The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Monday forced a Jerusalemite citizen to demolish his own house and issued a demolition order against another home in Jabel Mukaber neighborhood southeast of the holy city.
According to local sources the IOA forced Osamah Zahayka to demolish his own house in Jabel Mukaber at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
The IOA also issued a demolition notice against the house of Waleed Abu Adheem in Jabel Mukaber. The house which comprises four apartments was built 20 years ago.
The IOA always threatens to make Palestinian homeowners incur exorbitant demolition expenses and fines if it comes to carry out the demolitions forcing them to raze or remove their own homes.
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.
