The families of Jabal al-Baba Bedouin community in Alezariya town east of Occupied Jerusalem built a 1-meter-high and 30-centimeter-wide statue in challenge of Israeli demolition orders against Palestinian homes in the area.
The statue was set up in front of Ma’aleh Adumim settlement on the highway No 1 leading to Occupied Jerusalem. Thousands of settlers take that route on a daily basis.
Representative of Jabal al-Baba community Atallah Mazaraa said on Monday that the stone statue sends a message that the Bedouin families will not leave their homes.
The Israeli court postponed home-demolition orders against al-Jahalein family until the end of April under the pretext of lacking construction permits he added.
Israeli authorities intend to evict Jabal al-Baba community which is inhabited by al-Jahalein Arab families and demolish their homes in order to complete the project of annexing Ma’aleh Adumim settlement he pointed out.
