Israel Hiding House Demolitions in Occupied Jerusalem

Source: QNA

Occupied Jerusalem, July 13 (QNA) – The Jerusalem Municipality has manipulated the statistics of housing demolitions in east Jerusalem to make it look like fewer are taking place, “The Jerusalem Post” reported on Friday.

The policy of not including “self-demolitions” where Palestinian families are threatened with staggering fines if they do not demolish their own houses in the official count, has allowed Jerusalem to present a picture of a dramatic decrease in demolitions .

In 2000, the municipality of the ‘Occupied’ Jerusalem began a policy of “self-demolitions.”

The number of self-demolitions rose from 18 in 2008 to 49 in 2009 and 70 in 2010, stated the report quoted by the Israeli newspaper.

Since then, the demolition orders can require the owners of the house to pay exorbitant fines unless they carry out the demolitions themselves. Some Arab families chose this path, fearful they could become stuck in debt.

The self-demolitions were a result of the courts placing increasingly higher fines on repeat offenders, and that some people “preferred to demolish the buildings themselves rather than accrue additional fines.” (QNA)





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Latest Reports of the United Nations

  • New UN Report Shows Sharp Rise In Palestinians Uprooted By Israeli Demolitions – IMEMC – Jan 27, 2012
  • Report OCHA – Demolitions Forced Displacement – Year 2011 – Report | PDF



Israel’s Jerusalem municipality plans to build more than 50,000 (updated Dec 3, 2011: 85.000) new homes in the city’s occupied eastern sector over two decades:

  • 23,628 homes have already been approved, 20,263 in East Jerusalem and 3,365 in the west.
  • 13,824 are pending review, 12,819 in East Jerusalem and 1,005 in the west.
  • 23,266 housing units are still in planning stages, 19,281 in the east and 3,985 in the west.



Of these, the municipality plans:

  • 10,366 homes in northern East Jerusalem, including illegal Israeli settlement Pisgat Zeev and Palestinian town Beit Hanina.
  • 5,239 homes in southern East Jerusalem, including Gilo settlement and Palestinian district Beit Safafa.
  • 4,886 new units in central eastern Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan and Jerusalem’s Old City.

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