The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) displaced on Sunday morning a Palestinian family after forcing it to demolish its own house in the Old City of Jerusalem at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
According to local sources the family of Farid Jaber had to demolish its home near Bab al-Asbat area in the east of the Old City after receiving a demolition notice from the Israeli municipality.
The family was ordered to raze the house at their own expense if it wanted to avoid paying heavy demolition expenses and fines to the municipality.
A family of eight was rendered homeless as a result of the Israeli measure.
Hundreds of Jerusalemite homes are threatened with demolition or appropriation as part of Israel’s Judaization plans in the holy city.
The Jerusalemites have no choice but to build without licenses because there are no structural maps that respond to the natural increase in their numbers.
The IOA also imposes building restrictions on the Palestinian natives in Jerusalem and makes it hard for them to obtain construction licenses.
Israel’s systematic demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied holy city is believed to be aimed at psychologically destroying the Jerusalemite families in an attempt to force them to move from the city.