Israeli bulldozers on Sunday demolished a Palestinian-owned house in the Arab city of Lod in Israel under the pretext it was built without permit.
Member of the local popular committee Mohamed Shreiki said Israeli bulldozers under the protection of Israeli police demolished the house of al-Faqir family leaving the family members homeless for the second time.
Shreiki said tension has been running high in the area due to the arbitrary demolitions carried out by the Israeli municipality against Palestinian homes in the city.
A couple of months ago the family’s home was knocked down under the same pretext. Left without a roof over their head the family reconstructed the house before it was reduced to rubble by the Israeli bulldozers.
Palestinians say they are forced to build without permit because getting permits from the all-Israeli municipality is impossible.
Israel as part of its demographic war against the Palestinians plans to keep the number of Palestinians to a minimum while multiplying the number of Israelis by building thousands of homes for them while denying Palestinians the right to construction permits.
