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Israel to raze dozens of Palestinian homes in Arab Al-Jahalin areaby aletho |
Palestine Information Center - 02/02/2014
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian sources in occupied Jerusalem said that the
Israeli occupation authority recently distributed 24 demolition orders
against European-funded homes belonging to Palestinian families from
Al-Jahalin Arabs to the east of the holy city.
The
sources explained that the homes to be razed were donated and funded by
European human rights groups in the wake of the damage that happened to
the residents' homes and tents as a result of the devastating weather
conditions in the winter of 2012-2013.
The
Israeli army's civil administration claimed that the European-funded
prefabricated homes are illegal and unlicensed and created housing
expansion and a change to the style of architecture in the area.
However,
the Palestinian residents asserted that their destroyed homes and
structures were only replaced with new ones and their number did not
change or take one meter extra from the area.
Although,
the natives of Al-Jahalin hamlet have been living in the area between
Issawiya and Anata town for more than 60 years, the Israeli army's legal
advisor keeps claiming that the residents broke into the area and
seized it illegally.
The
Israeli decision to demolish their homes will lead to the displacement
of 68 Palestinian families composed of 450 individuals.
Al-Jahalin
Arabs moved to live in this area in the early 1950s after the Israeli
occupation forces expelled them from their homes in the Negev region.
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