OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PIC)– Maqdisi organisation published on Monday a report about home demolitions in Jerusalem since the start of 2011 which the occupation authorities carried out or ordered the owners to carry out.
The organisation stated in the report that to date there were 31 demolitions 14 of them were carried out by the occupation municipality while the other 17 where carried out by owners who were forced to demolish their own homes or pay the municipality for their demolition.
These demolitions resulted in rendering 106 Palestinians including 61 children homeless.
Most buildings demolished were residential buildings and covered most areas of east Jerusalem such as Jabal al-Mukabber Silwan Sour Baher Wadi al-Jouz Beit Hanina and Sheikh Jarrah.
The report also included information on the demolition of non-residential structures including shops kiosks walls and a protest tent in solidarity with Jerusalem MPs threatened with deportation from their hometown.
