'Israel' forces two Palestinian brothers to self-demolish their houses in Jerusalem
Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- Israeli occupation authorities on Monday morning forced two Palestinian brothers to self-demolish their houses in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood, south of the occupied city of Jerusalem, displacing its residents.
Under the pretext of building without a permit, the Israeli occupation municipality forcibly ordered two Jerusalemite brothers, Dawood and Mahmoud Shokirat, to self-demolish their houses, earlier today, in the Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood.
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Translation:Israeli occupation authorities force the Jerusalemite family of Shokirat to self-demolish their houses in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
The two brothers are married and each of them has his own house, where they live with their families, including their children.
The two houses were built in 2012. The occupation municipality ordered the two houses to be demolished despite the fact that the two brothers had been asked, over the past years, to pay heavy fines to the Israeli occupation municipality, under the pretext of building without a permit.
The municipality ordered them to self-demolish their two houses by themselves. Otherwise they have to pay exorbitant fines of the demolition costs to the municipality if it carries out the demolition.
12 people live in the two houses: Dawood and his wife have 5 children while Mahmoud and his wife have three children.
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Translation:Painfully.. The women of the family of Shokirat watch their houses being demolished in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood in Jerusalem, at the order of the Israeli occupation authorities.
During the year of 2021, according to the Jerusalem Affairs Ministry, Israeli forces demolished over 173 Palestinian-owned structures in Jerusalem and issued over 200 demolition orders against houses.
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 favour of the Israeli settlers in the occupied city.
‘Israel’ has been moving its citizens into the occupied Jerusalem neighbourhoods 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.
