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100 Palestinian families are threatened with immediate demolition in Jerusalem

Amman Today

publish date 2021-11-30 15:08:18

The Compass – Immediate demolition threatens the homes of more than 100 Palestinian families in occupied Jerusalem, following the issuance of many decisions by the Israeli courts, and due to the Jerusalem municipality’s rejection of building plans submitted to it, if the Palestinians try to prevent the demolition of their homes by submitting their own building plans to the municipality .

And the Hebrew newspaper, Haaretz, reported today, Tuesday, that the Jerusalem municipality refuses to draw up structural maps to organize construction in occupied Jerusalem. “.

The judge justified her rejection of an appeal filed by 58 Palestinian families against the demolition of their homes in the Silwan neighborhood, adjacent to the Old City.

The newspaper pointed out that there are 20,000 homes in Jerusalem that were built without building permits due to the policy of the Israeli authorities in Jerusalem, to refrain from drawing up structural plans that allow the issuance of building permits.

The last approval of a structural plan in Silwan was in 1977, and it was related to a public area, and not to building houses.

For the past 15 years, the residents of Silwan have not succeeded in paying structural plans to change the purpose of the land so as to allow construction, while incurring huge financial losses. Two months ago, the District Court rejected the residents’ request to delay the implementation of demolition orders. Judge Friedman-Feldman’s decision means that the municipality can implement demolition orders in Silwan with immediate effect.

About a month ago, the District Court Judge for Local Affairs, Yael Entebbe-Sharon, rejected a request to postpone the demolition of another building in Silwan, where the Clalit Health Fund clinic is located and serves 5,500 Jerusalemites, and it is the only clinic that provided services during the coronavirus pandemic, including tests. and vaccinations for thousands of people. There is also a dental clinic working in the building, in addition to four apartments housing 30 people, most of whom are children. As part of the policy of abuse practiced by the Israeli judiciary, Judge Friedman-Feldman agreed to the appeal of the owners of this building to postpone the order for its demolition, on the condition that they deposit 50,000 shekels in the court treasury.

In recent weeks, negotiations collapsed between the Jerusalem municipality and dozens of Palestinian families in the Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan, which the municipality is seeking to demolish, claiming that the building in it is not licensed. The municipality decided to demolish this neighborhood in favor of establishing a settlement project in the form of an “archaeological-tourist park” called “King’s Garden,” which is part of the “City of David National Park” managed by the “Elad” settler association, which works to Judaize the Old City of Jerusalem and its surroundings.

In order to prevent arbitrary demolition, the Palestinian residents negotiated with the municipality, and submitted a structural map of the neighborhood to the municipality, drawn up by Engineer Yousef Jabarin, which included the demolition of the neighborhood and the rebuilding of 60% of its area, while the rest of the space is allocated to the settlement park. However, the municipality recently rejected the residents’ plan, and suggested moving the residents to a small number of buildings, erected in 5% of the neighborhood’s area. Residents objected to the municipality’s proposal and negotiations stopped, which threatens to implement demolition orders in the near future.

The Jerusalem District Court postponed the demolition of a building inhabited by 10 families in the Al-Tur neighborhood, in order to allow the residents to demolish their homes themselves.

During this period, the Supreme Court is considering a petition submitted by 38 families from the village of Al Walaja, in southern occupied Jerusalem, after demolition orders were issued for their homes. The families filed a petition against the District Planning and Building Committee of the Israeli Ministry of Interior, following its refusal over the years to consider a master plan submitted by the villagers. After the court obligated the committee to consider the structural map, the committee rejected it. The Israeli authorities had confiscated half of the village of Al Walaja and annexed it to the Jerusalem municipality’s jurisdiction, after occupying it in 1967, and refrained from drawing up a structural map. Therefore, any construction in the confiscated area is considered illegal.

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