‘Housing discrimination’ continues in Israel
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Jerusalem - An Israeli occupation troubleshooting demolished Tapissier Shadi Hamdan’s house in the Arab quarter of Jerusalem for the second time - a portion of what is said Israel is a raid in the area of illegal construction, but what the Palestinians are seen as an attempt, De their numbers in the city in question. The demolition Wednesday was one of more than 300 days in the Arab neighbourhoods of the city since 2004. Israelis call the authorities in the absence of a building permit. But critics say these permits are almost impossible to obtain and that the demolitions are part of an ancient decades, the policy on limiting the growth of the Palestinian population. Hamdan’s Fall is particularly difficult - his homeland was destroyed once, but he lives in a remote area, Anata, it is probably for the most part of a future Palestine in the case of an issue of peace. Already, Anata is cut from the centre of Jerusalem by Israel’s West Bank barrier. An agreement on the sharing of Jerusalem, the birthplace of 476000 Jews and Arabs 250000 native consistently is one of the main challenges in the negotiations began in the United States in a Middle East Peace Conference ‘ home, last November. The Palestinians want a capital in East Jerusalem, captured by Israel in the war in the Middle East in 1967. Israel says, but the inhabitants of the town was ready to yield to some Arab quarters. Hamdan, in the apartment of a gathering anti-Israeli demolition activists. After it was demolished for the first time in 2005, rebuilt in the two volunteers during the last week of summer. Former member of the city of Jerusalem, Meir Margalit, one of the most footer Hamdan, said his group would not be a deterrent, and would again. On Wednesday, a crane jackhammer riss Hamdan’s down home - two apartments on 145 square metres, one for him and for his parents, 60-year-old Naziha and 70 years, Hassan. The crew was towing guarded by the Israeli police, and an Israeli activist was briefly jailed for trying to prevent the demolition. “I felt my heart burst,” said Hamdan observer of his house is destroyed. Hamdan, a single person 30 years, said he would sleep in his studio from now on, while his parents, with his brother. A heavyweight came in the basket of goods of the family, including a sofa, a refrigerator and window frames. Israel says that the destruction is a technical issue - say, it turns on the illegal construction in Jerusalem, and it does so without any distinction between Arab and Jewish residents. “It is a question of the implementation of the Municipal Law,” said the spokesman for the Israeli government Mark Regev. Palestinians and Israeli activists say that since Israel in East Jerusalem covers the year 1967, it is practically impossible to have building permits in the Arab neighborhoods. Permits are rationed, because Israel is trying to restrict Palestinian growth and preservation of a Jewish majority in Jerusalem, said Margalit and other anti-demolition activist, Rabbi Arik Ascherman. “If there were Israelis and Palestinians on an equal chance, unless they have a building permit … This is not a matter of human rights “, Ascherman said.” This is a question of human rights, because the corpses intentional and deliberate discrimination. ” Gidi Schmerling, the spokesman for the city of Jerusalem, would only accept questions via fax, and a declaration does not respond to all of them. He said that 44 demolition orders were carried out in Jerusalem this year, including 30 in the East and 14 in the western sector, or Jewish. Margalit said the demolitions, west of Jerusalem relate mostly on balconies, and other additions to the house. The separation barrier Israel is building along and the West Bank, including a loop around Jerusalem, has complicated the further destruction. Potholed roads crossing Hamdan neighborhood, which develops in-1967, when Israel, the Arab part of the facility, which means that a portion of the city is within the boundaries and the West Bank. However, Anata residents, including those living in “Jerusalem” in the neighbourhood who are now separated from the gate of Jerusalem, and can only intervene in the city by the checkpoints. Israel says that the barrier to keep Palestinian attackers. Palestinians understand, it’s a land grab and an attempt to unilaterally draw a border. The Hamdans’ lawyer Sami Ershied, said on several occasions the family to the permit application, on his land in Anata, but it was several times that, Anata no plan, and without one, permits can be issued . He said that the demolition orders are directed against several other houses Anata. |