Foundation reveals Israeli plans to increase demolitions of homes in OJ

[ 03/07/2010 - 02:52 PM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Makdesi Foundation confirmed Israeli occupation authority’s (IOA) intention to soon resume demolition of hundreds of Palestinian homes in Occupied Jerusalem, on allegations that the houses are “illegal”.

The foundation provided in a press statement on Saturday a number of demolition orders issued against Jerusalem homes, targeting about a thousand housing units, "in service of Judaization and settlement activity schemes" in the occupied city of Jerusalem.

The foundation also drew attention to more than 200 pending lawsuits in Israeli courts in objection to the unfair demolition decisions.

The statement highlighted that an exchange of letters between the Israeli Ministry of Interior and the so-called "National Construction Monitoring Unit", found a complaint filed by the unit to the Minister of the Interior against the Israeli Jerusalem Municipality's failure to implement the official decisions to demolish Jerusalem homes.

According to the foundation, the construction monitoring unit is currently making intensive contacts with the Israeli Ministry of Interior in an effort to put pressure on the Jerusalem Municipality for immediate implementation of demolition orders on Jerusalem houses "as soon as possible”.

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