An elderly Jerusalemite faces the specter of displacement from his home of 40 years

Seventy-year-old citizen Ahmed Mahmoud Al-Abbasi faces a new chapter of suffering and displacement with the Israeli occupation authorities, after a final decision was issued to demolish his home, which he built nearly 4 decades ago. Al-Abbasi, who was born and raised in the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, now finds himself with a 21-day deadline to evacuate his home after the occupation municipality in the city handed him a demolition order.

Al-Abbasi said, in his statement to sources, that municipality crews stormed his home two days ago and handed him a final demolition notice, after a series of warnings and a court that imposed a fine of 23,000 shekels on him, which he paid in full.

He added in his statement, "My house is 66 meters, but they calculated it as 70 meters and fined me for it. The occupation is taking revenge on us and wants to deport us from our land and our birthplace."

Al-Abbasi accused the occupation authorities of seeking to change the features of the area by digging tunnels in Wadi Hilweh, describing it as part of a comprehensive Judaization project that fights trees, people, and stones.

He explained that his home, where he lived with his late wife and daughters, has been standing for about 40 years, noting that after the demolition, he will have no shelter. He added, "I will look for a small room until God takes his trust."

The town of Silwan is considered the most targeted town in the city of Jerusalem by the Israeli occupation authorities and settlement associations, where its people face the specter of displacement from their homes under various pretexts, as dozens of homes have been demolished recently, while hundreds of families receive eviction orders issued by Israeli courts, in preparation for replacing Palestinian residents with settlers.