JERUSALEM, January 15, 2013 (WAFA) –The West Jerusalem Municipality Tuesday demolished a house that belongs to a Palestinian in Sur Baher, south east of Jerusalem, under the pretext of building without a permit, said the house owner.
Aref Amera, 71, told WAFA that the municipality workers accompanied by Israeli police demolished his two-storey 120 square meters home, which houses seven family members.
He has received a demolishing notice about a month ago and was demolished before the ending of the 90-days deadline stated by the law.
Amera said, “My father built this house, and I renovated it to protect it from falling down.”
He explained, “We applied for a permit several times, but failed to obtain one especially that it costs about $100,000.”
Confrontations erupted between the police and the residents of the neighborhood following the raid of Amira’s house and fired tear gas canisters at them.
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