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Occupation magazine - Life under occupation Home page  back Print  Send To friend Palestinian home destroyed in Silwan, six targeted in Yatta Another Home Demolished by Israeli Forces in Silwan https://imemc.org/article/another-home-demolished-by-israeli-forces-in- silwan/ November 5, 2019 1:33 PM IMEMC & Agencies Human rights, Israeli attacks, Jerusalem, News Report 0 In the East Jerusalem town of Silwan, Israeli troops demolished a Palestinian home on Tuesday on the pretext of it having been ‘built without a permit’. Israeli authorities have not granted building permits to Palestinian homeowners since they began occupying the city in 1967. In addition to destroying one family home, Israeli authorities also posted demolition orders on a number of other homes in the al-Issawiya neighborhood – which has been targeted, along with Silwan, for Israeli colonization. According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, the Israeli municipal officials, accompanied by Israeli police and special forces, invaded the neighborhood of Abu Tayeh, in Silwan, and demolished the two-story family home of Mu’tasim al-Abbasi. Mohammed Abu al-Homs, a member of the Popular Committee in al-Issawiya, told reporters with the Ma’an News Agency that Israeli officials posted notices on at least 10 Palestinian homes in al-Issawiya. The notices demanded that the homeowners come to the Israeli municipal building office to be given demolition orders for their homes which were “constructed without licenses” – despite the fact that Palestinians have not been issued any licenses to build on their own property for more than fifty years. During their invasion, Israeli forces abducted a young boy under the pretext of throwing stones. This latest provocation against the residents of East Jerusalem comes in the midst of an open-ended school strike declared on Saturday due to the constant Israeli invasions of al-Issawiya during and after school. Israeli forces abducted one of the organizers of the school strike, Mahmoud Mahmoud, with the Parents’ Committee of al-Issawiya, in a pre-dawn raid on Tuesday. =================================================== Israeli Forces to Raze Six Homes in Masafer Yatta https://imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-to-raze-six-homes-in-masafer-yatta/ November 5, 2019 1:38 AM IMEMC News & Agencies Hebron, News Report, Refugees/Immigration 0 Israeli occupation forces, on Sunday, notified Palestinian owners of six homes in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, of their intent to remove the structures. Masafer Yatta mayor Nidhal Younis said that soldiers stormed the hamlets of Maghayir al-Abeed and Khallet ed-Dabaa, handing out written demolition orders against six homes made of bricks and insulated panels. These homes, which were constructed by international organizations, belonged to local residents from the families of Makhamera and Dababesa. In a separate incident, Israeli authorities notified anew the Palestinian local authorities in Anata town, east of Jerusalem, of its intent to appropriate about 190 dunams of land, for military purposes. The land belongs to Palestinian citizens from the towns of Anata, Hizma and al-Eesawiyya. Links to the latest articles in this section PM rejects Likud ally’s dismissal of claim some Israelis can’t afford food ‘Opposing apartheid is the only way this struggle can go’ ‘Gaza is a one-way ticket’: How Israel’s relocation policy is separating Palestinian communities