A heavy duty machine of Israeli forces demolishes a house belonging to a Palestinian
[Mostafa Alkharouf - Anadolu Agency]
February 28, 2023
Israeli municipal authorities demolished a Palestinian-owned home in Occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday, according to family members, Anadolu News Agency reports.
Hani Al-Hussaini said Israeli authorities cited lack of a building permit for bringing down the house in Jabel Mukaber neighbourhood, south of East Jerusalem.
"The building was constructed about six years ago and was inhabited by a 4-member family," he told Anadolu.
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Al-Hussaini said the house owners had repeatedly tried to obtain a building permit from Israeli municipal authorities.
"They refused to grant us a permit and now they demolished the house allegedly for unauthorised construction," he added.
According to Al-Hussaini, there are 180 Palestinian houses in the neighbourhood at the risk of demolition due to lack of building permits.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israel has demolished 50 residential homes in East Jerusalem since the start of this year.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. It annexed the entire city in 1980, in a move never recognised by the international community.
International law regards both the West Bank and East Jerusalem as Occupied Territories and considers all Jewish settlement-building activity there illegal.
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Israel rejects appeal against demolition of Palestinian primary school in Bethlehem
February 28, 2023
Israeli security forces take measures as Israeli forces demolish the house belonging to Palestinian [Mostafa Alkharouf - Anadolu Agency]
February 28, 2023
An Israeli court rejected an appeal today against the demolition of a Palestinian primary school in the southern occupied West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, reported Wafa news agency.
Submitted by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission and the Society of St. Yves, a Catholic human rights organisation, the appeal was against a previous court order to demolish Al-Tahadi School 5 in Beit Taamir.
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The Director of the Office of the Bethlehem Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Hassan Brijieh, told Wafa that an Israeli court in favour of the school's demolition in 2017 and since then the file has been legally followed up in order to cancel this decision, however, the court rejected the appeal during a hearing last week.
Some 66 students attend the school, which was previously demolished and rebuilt in 2017.
School 5 is one of 17 Al-Tahadi schools, built by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Area C of the Occupied West Bank, which constitutes around 60 per cent of its area.
Under the 1995 Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, was divided into three regions – Area A, B and C.
Area C is under Israel's administrative and security control until a final status agreement is reached with the Palestinians.
February 28, 2023
Israeli municipal authorities demolished a Palestinian-owned home in Occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday, according to family members, Anadolu News Agency reports.
Hani Al-Hussaini said Israeli authorities cited lack of a building permit for bringing down the house in Jabel Mukaber neighbourhood, south of East Jerusalem.
"The building was constructed about six years ago and was inhabited by a 4-member family," he told Anadolu.
READ: Israel rejects appeal against demolition of Palestinian primary school in Bethlehem
Al-Hussaini said the house owners had repeatedly tried to obtain a building permit from Israeli municipal authorities.
"They refused to grant us a permit and now they demolished the house allegedly for unauthorised construction," he added.
According to Al-Hussaini, there are 180 Palestinian houses in the neighbourhood at the risk of demolition due to lack of building permits.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israel has demolished 50 residential homes in East Jerusalem since the start of this year.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. It annexed the entire city in 1980, in a move never recognised by the international community.
International law regards both the West Bank and East Jerusalem as Occupied Territories and considers all Jewish settlement-building activity there illegal.
READ: False hopes and broken promises litter the ground behind the UN Statement on Palestine
Israel rejects appeal against demolition of Palestinian primary school in Bethlehem
February 28, 2023
Israeli security forces take measures as Israeli forces demolish the house belonging to Palestinian [Mostafa Alkharouf - Anadolu Agency]
February 28, 2023
An Israeli court rejected an appeal today against the demolition of a Palestinian primary school in the southern occupied West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, reported Wafa news agency.
Submitted by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission and the Society of St. Yves, a Catholic human rights organisation, the appeal was against a previous court order to demolish Al-Tahadi School 5 in Beit Taamir.
READ: Palestinians protest against Israel settler attacks
The Director of the Office of the Bethlehem Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Hassan Brijieh, told Wafa that an Israeli court in favour of the school's demolition in 2017 and since then the file has been legally followed up in order to cancel this decision, however, the court rejected the appeal during a hearing last week.
Some 66 students attend the school, which was previously demolished and rebuilt in 2017.
School 5 is one of 17 Al-Tahadi schools, built by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Area C of the Occupied West Bank, which constitutes around 60 per cent of its area.
Under the 1995 Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, was divided into three regions – Area A, B and C.
Area C is under Israel's administrative and security control until a final status agreement is reached with the Palestinians.
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