Israelis use legal tricks and excessive force to
destroy home of Kameel Al-Sa'u in Beit Hanina, north of East Jerusalem
Israeli uses legal maneuver and excessive force to destroy
home near East Jerusalem
Date: 03 / 07 / 2008 Time: 19:34
Jerusalem – Ma'an -
Israeli occupation soldiers demolished the home of Kameel Al-Sa'u in
the neighborhood of Beit Hanina north of East Jerusalem Thursday
morning.
Clashes erupted between the Israeli special police forces in charge of
demolishing the home and a large number of Biet Hanina residents. In an
attempt to stay the demolition, dozens of individuals parked their cars
around the home, while others formed a human barrier between the Al-Sa'u
home and the bulldozers of the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem. The
structure was home to seven members of the Al-Sa'u family.
During the clashes a number of residents were arrested including Samir
Al- Sa’u, Kameel's brother. Many surrounding the home sustained light
injuries. The Israeli bulldozers managed to reach the site after hours
of clashes, causing damages to the cars surrounding it. Once through the
barrier, bulldozers began the demolition amidst massively tightened
security by horse mounted policemen, border guards and Special Forces.
Israeli authorities issued the demolition order on for the home of
Kameel Al-Sa'u in the Al-Ashqariyah quarter of the Beit hanin
neighborhood on Wednesday evening. The order said that the home was
being taken down because it was an "unlicensed building.”
A local Defense Attorney managed to get a temporary stay on the
demolition. However, an Israeli judge of the conciliation court in West
Jerusalem called the attorney and informed him that a session to resume
the case would be held in thirty minutes. After waiting thirty minutes
for the lawyer, the judge took a unilateral decision to demolish the
home on Thursday morning.
A spokesperson for the Committee of the Leadership of Jerusalem Region
from the Fatah movement, Demitri Delyani said that “the rush of the
Israeli court to issue an order of demolition and the rapid
implementation of the order by the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem is
proof of their principal of collective punishment and the vindictive
spirit of Israeli decision makers.” He added that “the demolition is
part of the ethnic cleansing plan Israeli authorities have implemented
in all their departments against the Palestinians in East Jerusalem."
Khalid Gharabli, a representative from the Fattah movement for Biet
Hanina, Shu’afat and al- 'Isawiyah, denounced the demolition of
Palestinian homes and said he considered today's actions as an
obstruction to the peace process. He called for the organization of
central protest activities in order to increase public awareness of the
risks of demolitions to the peace process, and in order to promote
different ways of resisting Israeli demolition crews peacefully.
Ayman as- Su’, a member of the executive committee of Biet Hanina, said
that the Israeli forces used excessive force in order to suppress even
those engaged in peaceful protest.
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