Israel charges Palestinian villagers for the destruction of their own homes

Palestine

Published: 2017-08-22 19:42

Last Updated: 2024-03-28 22:13


The village of Al Araqeeb has been reportedly demolished and rebuilt 99 times.
The village of Al Araqeeb has been reportedly demolished and rebuilt 99 times.

Six Palestinians from the village of Al Araqeeb nearly 70-thousand US dollars for the operation cost of bulldozers tearing down houses in their village.

The Israeli court which has issued the order also forced the inhabitants of the village to pay for the expenses of the lawyers, nearly 30-thousand dollars.

Israel has been demolishing the houses of Araqib repeatedly, claiming that the buildings were unlicensed, in an attempt to urge its inhabitants to move elsewhere, with the same being done to more than 30 nearby Palestinian villages, Roya Arabic reports.