JERUSALEM: The Israeli occupation forces today demolished an agricultural room in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukaber.
Eyewitnesses reported that the occupation forces stormed a neighborhood in the said town and demolished an agricultural room owned by a Palestinian resident.
According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, the occupation authorities demolished 318 structures and issued demolition orders against 359 others in the occupied West Bank, including 85 structures in Jerusalem, during the first half of 2024.
Under the pretext of building without a permit, which is rarely granted to Palestinians in the occupied city, the Israeli municipality has been demolishing or forcing Palestinians to demolish their own houses as part of a policy aimed at restricting Palestinian expansion and growth in occupied Jerusalem.
Palestinians in East Jerusalem find themselves compelled to tear down their homes after receiving a demolition order to avoid paying exorbitant costs to the Israe
li municipality if it carries out the demolition.
Palestinians say they are forced to build without permits because the Israeli municipality discriminates against them and refuses to issue permits or places unreasonable conditions that they cannot afford to issue a permit.
At the same time, thousands of housing units are built for colonists in the city on appropriated Palestinian lands and are made easily accessible to them.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA