A Jerusalemite citizen on Tuesday morning continued to demolish his own home in Issawiya district after the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forced him to do so three days ago at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
According to local sources Rajaei Atiyah resumed demolishing his home which he started last Sunday in al-Madares area in the east Jerusalem district of Issawiya.
Atiyah recently received a notice from the Israeli municipality threatening to fine him and make him pay demolition expenses if he refused to raze the house with his own hands.
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.
