The Israeli municipal authorities ordered the demolition of dozens of commercial facilities in the Wadi Al-Joz neighborhood in the occupied city of Jerusalem local sources reported on Monday.
Dozens of shop owners in the industrial zone of Wadi al-Joz have received demolition orders and summonses to appear at the Israeli municipality.
Ismael al-Kurd one of the notified shops’ owners affirmed that the demolition orders came as part of the Israeli Silicon Valley plan scheduled to be built at the ruins of their shops.
The plan was first submitted by the Israeli municipal authorities in mid-2020 with a budget worth 2.1 billion shekels.
Hotels and various commercial spaces are scheduled to be built on 200000 square meters al-Kurd added.
“We have official documents that confirm that we have inherited these stores from our fathers. They are our only source of living” he continued.
