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Monday, March 29, 2010

PA: 20,000 could lose homes in Jerusalem

Ma'an
More than 20,000 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem could soon face demolition orders, according to Ahmad Ruweidi, a legal advisor on Jerusalem affairs within the Palestinian President's Office.

Ruweidi said Israeli courts will soon accuse homeowners of having violated construction restrictions over the past 10 years and issue demolition orders on the pretext that they needed renewable licenses.

Ruweidi pointed out that the number did not include homes whose owners have already received final demolition orders from Israel's Jerusalem Municipality or from the Israeli courts. This means, according to the lawyer, that all owners live in a state of fear that at any moment their homes could be demolished and that they will find their families living on the street.

He described Israel's policy as intended to force Palestinian residents of Jerusalem to pay large sums to engineers and lawyers in addition to significant fines for so-called violations of construction restrictions...   Full story
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