Naeem Rabay’a self demolishes part of his home
The Jerusalemite citizen, Naeem Rabay’a, was forces to self demolish part of his home in the neighbourhood of Jabal Al-Mukabber as ordered by the Jerusalem municipality under the pretext of building without a permit. Rabay’a told Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the municipality’s court imposed a fine of 25 thousand NIS on him on 24/11/2013 and actual imprisonment for months in addition to obtaining a building license within a year, but he was able to reach a settlement with the public prosecutor to where he would demolish the part that was added to his home since he did not succeed throughout the past years to obtain a building license because of the impossible condition set by the municipality. He explained that he built 75 square meters (two rooms and heir facilities) to his original home in 2000 in order to expand and make it a home for 9 individuals and tried to obtain a building license since then but to no avail. He noted that the municipality imposed building violation fees that added up to 8 thousand NIS in addition to lawyers and engineers fees that cost him an addition 60 thousand NIS in order to obtain that license. Rabay’a added that the municipality gave him until the end of March to execute the self demolition and then would discuss the 6 month prison sentence imposed on him.
