On March 17, 2009, the Israeli authorities demolished a portion of a house in the Bait Safafa neighborhood of Jerusalem. The Arab residents were outraged when the house where they had been living for the past 7 years was destroyed without any prior notice.
Since the beginning of year 2009 until the end of March 2009, the Israeli Municipality of JERUSALEM has issued 349 house demolition orders for Palestinian houses in Jerusalem city. Furthermore, the municipality has executed 45 demolition orders, of which, 25 were residential houses, 13 were Bedouin barracks and tents, 2 walls, 1 garage, 1 warehouse, and 2 offices and a Gas station.
Source : Applied Research Institute Jerusalem
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