Israel plans to raze 200 homes in Jerusalem Al-Quds

Israeli officials have given the go-ahead for the demolition of 200 Palestinian homes in Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem Al-Quds.

According to the Ma'an news agency, most of the homes that are threatened with imminent demolition are located in Silwan, a deprived and overcrowded Palestinian community lying just outside the walls of Old Jerusalem Al-Quds and in the shadow of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Meanwhile, human rights groups have warned that around one third of the population of the Shiyah neighborhood in central Jerusalem Al-Quds is threatened with displacement.

Israeli officials have issued orders for the demolition of 100 buildings in Shiyah that provide shelter for 4,000 of its 15,000 inhabitants.

The Palestinians of Shiyah say that the Jerusalem Al-Quds municipality is also trying to gain control of land near Shiyah in order to expand the nearby Jewish cemetery.

Israel frequently orders hundreds of Palestinians to leave their homes in Jerusalem Al-Quds, claiming that they do not have proper documentation for their houses. The move is part of its Judaization campaign targeting the holy city.

The residents say that Israeli officials have been withholding their documents or are refusing to issue documents for their houses.

The final status of Jerusalem Al-Quds is one of the thorniest issues of the peace process.

The Palestinians insist that any Palestinian state should include the city as its capital.

Israel captured East Jerusalem Al-Quds in 1967 and later annexed it, but the move was never recognized by the international community.

Source: PressTV.
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