An-Najah News - According to Abdullah Siam, the Palestinian Authority's Deputy Jerusalem Governor at least 18,000 Palestinian-owned houses in the occupied city of Jerusalem are under the threat of demolition by Israeli occupation authorities.

He added that the Israeli courts are currently considering demolition cases against these homes at a time there is a need for 15,000 housing units in the occupied city.as another example of Israel’s collective punishment and ethnic cleansing policy against Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem.

These plans are to increase the number of Jewish settlers in the city through demolishing Palestinian houses and forcing them out of their city.