Jerusalemite Shaker Ja’abees self-demolishes his house in Jabal Al-Mukabber
Jerusalemite citizen, Shaker Ja’abees self-demolished his house in Jabal Al-Mukabber because of building without a permit. Ja’abees told Wadi Hilweh Information Center that 7 individuals live in the house, Shaker, his wife and his five children where the oldest is 10 years and the youngest is 10 months old. He pointed out that they will be forced to live at his father’s house now. Ja’abees explained that he bought the house 5 years ago, and after a short period of time, the municipality imposed a building violation fee of 50 thousand NIS under the pretext of building without a permit and that he had just finished paying the fine recently. The municipality then imposed another fine on him during a court session which was 100 thousand NIS this time and he told the judge that he cannot pay any new fines. He added that he was surprised two weeks ago when he received the demolition order, and that he has until the 8th of September, 2013 to execute it, otherwise the municipality’s bulldozers will demolish the house and he has to pay 70 thousand NIS. The house is 100 square meters and consists of three rooms and their facilities.
