JERUSALEM, May 13, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities Tuesday forced a Palestinian man to demolish his home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukaber.

The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the Israeli municipality forced a Palestinian to demolish his 100-square-meter home, which housed eight people and was built in 2016.

Under the pretext of building without a permit, which is rarely granted to Palestinians in the occupied city, the Israeli municipality has been demolishing or forcing Palestinians to demolish their own houses as part of a policy aimed to restrict Palestinian expansion and growth in occupied Jerusalem.

Palestinians in East Jerusalem find themselves compelled to tear down their homes after receiving a demolition order to avoid paying exorbitant costs to the Israeli municipality if it carries out the demolition.

Palestinians say they are forced to build without permits because the Israeli municipality discriminates against them and refuses to issue permits or places unreasonable conditions that they cannot afford to issue a permit.

At the same time, thousands of housing units are built for Jewish settlers in the city on appropriated Palestinian lands and are made easily accessible to them.

T.R.