JERUSALEM, April 4, 2011 (WAFA) - Ayed Kastero, a Palestinian living in Al-Qarmi area in the Old City of Jerusalem, faces since 1987 great pressures from the Israelis to force him to leave his 600 years old house.

Kastero was fined several times by Israeli courts where they imposed heavy fines on him for reasons such as claiming that his house obscures the sun from a Jewish family living near his house.

In addition, the courts conducted a search on his monthly income and threatened to seize his restaurant and sell its contents in an auction if he does not show up at court.

The court also refused to allow him to renew his travel papers and his driver license in addition to moving the ownership of the building from his father’s name to his to make it easy for them to seize and confiscate Kastero’s three story building.

Meanwhile, the Israeli municipal court prevented him from living in the upper floor of the building claiming that it was not licensed.

T.R./M.A.