In the early morning hours of Tuesday December 4-2018, The Israeli occupation authorities demolished a house in Jabal Al-Mukabir claiming that it was built before getting proper licenses.

Affected citizen Naem Dweih told LRC observer:

“In October I started building a house (150 m²) for my family of 12 (5 minors), during that time and while the house was under construction, Israeli troops showed and delivered a demolition military order then took pictures of the house before they withdrew, I hired a lawyer to object on the military order, he managed to cancel passed, but the judge passed a decree of self-demolish against my home.

I made a hole in the ceiling to make the house inappropriate for living, but that was not sufficient to the Israeli court.

In the morning, Israeli troops and their heavy machineries   completely demolished our home.

The occupation troops attacked Palestinians who gathered around the house to protect it.”

About Jabal Al Mukabbir [1]:

5 kilometers south Jerusalem city , Jabal Al Mukabbir is surrounded by Silwan (north, Ath Thuri (west) , Abu Dis and As-Sawahra Ash- Sharqiya (east) , As-Sawahra Al-Gharbiya (south).

Jabal Mukabbir and As-Sawahra Al-Gharbiya together have a total population of (21, 127 ) people in 2012 census-The  Jerusalem academy of Israeli Studies-, Jabal Al Mukabbir has an area of 3,281 dunums , 682,7 of them are the towns built uo area.

Israeli settlements devoured 300 dunums of the town's lands:

Land Research Center LRC sees that demolitions contradict with all of the International conventions and Humanitarian laws including:

Article 147 of Geneva fourth convention  : extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly. ( it is considered a serious violation of the convention)

Article 53 of Geneva fourth convention that forbids destroying properties : Any destruction by the Occupying Power of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities, or to social or co-operative organizations, is prohibited, except where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations.

Article 33 of Geneva fourth convention: No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed.

Article 32 of Hague convention 1907 part g: To destroy or seize the enemy's property, unless such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war.

Article 17 of Universal declaration of human rights 10 –Dec- 1948:  No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property

[1] GIS-LRC

This case study is part of Canaan project