The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Sunday issued a decision allowing the demolition of the house of martyr Fadi Abu Shukhaydam a noted figure and teacher from east Jerusalem who carried out a shooting operation in the Old City on November 21.
According to the Hebrew media the family of Abu Shukhaydam was notified of an Israeli decision to demolish its home in Anata street in Shuafat refugee camp and was given one week to file a petition against the measure.
Last November the IOF broke into and ransacked the house of Abu Shukhaydam and removed banners and pictures of Abu Shukhaydam from its front wall. Later the IOF mapped his house as a prelude to demolishing it.
Abu Shukhaydam’s family has been exposed to different forms of persecution at the hands of the Israeli military and security forces since the operation that killed a Jewish settler and injured three others.
Demolishing homes as a form of collective punishment is one of the most extreme measures that Israel has employed in the West Bank including east Jerusalem since the occupation began in 1967 (and until 2005 in the Gaza Strip).
