On January 14, 2017, Sarri family self-demolished their commercial structures in Al-Sal'a neighborhood as per compelling to the order of Israel Municipality that claimed them built without licenses. It should be marked that the demolished stores are for marble and stones; they were established on a 4 dunum plot. The structures are as follows:
- Four containers used as storage units and another one used as an office
- A 50m2 store used as marble and stones gallery
The targeted structures belong to citizen Mohammad Riziq Sarri. The citizen's following brothers work in his establishments:
|
# |
Name |
Family |
Minors |
|
1 |
Mohamad Riziq Sarri |
5 |
3 |
|
2 |
Othman Riziq Sarri |
5 |
3 |
|
3 |
Abdelaziz Riziq Sarri |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
Odai Riziq Sarri |
2 |
0 |
|
5 |
Ahmad Riziq Sarri |
7 |
5 |
Citizen Othman Sarri told Land Research Center the following:
" A massive force from Israel Police backed by a staff from Israel Municipality raided on January 12, 2017 the area and delivered us a dismantling order on the structures within a 24 hour deadline. If we fail to implement the order, the occupation's municipalities will implement it and all the costs will be billed to us. At time, we sought attorney Hussein Ghannam to try to delay the demolition order as long as possible. But all attempts failed after the municipality's court rejected the delay plea. Thus, we had to implement the order by ourselves; the dismantling process started on January 15, 2017 and ended in January 18, 2017".
It is reported that the citizen's losses mounted more than 100,000 NIS, not mentioning that the commodities we have were left outside under the rain. Such measures is considered an Israeli method of collective punishment on Jerusalemites; especially the residents of Jabal Al-Mukabir.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
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