The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Tuesday forced a Jerusalemite citizen to demolish his own house at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
According to local sources the Israeli municipality forced Amjad Ja’abees from Jabel al-Mukaber neighborhood of east Jerusalem to knock down an unfinished house belonging to him.
Ja’abees was given five days to demolish the house to avoid paying fines and demolition expenses to the municipality if its crew came and carried out the measure.
The majority of Jerusalemite citizens had to comply with such Israeli orders to avoid paying exorbitant money to the IOA.
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.
