2020-05-01
The Occupation’s municipality in Jerusalem forces a Jerusalemite to demolish his own house
Israeli violations in the time of Corona
Friday May 2020 , citizen ‘Arafat Al-‘Ubaidi from Beit Hanina demolished his own house on the pretext of building without licenses.
‘Arafat Al-‘Ubaidi told LRC the following:
“About a year ago I built a house for my family of 4 , the house had a total area of 80 m2, it is built of bricks and cement , and I arranged it to be suitable for my family.
Israeli policemen gave me an administrative demolition order on the pretext of building without licenses. The occupation’s municipality had already given me two orders in one week , the first one was in April 23rd , and another one was in April 28th.
In case the occupation carried out the demolition I will be forced to pay the demolition fees which may reach thousands of shekels, so I decided to carry out the demolition myself to reduce the loss.”
During the Corona virus lockdown, the occupation municipality halted demolition operations for a while, but did not halt issuing demolition orders, and forced many Jerusalemites to demolish their own houses. At the time people all around the world are recommended to stay home to avoid corona virus infection, Jerusalemites are being forced to demolish their own homes.
About Beit Hanina:[1]
5 km north Jerusalem, Beit Hanina is surrounded by Bir Nabala (north), Beit Hanina down town (Bait Hanina town was divided to two parts by the Apartheid wall Upper Beit Hanaina and Beit Hanina down town) (west), Hizma (east) and Shufat (south). Beit Hanina has a population of 33,617 people in 2009, and an area of (8,877) , (3,341) dunums are a built up area.
The occupation confiscated over 3700 dunums for the following purposes:
Illegal colonies confiscated (3064) dunums as follows:
colony | Establishing year | Area of confiscated lands/ dunums | Number of settlers |
Neve Yaacov | 1972 | 575,5 | 20,250 |
Pisgat Amir | 1985 | 684 | unavailable |
Pisgat Zeev | 1985 | 1,458 | 38, 684 |
Ramat Shlomo | 1990 | 346 | 12,822 |
Bypass roads (50 +60) confiscated over 482 dunums.
Apartheid wall took over 50 dunums and has a length of (987) meters.
Occupation's military camps took over (103) dunums.
[1] GIS-LRC
Protecting marginalized communities in Jerusalem through legal support and advocacy
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