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Notice to evacuate 15 Jersulem apartments

Ma’an – 07/03/2011

JERUSALEM — Israeli police and Jerusalem municipality workers handed out 15 eviction notices on Sunday afternoon, affecting families in the Ar-Rashid building of East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina neighborhood.

Residents were told to be out of their homes within 10 days, neighborhood officials said, before the home would be demolished.

Apartment owners Fakhri Haj Muhammad Al-Laftawi and Mussa Al-Qawasmi told the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights on Monday that the building was home to 150 men, women and children.

They said the building was built in 1997, and lawyers were still working to get it permits. The Jerusalem center said the process was begun before construction commenced. Lawyers for the families said they were trying to convert the demolition orders into a fine, which would allow residents more time to appeal the decision, and seek retroactive permits for the property.

A representative of the Israeli-run municipality of Jerusalem could not be reached for comment by phone.

March 7, 2011 - Posted by | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Illegal Occupation

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