Palestinian man forced to self-demolish house by Israel in occupied Jerusalem
Occupied Jerusalem (Quds News Network)- Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday morning forced a Palestinian man to self-demolish his own house in the al-Tur neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
Under the pretext of building without a permit, the Israeli occupation municipality forcibly ordered Palestinian Khalil Kabaja to self-demolish his two-storey and newly-built house, earlier today.
The municipality ordered him to self-demolish his house. Otherwise he have to pay exorbitant fines of the demolition costs to the municipality if it carries out the demolition.
Using the pretext of illegal building, ‘Israel’ demolishes houses and structures on a regular basis to restrict Palestinian expansion in occupied Jerusalem.
At the same time, the Israeli occupation municipality and the occupation government built tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favor of the Israeli settlers in the occupied city.
‘Israel’ has been moving its citizens into the occupied Jerusalem neighborhoods since the 1980s. This has resulted in numerous human rights violations, including the forced displacement of Palestinian residents and house demolitions.
Hundreds of Palestinian families are being threatened with forced displacement and house demolitions by illegal settler groups, fully supported by the Israeli government.
There are nearly 700,000 Israeli settlers living in 256 illegal settlements and outposts scattered across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.
Israeli courts had previously rejected many appeals filed by the residents of Jerusalem to stop demolitions and forced displacement.
It is worth to mention that Israeli attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, which had been escalating even before Israel’s genocide war on Gaza began in October, has intensified dramatically in the past months. There has been an increase in house demolitions, Israeli military raids, expansion of settlements and violent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villages.
