BETHLEHEM,
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities today
issued demolition orders a house under construction and a shack in Battir village, west of the occupied West Bank city of
Bethlehem, according to local sources.
Mohammad
al-Showli, a villager, told WAFA that the Israeli
forces raided the area of al-Shurafa, located close
to the main entrance to Bethlehem’s western rural countryside, and handed him a
notice of demolition against his 100-square-meter one-story house.
The
soldiers also handed al-Showli’s cousin a notice of
demolition against his livestock shack.
Al-Shurafa
has been subjected to several Israeli abuses that aim to prevent Palestinians
from building and constructing.
Battir,
six kilometers west of Bethlehem, is on the UNESCO world heritage list due to
its ancient terraces and Roman-era irrigation system which is still used by
villagers to irrigate their crops.
It
is home to a Roman spring and bath, an eco-museum and some hiking trails. Its
old town is known as the Seven Widows Quarter.
K.F.
