In Video| Palestinian family forced to demolish its 130-year-old house
Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem on Tuesday forced a Palestinian family to demolish its 130-year-old house in Jabal al Mukabbir in occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without permission.
QNN reporter said the municipality forced the Khalaileh family to demolish its house, which was built without permission because it is simply older that the occupation state itself. The family had to demolish their house themselves to avoid paying the extremely high demolition costs, which is estimated of 100,000 Shekels (29,000$).
To avoide paying extra fees to the Israeli bulldozers, the Palestinian family of Khalayleh in Jabal Mukaber neighbourhood were forced to demolish their house by themselves – occupied #Jerusalem.
Posted by Quds News Network on Tuesday, November 19, 2019
She stated that the family was planing to restore the house but the municipality did not allow any restoration work and ordered to demolish it.
The owner of the house, Ismail Khalaileh, told QNN that “the house is 130 years old. Our ancestors, fathers, and children were born and live here. We have a lot of memories here. It is a Palestinian heritage”.
“The Israelis claim that it is very old and cannot be restored. So, is leaving it to fall down a good solution?!”, he added.
Khalaileh added that living in the holy city has become very hard. Even the family’s lands were grabbed by the Israelis, who build on them illegal settlements.
“No one would demolish such old house. If it was theirs, they would restore it. We don’t want them in our country”, Khalaileh said.
