To be demolished, Jerusalemite family empties house of contents at order of Israeli municipality
Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- A Palestinian family from the Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood, south of the occupied city of Jerusalem, has emptied its house of its contents since Saturday night, in preparation to be demolished at the order of the Israeli occupation municipality.
Since last night and in spite of the heavy rain, the Jerusalemite family of Ibrahim Bashir has emptied its house in the Jabal al-Mukabber of contents and furniture, as the Israeli occupation municipality ordered the house to be demolished within the next few days, under the pretext of building without a permit.
صور .. عائلة بشير من بلدة جبل المكبر تفرغ منزلها من محتوياته عقب قرارٕ من سلطات الاحتلال بهدم المنزل خلال الأيام المقبلة pic.twitter.com/BZwJmTpAZu
— AlQastal القسطل (@AlQastalps) January 15, 2022
In December 2021, the Israeli occupation municipality also ordered the house of one of the sons of Ibrahim Bashir from the same neighborhood to be demolished. It was demolished by the Israeli occupation municipality staff and the family members were displaced.
The family added that the Israeli occupation municipality has also ordered the house of another son to be demolished in the coming months.
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 home 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.
The Israeli court had previously rejected many appeals filed by the residents of Jerusalem to stop demolitions and forced displacement.
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.
