18 March 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
An Israeli court has not only ruled that a number of Palestinian
homes in Haifa have to be demolished but also that the home owners must
pay 20,000 shekels (just under $6,000) to the authorities to cover the
costs. The buildings belong to Palestinian citizens of Israel who
refused to be ethnically cleansed from their land when the state was
created in 1948.
Most of the owners belong to the long-suffering Hamid family, which
has 65 members. The Israeli authorities want to displace the family and
replace them with Jewish settlers. According to Ata Hamid, his family
have neither the means to pay for the demolition costs nor anywhere else
to go. Despite living in a prosperous city, he said, like other
"Arab-Israelis" they suffer grave economic circumstances.
The family has called upon all the Palestinians in Haifa, Lod and
Ramle to stand up in their support in the rejection of Israel's
discriminatory housing policy. They have asked the municipality in Lod
to take appropriate action to freeze the demolition order and protect
their homes. Sadly, dozens more Palestinian families and their homes
face the same threat.
Link:
www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/10370-palestinians-ordered-to-pay-israel-to-demolish-their-own-homes.
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