerusalem, under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
According to Jerusalemite sources, the Abu Rumeileh family was forced to carry out the demolition themselves to avoid the heavy fines imposed by the Israeli municipality on those who rely on its crews for the task.
Hundreds of Jerusalemite homes are threatened with demolition or appropriation as part of Israel’s Judaization plans in the occupied holy city.
The Jerusalemites have no choice but to build without licenses because there are no structural maps that respond to the natural increase in their numbers.
The IOA also imposes building restrictions on the Palestinian natives in east Jerusalem and makes it hard for them to obtain construction licenses.
Israel’s systematic demolition of Palestinian homes in the holy city is believed to be aimed at psychologically destroying the Jerusalemite families in an attempt to force them to move from the city.
