"We build a wall, you pay for it", 'Israel' tells Palestinians
Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- On 11 September 2019, Israeli vehicles demolished two buildings owned by Samer Abu Ziyad under the pretext of being built without permission and close to the apartheid wall. Abu Ziyad had paid a fortune to build the buildings.
On Monday, Abu Ziyad was shocked to see Israeli soldiers and engineers breaking into the village of Al Izariyyeh in eastern Jerusalem. They mapped and took photos of the area before telling Abu Ziyad that they will build a retaining wall because an old building, which was owned by him and was demolished by the Israelis last year, harmed the Israeli apartheid wall.
Abu Ziyad told QNN that last year after the Israelis demolished his building they forced him to pay 388,000 Shekel as demolition costs.
The occupation state started building the apartheid wall in 2002 on West Bank land, swallowing at least 165,000 dunums of the West Bank.
Israeli authorities demolish Palestinian buildings under the pretext of being built near the apartheid wall even if the buildings have been built before the wall.
Israeli police barred Al-Aqsa preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sabri from Friday prayers without explanation, triggering sharp condemnation over the unlawful restrictions on worship in occupied Jerusalem.
US Vice President JD Vance claimed that more humanitarian aid is now entering the Gaza Strip than at any time in the past five years. Palestinians, however, rejected this claim, confirming that Israel continues to impose restrictions on the entry of aid despite the ceasefire.
France has rejected a visa to prominent human rights advocate and Director-General of Al-Haq, Shahwan Jabarin, who was scheduled to address the European Parliament’s human rights committee in Strasbourg, a move that “undermining efforts towards accountability and advocacy for Palestinian rights.”