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<h1 class="reader-title">Israel to Demolish 500 Homes,
Structures in Silwan<br>
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<div class="reader-estimated-time">April 17, 2019<br>
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<p><span>Large numbers of heavily armed Israeli forces
raided the Silwan neighborhood, in occupied East
Jerusalem, and surrounded several Palestinian-owned
structures in preparation for demolition, on
Wednesday.</span></p>
<p><span>Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that heavily armed
Israeli forces, a number of bulldozers, and the
Israeli Civil Administration staff raided Silwan and
commenced demolition of two Palestinian-owned
structures.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Israel's Supreme Court is
allowing the demolition of 500 homes in occupied East
Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood, where an entire
Palestinian community will soon be forcibly displaced
and left homeless. <a href="https://t.co/DEew1UuBp5">https://t.co/DEew1UuBp5</a>
<a href="https://t.co/68qMi7bVdh">pic.twitter.com/68qMi7bVdh</a></p>
<p>— The IMEU (@theIMEU) <a
href="https://twitter.com/theIMEU/status/1118340843599990784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April
17, 2019</a></p>
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<p><span>Sources confirmed that Israeli bulldozers
demolished storage warehouses, which belonged to Izz
Barqan.</span></p>
<p><span>Israeli bulldozers also demolished horse stables,
which measured 200-square-meters and were built four
years ago.</span></p>
<p><span>The demolished horse stables belonged to Muhammad
al-Qaq.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Israeli occupation forces
demolish a farm in Wadi Yasoul in Silwan neighborhood.
<a href="https://t.co/9RQwCusmav">pic.twitter.com/9RQwCusmav</a></p>
<p>— Palestine Live (@pallive_en) <a
href="https://twitter.com/pallive_en/status/1118458323328819200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April
17, 2019</a></p>
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<p><span>Sources added that during the demolition
campaign, Israeli forces physically assaulted Silwan
residents, including women and children.</span></p>
<p><span>Earlier this week, the Israeli Supreme Court
rejected an appeal by Palestinian families from
Silwan, allowing the demolition of 500 homes and
commercial buildings, which were built without an
Israeli-issued permit, to take place.</span></p>
<p><span>The residents built these 500 homes and
commercial buildings about 30 years ago without the
nearly-impossible to obtain Israeli permit.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Demolitions reported this morning
in the Wadi Yasul area of Silwan (<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EastJerusalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EastJerusalem</a>),
Khirbet Jubara, and in Kobar, the latter on punitive
grounds. <a href="https://t.co/sbj7FmedNA">pic.twitter.com/sbj7FmedNA</a></p>
<p>— OCHA oPt (Palestine) (@ochaopt) <a
href="https://twitter.com/ochaopt/status/1118447473062830080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April
17, 2019</a></p>
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<p><span>The Supreme Court’s decision will most probably
affect the fates of hundreds of Palestinian families,
who will be left homeless following the demolitions.</span></p>
<p><span>Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to
build in East Jerusalem, though the Jerusalem
municipality has claimed that compared to the Jewish
population, they receive a disproportionately low
number of permit applications from Palestinian
communities, which also see high approval ratings.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Watch | Israeli occupation forces
assault Palestinian civilians as the former raid the
neighborhood of Silwan in occupied Jerusalem to carry
out home demolitions, today. <a
href="https://t.co/Jnj1RverfW">pic.twitter.com/Jnj1RverfW</a></p>
<p>— #FreePalestine (@Taghreeba) <a
href="https://twitter.com/Taghreeba/status/1118402771802316800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April
17, 2019</a></p>
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<p><span>For Jewish Israelis in occupied East Jerusalem’s
illegal settlements, the planning, marketing,
development, and infrastructure are funded and
executed by the Israeli government. By contrast, in
Palestinian neighborhoods, all the burden falls on
individual families to contend with a lengthy permit
application that can last several years and cost tens
of thousands of dollars.</span></p>
<p>(<em>Ma’an, PC, Social Media</em>)</p>
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