ISRAELI OCCUPATION TO DEMOLISH HOMES IN ALQUDS

Al Quds, 18 Rabi’ul Awwal 1435/20 January 2014 (MINA) – Officials of the Jerusalem City Council, accompanied by dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers and police officers, invaded the Silwan town and handed orders targeting Palestinian homes and structures.

Local sources in occupied Jerusalem said Israeli occupation intends to demolish three Palestinian stores, a playground, and four privately owned Palestinian homes, in Wadi Hilweh in Silwan.

The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the orders are against homes and property in Wadi Hilweh, Ein Al-Loza, Be’er Ayyoub, and Wad Yasoul.

It added that the soldiers also removed several water meters of a number of homes in the Wad Yasoul area.

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The Center also reported that the City Council in occupied Jerusalem wants to destroy and bulldoze Silwan’s 900 square/meter soccer field. Israeli occupation previously threatened to destroy the field in order to build homes and property for its settlers.

Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes and property comes along with ongoing illegal construction and expansion of settlements on Palestinian property in the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied Jerusalem.

In related news, a number of extremist Israeli settlers of the Nahal Naghot illegal settlement, built on Palestinian lands that belong to residents of Doura town, south of Al Khalil, blocked the main road linking between Doura and nearby towns.

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The settlers blocked the Beit Awwa Junction, southwest of Al Khalil, and prevented Palestinian traffic. They also harassed several Palestinians, eyewitnesses said. (T/P012/P04/mirajnews.com)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)