On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in the Al-Isawiya town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
The Wad Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) sources said several vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded the town and demolished the home of Nizar Mheisin.
Silwanic added that the City Council in occupied Jerusalem also imposed a 100.000 Shekel fine.
It is worth mentioning that, after being ordered to demolish his own home, Nizar started demolition of his home about two weeks earlier and was able to demolition the inner walls before the army completed the destruction of the property for “being built without a 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.
Israel’s policies of home demolitions, regardless of ‘justifications’, are acts of illegal collective punishment that violate International Law and various human rights treaties.
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, and 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.”
