The Israeli authorities ordered on Monday a Jerusalemite resident to demolish his own house located in Jabal Mukaber town south of occupied Jerusalem for being allegedly built in a green belt zone.
The Jerusalemite resident Mahmoud Abu Hussein said that he will be forced to demolish his house next Thursday to avoid paying exorbitant demolition fees to the Israeli municipality.
The notified house a home for 13 persons including children and women was built in 1993.
Meanwhile Israeli municipally notified a number of Palestinian facilities in Silwan town with demolition for being allegedly built without Israeli permit.
For Palestinians born in Jerusalem Israeli construction permits are very expensive and often impossible to obtain. Therefore many build homes without permits only to later face Israeli demolition orders and costly fines. Unable to afford the fee a growing number of Palestinians have made the difficult choice to demolish their own homes.
