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Sunday, 21 June_Israeli authorities have forced two Palestinian brothers to tear down their own home in the occupied West Bank, a report says.
Israeli authorities on Sunday left Palestinian brothers Firas and Iyad Da’ana no choice but to demolish their own home, still being constructed, in Silwan town, a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood on the outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem al Quds.
The municipality’s order to raze the building was issued under the pretext of lacking the necessary construction license, which is almost impossible to obtain, the Palestinian Information Center said in a report, citing local sources.
Iyad said that the municipality had ordered them to raze their home and if they refused to do as ordered, demolition crews from the municipality would do the job, and in that case, the two brothers would have to pay the sum of 50,000 shekels (14,500 dollars) as demolition costs.
He stressed that he and his brother had tried multiple times to obtain the construction permit but were always denied permission.
Since January, the Israeli regime has forced more than 20 Palestinians in the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds to raze their homes.
Back in May last year, the Israeli rights group, B’Tselem, said in a report that the Tel Aviv regime uses other strategies to block Palestinian use of land, or demolish the homes Palestinians have already built, thus, clearing the way for new illegal Israeli settlements in the region.
Israeli authorities may declare Palestinian-owned land as “open scenic areas,” where development is prohibited, or as “national parks,” where construction and urban development are almost entirely forbidden.
In other parts of the occupied territories, vast swaths of land, including towns and villages, may be declared to be “military zones” almost as a matter of routine, and Palestinians are forced to leave their homes for set periods when the Israeli military moves in.
Israel arrests over a dozen Palestinians in occupied WB
On Sunday, Israeli forces arrested 13 Palestinian citizens in different localities of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center said in a separate report, citing local sources.
The abductees, including a 14-year-old boy, were arrested from their homes in Jerusalem al-Quds, Ramallah and al-Khalil (Hebron), it further said, adding that a number of Palestinian homes and stores were also raided and damaged during the arrests.
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