2019-04-09
The occupation forces a Palestinian to demolish his house in Bir Ouneh – Beit Jala/ Bethlehem
Violation: forcing a Palestinian to demolish his own home.
Location: Bir Ouneh – Beit Jala/ Bethlehem governorate.
Date: 09/04 /2019.
Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation army and municipality.
Victims: Citizen Ayman Zraina snd sons.
Description:
Tuesday, 9th of April 2019 , Ayman Zraina from Bir Ouneh destroyed a residential building that he owns, obeying the Israeli military order, issued under claims of building without licenses in C area.
Reportedly, The building consists of 2 floors each one has an area of 105 m2, the construction commenced 2015. Zarina chose to bear the pain of demolishing his own property , in order to avoid paying the expenses of the bulldozer in case the occupation troops implemented the operation which at least costs 230 thousands NIS -6400 $-.
Noteworthy, The occupation army raided Bir Ouneh Tuesday 5 March 2019, and served a military order to Ayman Zraina to demolish his own home. Most of the houses in Bir Ouneh is now under threats after constructing the segregation wall.
The following table shows more information about the damages:
| name | Family members | children | Area of the building | Nature of the building |
| Ayman Zraina | 2 | 0 | 105 | Inhabited |
| Rezeq Zraina | 6 | 4 | 105 | Under construction |
| Mohammad Zraina | 6 | 4 | 105 | Under construction |
| Salih Zraina | 1 | 0 | 105 | Under construction |
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The targeted house
About Bir Ouneh[1]:
It is important to point out that Bir Ouneh is a part of Beit Jala city, but since 1967 it is annexed to the occupation's municipality in Jerusalem who impose their terms and complications on the people , after "Israel" occupied West bank including east Jerusalem and Gaza strip, most of Bir Ouneh inhabitants hold an east Jerusalem identity card, and pay "Arnona" to the occupations municipality , except that the occupation does not guarantee any building permissions on that area, and impose complication in order to take over their lands.
Beit Jala has a population of 1413 people in 2017 census.
The occupation devoured wide area of Beit Jala and Bir Ouneh areas for the construction of these settlements:
- “Gilo” settlement was established in 1971 on confiscated lands from Beit Jala, “Gilo” settlement ate up about 2738 dunums of which 1117 dunums were confiscated from Beit Jala, Gilo is populated 31500 illegal settlers.
- “Har Gilo” settlement was established in 1972 on lands confiscated from Beit Jala, Har Gilo ate up 420 dunums, of which 314 dunums were confiscated from Beit Jala. Har Gilo is populated 414 illegal settlers.
Self-Demolition is a Crime against Humanity:
Definition: When an owner of a structure is forced to demolish his property by himself, it is called 'self demolition' or 'silent demolition'. It used to be carried out in quiet or in silence as the name suggests. But recently, due to their increased number of cases, victims have come to disclose that such type of demolition exists and that it is their only choice and speak out about the inhumanity of the Israeli occupation for forcing such a practice.
[1] GIS-LRC
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