On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a car repair facility in Shu’fat town, northeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
The owner of the facility, Sadeq Resheq, said the soldiers invaded the town at dawn and demolished his car repair facility for being built without a permit.
Resheq added that his facility provided livelihood to about thirty families and said he pays his taxes yearly, including Municipal Council Tax (Arnona).
Despite paying his taxes to the city and the state every year, Resheq was never granted a permit for his property, regardless of home many appeals he filed.
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.
This happens while Israel continues to build and expand its illegal, segregated colonies in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, in direct violation of International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and various United Nations and Security Council resolutions.
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.”
