An-Najah News - According to a local activist two Palestinian families in occupied East Jerusalem were forced to tear down their homes.

The Israeli municipality issued demolition orders against the houses homes under the pretext they were built without a permit.

 the municiplity gave them a choice of either tearing their homes down by themselves or the municipality will demolish them and force them to pay exorbitant amounts in fines and costs.

Palestinians in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem say they are forced to build without a permit on their land because getting one is an almost impossible task.