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Demolitions Continue in East Jerusalem by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler -- Antiwar.com

Demolitions Continue in East Jerusalem by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler -- Antiwar.com: "'This' is a court-approved demolition notice, 'No. 59.' It’s for a house under imminent threat of being torn down by the Israeli authorities because it does not have the requisite building permit.

The demolition notice is headed: 'To Unknown Addressee.'

'Now they refer to me as ‘Unknown.’ But they know my name very well – they address payment orders for all municipal and other taxes to me by name,' says Moussa Oudeh.

Moussa, father of five, is one of 78 householders in al-Bustan whose homes are slated for demolition. Since the election of a new Israeli mayor exactly a year ago, 10 other houses in al-Bustan have been bulldozed."

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