The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) displaced two Jerusalemite families after forcing them to demolish their own homes in Sur Baher town southeast of the holy city.
According to local sources the families of Dabash and Karki were forced by the Israeli municipality to demolish their homes in the town at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Both of them received notices recently from the Israeli municipality ordering them to demolish their two-story house at their own expense if they wanted to avoid paying it exorbitant demolition expenses and fines.
14 individuals from both families were living in that house.
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 and for that reason they are denied house permits.
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 Occupied Jerusalem is believed to be aimed at psychologically destroying the Jerusalemite families in an attempt to force them to move from the holy city.
