On the morning of Tuesday, 6 November 2018, at about 6:00
A.M., Jerusalem Municipality personnel came with two bulldozers and a
Border Police and special Israel Police forces escort to the East
Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. They demolished two tin-roofed
cement structures which had been the homes of two families, numbering 11
persons, including 5 minors. Later that morning, at around 10:00
A.M., Jerusalem Municipality personnel came with a bulldozer and a
Border Police escort to the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan and
demolished a snack shop.
The Jerusalem Municipality deliberately avoids preparing detailed urban
building plans (UBPs), which are the only avenue for obtaining building
permits, for the Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. The result
is a severe shortage of homes, public buildings, infrastructure and
leisure and commercial facilities. This has left the residents no choice
but to build without permits and risk demolition.