On November 11, 2012, Suleiman family was forced to dismantle a room which was recently added to their residence, located in Al Ashqariyya neighborhood in Beit Hanina, due to threats from the Israeli Municipality in the Occupied City.
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The room was 45 m2 in area, built of bricks and sealed with wood. The house was inhabited by 13 people including 7 children. The brother of the owner said: ‘3 and a half years ago, my sister built the room using the simplest of materials. However, as soon as the construction was completed, we received a demolition order. We assigned an Israeli lawyer to take up the case and try to issue a license for the house. The laywer charged us over 75,000 ILS in fees. 6 months ago we tried to contact her but there was no answer; we went to her office to find out that she fled because she was wanted for fraud cases. We filed an official complaint against her but in vain. On January 21, 2012, we received a notification from the Israeli Municipality in the Occupied City sating that we either remove the room or face the consequences. We had no other choice but to dismantle it ourselves because the penalties would have been huge. On November 11, we razed the room which cost over 80,000 ILS’.
