On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Jabal al-Mokabber, southeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and handed a demolition order of a Palestinian home.
The WAFA News Agency said the soldiers handed Ehab al-Hosseini an order for the demolition of his home.
It added that the order states that the family needs to destroy its property within 21 days or be forced to pay excessive fines and fees in addition to the demolition costs if the city carries the demolition out using its workers and equipment.
The Palestinian said he built his property on his land in 2017 and has been trying to prevent its demolition.
He added that he already received two fines of 45.000 Shekels each and paid them off. Yet, the city continues to deny him a construction permit.
While Israel continues to build and expand its illegal colonies, Palestinian communities and towns in occupied Jerusalem and various areas in the occupied West Bank continue to be denied the right to build homes and property under various allegations meant to prevent the expansion of Palestinian towns and neighborhoods.
All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory.”
