10 feb 2017
Israeli authorities entered the al-Bustan area of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday afternoon and delivered at least 16 demolition notices to several Palestinian families.
A spokesman of a Silwan-based committee formed to fight demolitions, Fakhri Abu Diab, told Ma’an that inspectors from Israel's Jerusalem municipality stormed al-Bustan under military protection and delivered demolition notices.
At least 16 Palestinian homes received the orders, Abu Diab said, where at least 118 individuals reside. The families of al-Ruweidi, al-Qadi, Shaloudi, al-Abbasi, and Hamdan were all reported to have received the orders.
"The occupation is seeking to implement its settlement plans in Jerusalem, including the construction of King David’s Park on the ruins of al-Bustan south of Al-Aqsa Mosque,” Abu Diab said. “The municipality has been delivering demolition notices from time to time to exert pressure on the residents to coerce them into either leaving the area or accepting the plans of the Israeli occupation."
Majd Gheith, who works with the Silwan-based watchdog Wadi Hilweh Information Center, said that Jerusalem municipality inspectors also took photos of several Palestinian buildings in al-Bustan, Ein al-Luzah, and Wadi Hilweh areas on Friday. He added that inspectors had also delivered a demolition order to the al-Qarain family demanding the demolition of a storehouse made of bricks and tin sheets.
A spokesperson for the Jerusalem municipality was not immediately available for comment on the demolition warrants issued in al-Bustan.
Also on Friday, Israeli settlers occupied several Palestinian-owned properties in Silwan.
The residents of al-Bustan have been embroiled in a decades-long battle that began in the 1970s after the Israeli government embarked on a plan to build a national park in the area, with the city's master plan defining the area as an open space where construction was prohibited, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
Due to the designation, residents have long faced great difficulties contending with demolition orders issued against the homes that were built there without permits -- mostly in the 1980s -- due to the increasing population in Silwan.
The municipality began issuing demolition orders and indictments to homes in al-Bustan in 2005 as part of the Israeli authorities' plan to establish the Jewish site “King David’s Garden” in Silwan and around the "Holy Basin," which includes many Christian and Muslim holy sites.
In 2009 the municipality announced its intention to demolish 88 homes in al-Bustan, which would result in the displacement of some 1,500 people.
After the residents’ appeals to the plan were rejected, the Jerusalem Municipality proposed that they voluntarily relocate to another Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina, in northern East Jerusalem, but the residents refused.
In early 2010, the municipality filed a new plan which included a tourist park called “King’s Valley” or “King’s Garden” in al-Bustan, that called for the demolition of structures in the neighborhood’s western part -- at least 22 -- while structures in the eastern part of al-Bustan -- about 66 -- would receive retroactive approval along with increased building rights.
The municipal plan was approved by the local committee in June 2010 and awaits approval from the district committee, B’Tselem said in 2014.
Despite the freeze on plans since 2010, Israeli forces have regularly raided al-Bustan and issued demolition orders to residents.
In December, locals said that Israeli authorities delivered 13 demolition notices to families in al-Bustan. However, a spokesperson for the Jerusalem municipality rejected the claims at the time, saying that they were "patently false."
Silwan is one of many Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem that has seen an influx of Israeli settlers at the cost of home demolitions and the eviction of Palestinian families. The area has also come under heightened presence of Israeli military forces in recent months.
Silwan residents -- like most Palestinians in Jerusalem -- have long engaged in efforts to prevent their displacement by the Israeli government, which has aimed to establish a Jewish majority since Israel first illegally occupied East Jerusalem in 1967.
Israeli municipality distributes demolition orders in O. Jerusalem
The Israeli authorities handed on Friday demolition orders to a number of Palestinian families in al-Bustan neighborhood, south of al-Aqsa Mosque, few hours after Israeli settlers took over Palestinian property in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
The media spokesman of Silwan Defense Committee, Fakhri Abu Diab, told the PIC reporter that crews of the Israeli municipality, escorted by a large force of Israeli policemen and border guards, handed a number of families demolition orders and summonses.
Abu Diab said that all 88 houses of al-Bustan neighborhood, which has a population of more than 1500, are threatened to be demolished and their residents to be displaced. He pointed out that a Jewish biblical garden is aimed to be built in the place of the demolished houses as a part of an Israeli plan called "Holy Basin" for establishing biblical gardens in the vicinity of the Old City and al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli municipality had previously handed demolition orders to all the families of the neighborhood and imposed heavy fines on them claiming that their houses were built without obtaining licenses from the municipality despite the fact that many of these houses were built before the city was occupied in 1967.
Abu Diab pointed out that the residents of al-Bustan had presented alternative plans that were rejected by the Israeli municipality although they satisfied all the professional and engineering conditions as well as the requirements of the municipality. He added that the municipality had always claimed that those plans do not suit its policies in the region.
According to observers, distributing demolition orders and harassing Jerusalemite citizens are to increase pressure on them and tighten restrictions on them to force them to leave the neighborhood or accept the Israeli plans to establish the so-called "King's Garden" in Silwan town and the areas south of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The demolition orders came few hours after Israeli settlers seized a residential room, stores and a house yard in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in Silwan town.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that the settlers took over a residential room with an area of 30 square meters as well as a 50-square-meter house yard owned by the family of Izzat Salah.
A spokesman of a Silwan-based committee formed to fight demolitions, Fakhri Abu Diab, told Ma’an that inspectors from Israel's Jerusalem municipality stormed al-Bustan under military protection and delivered demolition notices.
At least 16 Palestinian homes received the orders, Abu Diab said, where at least 118 individuals reside. The families of al-Ruweidi, al-Qadi, Shaloudi, al-Abbasi, and Hamdan were all reported to have received the orders.
"The occupation is seeking to implement its settlement plans in Jerusalem, including the construction of King David’s Park on the ruins of al-Bustan south of Al-Aqsa Mosque,” Abu Diab said. “The municipality has been delivering demolition notices from time to time to exert pressure on the residents to coerce them into either leaving the area or accepting the plans of the Israeli occupation."
Majd Gheith, who works with the Silwan-based watchdog Wadi Hilweh Information Center, said that Jerusalem municipality inspectors also took photos of several Palestinian buildings in al-Bustan, Ein al-Luzah, and Wadi Hilweh areas on Friday. He added that inspectors had also delivered a demolition order to the al-Qarain family demanding the demolition of a storehouse made of bricks and tin sheets.
A spokesperson for the Jerusalem municipality was not immediately available for comment on the demolition warrants issued in al-Bustan.
Also on Friday, Israeli settlers occupied several Palestinian-owned properties in Silwan.
The residents of al-Bustan have been embroiled in a decades-long battle that began in the 1970s after the Israeli government embarked on a plan to build a national park in the area, with the city's master plan defining the area as an open space where construction was prohibited, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
Due to the designation, residents have long faced great difficulties contending with demolition orders issued against the homes that were built there without permits -- mostly in the 1980s -- due to the increasing population in Silwan.
The municipality began issuing demolition orders and indictments to homes in al-Bustan in 2005 as part of the Israeli authorities' plan to establish the Jewish site “King David’s Garden” in Silwan and around the "Holy Basin," which includes many Christian and Muslim holy sites.
In 2009 the municipality announced its intention to demolish 88 homes in al-Bustan, which would result in the displacement of some 1,500 people.
After the residents’ appeals to the plan were rejected, the Jerusalem Municipality proposed that they voluntarily relocate to another Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina, in northern East Jerusalem, but the residents refused.
In early 2010, the municipality filed a new plan which included a tourist park called “King’s Valley” or “King’s Garden” in al-Bustan, that called for the demolition of structures in the neighborhood’s western part -- at least 22 -- while structures in the eastern part of al-Bustan -- about 66 -- would receive retroactive approval along with increased building rights.
The municipal plan was approved by the local committee in June 2010 and awaits approval from the district committee, B’Tselem said in 2014.
Despite the freeze on plans since 2010, Israeli forces have regularly raided al-Bustan and issued demolition orders to residents.
In December, locals said that Israeli authorities delivered 13 demolition notices to families in al-Bustan. However, a spokesperson for the Jerusalem municipality rejected the claims at the time, saying that they were "patently false."
Silwan is one of many Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem that has seen an influx of Israeli settlers at the cost of home demolitions and the eviction of Palestinian families. The area has also come under heightened presence of Israeli military forces in recent months.
Silwan residents -- like most Palestinians in Jerusalem -- have long engaged in efforts to prevent their displacement by the Israeli government, which has aimed to establish a Jewish majority since Israel first illegally occupied East Jerusalem in 1967.
Israeli municipality distributes demolition orders in O. Jerusalem
The Israeli authorities handed on Friday demolition orders to a number of Palestinian families in al-Bustan neighborhood, south of al-Aqsa Mosque, few hours after Israeli settlers took over Palestinian property in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
The media spokesman of Silwan Defense Committee, Fakhri Abu Diab, told the PIC reporter that crews of the Israeli municipality, escorted by a large force of Israeli policemen and border guards, handed a number of families demolition orders and summonses.
Abu Diab said that all 88 houses of al-Bustan neighborhood, which has a population of more than 1500, are threatened to be demolished and their residents to be displaced. He pointed out that a Jewish biblical garden is aimed to be built in the place of the demolished houses as a part of an Israeli plan called "Holy Basin" for establishing biblical gardens in the vicinity of the Old City and al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli municipality had previously handed demolition orders to all the families of the neighborhood and imposed heavy fines on them claiming that their houses were built without obtaining licenses from the municipality despite the fact that many of these houses were built before the city was occupied in 1967.
Abu Diab pointed out that the residents of al-Bustan had presented alternative plans that were rejected by the Israeli municipality although they satisfied all the professional and engineering conditions as well as the requirements of the municipality. He added that the municipality had always claimed that those plans do not suit its policies in the region.
According to observers, distributing demolition orders and harassing Jerusalemite citizens are to increase pressure on them and tighten restrictions on them to force them to leave the neighborhood or accept the Israeli plans to establish the so-called "King's Garden" in Silwan town and the areas south of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The demolition orders came few hours after Israeli settlers seized a residential room, stores and a house yard in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in Silwan town.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that the settlers took over a residential room with an area of 30 square meters as well as a 50-square-meter house yard owned by the family of Izzat Salah.
Israeli forces delivered confiscation notices on Friday for 275 dunams (69 acres) of private Palestinian land on the outskirts of the village of Beituniya in the western part of the occupied West Bank district of Ramallah.
Official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that farmers from the villages of Beit Ur al-Tahta and Beit Ur al-Fuqa found notices in the fields where Israeli forces had seemingly scattered them around. The notices reportedly read that the lands would be confiscated for “urgent military purposes.”
The notices, according to Wafa, were found near an Israeli military checkpoint on Route 443 west of Ramallah.
A spokesperson from COGAT, the Israeli agency responsible for implementing Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territory, was not immediately available for comment.
According to the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ), at least 60 percent of the village is under threat of confiscation and isolation owing to the construction of Israel’s separation wall. The land confiscated by Israeli authorities has been repurposed for the construction of illegal Israeli settlements, ARIJ said.
The lands isolated by the separation barrier have also been used for Israeli settlements and Israeli military outposts, as well as other Israeli-controlled spaces that prevent Palestinians from developing or living in the area.
ARIJ also noted that the separation barrier has been erected close to the urbanized areas of the village, in effect preventing any expansion in the area to accommodate Beituniya's population.
“This move will create a new reality of increased urban population and population density given the lack of urban space for expansion and new construction,” ARIJ said.
IOF to seize over 274 dunums of Palestinian lands west of Ramallah
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) intend to seize over 274.5 dunums of Palestinian lands west of Ramallah due to alleged “urgent military purposes”.
Palestinian citizens found the confiscation order thrown on the road at the junction of Beir Or al-Fuqa town.
The order stipulates the confiscation of land lots in Beitounia town, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that farmers from the villages of Beit Ur al-Tahta and Beit Ur al-Fuqa found notices in the fields where Israeli forces had seemingly scattered them around. The notices reportedly read that the lands would be confiscated for “urgent military purposes.”
The notices, according to Wafa, were found near an Israeli military checkpoint on Route 443 west of Ramallah.
A spokesperson from COGAT, the Israeli agency responsible for implementing Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territory, was not immediately available for comment.
According to the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ), at least 60 percent of the village is under threat of confiscation and isolation owing to the construction of Israel’s separation wall. The land confiscated by Israeli authorities has been repurposed for the construction of illegal Israeli settlements, ARIJ said.
The lands isolated by the separation barrier have also been used for Israeli settlements and Israeli military outposts, as well as other Israeli-controlled spaces that prevent Palestinians from developing or living in the area.
ARIJ also noted that the separation barrier has been erected close to the urbanized areas of the village, in effect preventing any expansion in the area to accommodate Beituniya's population.
“This move will create a new reality of increased urban population and population density given the lack of urban space for expansion and new construction,” ARIJ said.
IOF to seize over 274 dunums of Palestinian lands west of Ramallah
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) intend to seize over 274.5 dunums of Palestinian lands west of Ramallah due to alleged “urgent military purposes”.
Palestinian citizens found the confiscation order thrown on the road at the junction of Beir Or al-Fuqa town.
The order stipulates the confiscation of land lots in Beitounia town, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
A group of Israeli settlers occupied by force a residential room, stores, and a house yard in Wadi Hilweh village in Silwan town, south of al-Aqsa Mosque, at dawn Friday.
According to Wadi Hilweh Information Center, the Israeli settlers forcibly took control over a 30-square-meter room as well as a house yard with an area of 50 square meters which the family of the Jerusalemite Izzat Salah use as a corridor leading to their house.
The settlers also broke into stores owned by Qaraeen family over an area of about 200 square meters which were used as livestock barns.
Eyewitnesses reported that a group of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli police forces, stormed at dawn the Qaraeen's barns and completely cordoned them before changing the locks of the doors and surrounding them with an iron fence. The settlers scuffled with the people who own the barns who were trying to prevent them from approaching their property.
The family members of Izzat Salah are now trapped in their own house as the Israeli police forces, who were present at the scene to secure the Israeli settlers, prevented them from going out after the settlers took over the corridor and closed the iron gate leading to the house, Wadi Hilweh Information Center said.
Following the takeover, the Qaraeen family went to the court in an attempt to get a judicial order to evict settlers from their property.
This is the fourth time the settlers seize property in occupied Jerusalem since the beginning of 2017.
An atmosphere of anger and resentment overshadowed Silwan town and its neighborhoods and inhabitants, especially that settler associations, in cooperation with some brokers and with the support of Israel, constantly seek to seize more Palestinian property in the region and turn them into settlement outposts.
According to Wadi Hilweh Information Center, the Israeli settlers forcibly took control over a 30-square-meter room as well as a house yard with an area of 50 square meters which the family of the Jerusalemite Izzat Salah use as a corridor leading to their house.
The settlers also broke into stores owned by Qaraeen family over an area of about 200 square meters which were used as livestock barns.
Eyewitnesses reported that a group of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli police forces, stormed at dawn the Qaraeen's barns and completely cordoned them before changing the locks of the doors and surrounding them with an iron fence. The settlers scuffled with the people who own the barns who were trying to prevent them from approaching their property.
The family members of Izzat Salah are now trapped in their own house as the Israeli police forces, who were present at the scene to secure the Israeli settlers, prevented them from going out after the settlers took over the corridor and closed the iron gate leading to the house, Wadi Hilweh Information Center said.
Following the takeover, the Qaraeen family went to the court in an attempt to get a judicial order to evict settlers from their property.
This is the fourth time the settlers seize property in occupied Jerusalem since the beginning of 2017.
An atmosphere of anger and resentment overshadowed Silwan town and its neighborhoods and inhabitants, especially that settler associations, in cooperation with some brokers and with the support of Israel, constantly seek to seize more Palestinian property in the region and turn them into settlement outposts.
9 feb 2017
Israeli settlers on Thursday uprooted 400 olive seedlings grown in Bethlehem’s southern town of al-Khader.
Coordinator for the popular anti-settlement committee Ahmad Salah said Israelis residing in the illegal Sidi Boez outpost stole 400 newly-planted olive trees from al-Shaaf area, in al-Khader town.
The Palestinian land owner, Ali Ahmad Issa, was reportedly shocked as he caught sight of the theft.
According to Salah, Palestinian lands in al-Khader town have increasingly come under the threat of such Israeli assaults and theft attempts.
A couple of weeks earlier, Israeli settlers uprooted 450 olive and grape seedlings owned by the Palestinian farmer Mohamed Abdul Salam Saleh.
Coordinator for the popular anti-settlement committee Ahmad Salah said Israelis residing in the illegal Sidi Boez outpost stole 400 newly-planted olive trees from al-Shaaf area, in al-Khader town.
The Palestinian land owner, Ali Ahmad Issa, was reportedly shocked as he caught sight of the theft.
According to Salah, Palestinian lands in al-Khader town have increasingly come under the threat of such Israeli assaults and theft attempts.
A couple of weeks earlier, Israeli settlers uprooted 450 olive and grape seedlings owned by the Palestinian farmer Mohamed Abdul Salam Saleh.
Violent clashes broke out in Doheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the area at dawn Thursday and carried out a raid campaign.
According to the PIC reporter, IOF stormed a local printing shop and confiscated all its equipment for unknown reasons.
A Palestinian-owned car was also confiscated during the raid which led to the outbreak of violent clashes amid heavy firing of teargas bombs and rubber bullets.
During the confrontations, dozens of youths suffered breathing problems while a youngster suffered a rubber bullet injury.
According to the PIC reporter, IOF stormed a local printing shop and confiscated all its equipment for unknown reasons.
A Palestinian-owned car was also confiscated during the raid which led to the outbreak of violent clashes amid heavy firing of teargas bombs and rubber bullets.
During the confrontations, dozens of youths suffered breathing problems while a youngster suffered a rubber bullet injury.
Israeli bulldozers leveled at dawn Thursday a Palestinian land in occupied Jerusalem for the second time within three months.
According to Quds Press, Israeli municipal crews stormed a Palestinian-owned land dedicated to an auto show and started leveling the area.
The auto show was established in 2006 on an area of 1,000 meters owned by Harhash family.
Israeli municipality has been trying since 2012 to confiscate the land for establishing a bus station for settlers.
On December 19, 2016 Israeli forces demolished the auto show offices before leveling the land.
Since the start of 2017, Israeli forces demolished 40 Palestinian commercial, residential, and agricultural facilities in occupied Jerusalem, while three Jerusalemites were forced to demolish their facilities on their own.
According to Quds Press, Israeli municipal crews stormed a Palestinian-owned land dedicated to an auto show and started leveling the area.
The auto show was established in 2006 on an area of 1,000 meters owned by Harhash family.
Israeli municipality has been trying since 2012 to confiscate the land for establishing a bus station for settlers.
On December 19, 2016 Israeli forces demolished the auto show offices before leveling the land.
Since the start of 2017, Israeli forces demolished 40 Palestinian commercial, residential, and agricultural facilities in occupied Jerusalem, while three Jerusalemites were forced to demolish their facilities on their own.
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The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Wednesday demolished two Palestinian homes in impoverished towns in the Negev desert and displaced their residents at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Local official Atiya al-Asam said that an Israeli bulldozer escorted by police forces knocked down a mobile home in the Bedouin village of al-Zarnouk, which Israel plans to evacuate its natives to Rahat city and build a settlement in its place.
Asam told Quds Press that the IOA demolished another house in Wadi al-Ni’am village, which Israel seeks to transfer its residents to Shaqib al-Salam town southeast of Beersheba.
He added that an elderly woman aged about 100 was living alone in that house, affirming that the IOA razed her home without any consideration to her age and poor health condition.
The official pointed out that the IOA recently escalated the demolition of Palestinian homes in the Negev at the behest of Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu, who announced the launch of a frenzied demolition campaign against Palestinian homes in Israel in response to the evacuation of Jewish settlers from the illegal outpost of Amona in the West Bank.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Wednesday demolished two Palestinian homes in impoverished towns in the Negev desert and displaced their residents at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Local official Atiya al-Asam said that an Israeli bulldozer escorted by police forces knocked down a mobile home in the Bedouin village of al-Zarnouk, which Israel plans to evacuate its natives to Rahat city and build a settlement in its place.
Asam told Quds Press that the IOA demolished another house in Wadi al-Ni’am village, which Israel seeks to transfer its residents to Shaqib al-Salam town southeast of Beersheba.
He added that an elderly woman aged about 100 was living alone in that house, affirming that the IOA razed her home without any consideration to her age and poor health condition.
The official pointed out that the IOA recently escalated the demolition of Palestinian homes in the Negev at the behest of Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu, who announced the launch of a frenzied demolition campaign against Palestinian homes in Israel in response to the evacuation of Jewish settlers from the illegal outpost of Amona in the West Bank.
8 feb 2017
On Tuesday night, only 24 hours after the Israeli parliament of the Knesset gave colonial settlers the green light to seize private West Bank Palestinian land, settlers razed lands that belong to Palestinians in the village of Jaloud, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Ghassan Daghlas, a local official who monitors settlement activity, told WAFA correspondence that settlers entered the area during the night hours and razed around 15,000 square meters.
Jaloud is surrounded by three settlement outposts; Ahiya, Aish Kodesh and ‘Adi Ad.
Earlier, settlers had seized Palestinian land in the village of Madama, to the south of Nablus, and planted it with grape seedlings after seizing a water well in the area.
Ghassan Daghlas, a local official who monitors settlement activity, told WAFA correspondence that settlers entered the area during the night hours and razed around 15,000 square meters.
Jaloud is surrounded by three settlement outposts; Ahiya, Aish Kodesh and ‘Adi Ad.
Earlier, settlers had seized Palestinian land in the village of Madama, to the south of Nablus, and planted it with grape seedlings after seizing a water well in the area.
The Israeli occupations authorities (IOA) locked a Palestinian house in al-Khalil city on Wednesday and left a notice saying that it should not be used by its owner.
Palestinian sources told the PIC reporter that the house is owned by the Palestinian citizen Izzat Abu Minshar.
They said that the IOA prevented al-Khalil Reconstruction Committee from repairing the house two years ago after a series of protests by Israeli settlers. who were targeting to take over control of the house and thus prevented its restoration.
The IOA had been using the roof of the house for two years now as an observation post for the Israeli army.
The Israeli occupation forces take over Palestinian houses every now and then and annex them to the settlement outposts of the Old City in al-Khalil.
Palestinian sources told the PIC reporter that the house is owned by the Palestinian citizen Izzat Abu Minshar.
They said that the IOA prevented al-Khalil Reconstruction Committee from repairing the house two years ago after a series of protests by Israeli settlers. who were targeting to take over control of the house and thus prevented its restoration.
The IOA had been using the roof of the house for two years now as an observation post for the Israeli army.
The Israeli occupation forces take over Palestinian houses every now and then and annex them to the settlement outposts of the Old City in al-Khalil.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished an under-construction residential building, under the allegation of being built without a permit.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers and employee of the Jerusalem City Council, invaded Tal al-Fool area, in Beit Hanina, and surrounding the building, before starting to demolish it.
It added that the building was built several years ago, but an Israeli order forced the work stopped since then, before the Jerusalem City Council ordered its demolition.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers and employee of the Jerusalem City Council, invaded Tal al-Fool area, in Beit Hanina, and surrounding the building, before starting to demolish it.
It added that the building was built several years ago, but an Israeli order forced the work stopped since then, before the Jerusalem City Council ordered its demolition.