The news came only hours after the home of Abd al-Rahman al-Shaludi in Silwan was demolished by Israeli authorities, who carried out the demolition as punishment for him driving his car into a group of civilians and killing 2 Israelis in late October.
Source/Credit: Ma'an News Agency
By Ma'an News Agency | November 19, 2014
BETHLEHEM -- The families of three Palestinians who are suspected of recently carrying out attacks in Jerusalem received notices that their homes will be demolished on Wednesday.
The families of Ibrahim al-Akkari and Muhammad Jaabis -- both of whom ran over Israeli pedestrians -- as well as Mutaz Hijazi, who shot and injured right-wing Jewish extremist leader Yehuda Glick -- all received demolition notices.
A Ma'an reporter said that the Jaabis family has said they will appeal the demolition decision, although Israeli authorities' signalled earlier in November that the homes of any Palestinian who attacked Israelis would have their homes demolished.
The news came only hours after the home of Abd al-Rahman al-Shaludi in Silwan was demolished by Israeli authorities, who carried out the demolition as punishment for him driving his car into a group of civilians and killing 2 Israelis in late October.
"The Israeli occupation wants to break up our family and displace us. They think that by demolishing the houses of martyrs they will deter the people of Jerusalem and Palestine, but violence begets violence," his mother told Ma'an earlier on Wednesday.
Watch dogs have widely criticized the Israeli policy of home demolition, previously focused on the West Bank and Gaza, saying that it contributes to a cycle of violence and merely inflicts collective punishment on family members.
On Sunday, Israeli rights group B'Tselem said that punitive house demolitions are "fundamentally wrong" and contravene "basic moral standards by punishing people for the misdeeds of others."
The demolition announcement come a day after two Palestinians attacked a synagogue in northern Jerusalem, leaving five Israelis dead.
The attack came after months of protests against widespread discrimination across East Jerusalem, which have been put down violently by Israeli authorities. Hundreds of East Jerusalem Palestinians have been arrested, in addition to hundreds more in both the West Bank and inside Israel.
The protests have been spurred on by widespread anger at an Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip that left nearly 2,200 dead, as well ongoing killings and shootings by Israeli soldiers and settlers of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Although Palestinians in East Jerusalem live within territory Israel has unilaterally annexed, they lack citizenship rights and are instead classified only as "residents" whose permits can be revoked if they move away from the city for more than a few years.
Jerusalem Palestinians face discrimination in all aspects of life including housing, employment, and services, and are unable to access services in the West Bank due to the construction of Israel's separation wall.
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