Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Palestinian Family Lives In A Cave After Their House In Jerusalem Is Demolished

The family of seven, including five children, moved to a cave that used to be their stable, reports the Associated Press .


Khalid Zir, his wife and five children live in a cave after their tin hut was demolished by Israeli authorities.


Khalid Zir, his wife and five children live in a cave after their tin hut was demolished by Israeli authorities.


Sebastian Scheiner / AP


Zir's family were living in a makeshift shack in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood. Their shack was demolished by Israel authorities who said it was built without permits.


Zir's family were living in a makeshift shack in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood. Their shack was demolished by Israel authorities who said it was built without permits.


Sebastian Scheiner / AP


Zir, a 39-year-old maintenance worker told the AP: "My house was demolished, and I was obliged to live here because I did not have any place to go to."


Zir, a 39-year-old maintenance worker told the AP: "My house was demolished, and I was obliged to live here because I did not have any place to go to."


"I wanted to rent a house but there are no houses here for rent, because there are no licenses for us Arabs to build," said Zir.


Sebastian Scheiner / AP


Zir has moved some furniture, a refrigerator and a television into the cave.


Zir has moved some furniture, a refrigerator and a television into the cave.


Sebastian Scheiner / AP




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