A medical center serves thousands of Jerusalemites threatened with Israeli demolition

  • Time:Jul 23
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Occupied Jerusalem- Al-Maqdisin used the news of the demolition of homes or daily commercial facilities, but a recent shock is overwhelmed by thousands of them received news of an imminent Israeli demolition of the medical center in which they have been treated for a decade and a half in the town of Silwan (south of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque) under the pretext of "building without a license".

The center - known as the "Ain Al -Louza Medical Center" - offers services for its health insurance campaign, and their number increases 6,000 since 2005.He was established on a ground floor of a building belonging to the Rajabi family targeted by the Israeli occupation municipality, completely demolished.

The family, consisting of 30 individuals, and the administration of the medical center that has a rented medical center until the fifth of December to destroy the building self, or prepare to destroy it with Israeli bulldozers..

They ask about their treatment

Al -Jazeera Net visited the medical center and the Al -Rajabi family building, where the patients are still flocking to the center, including those who have been silent and some of them spoke desperate with the medical and administrative staff, inquiring about the fate of his treatment journey, and others expressed their great anger at the demolition decision.

Some residents of the region have used treatment here 16 years ago, including Ansam Mansour, who receives health services with her husband and nine children in the center since its inception..

Ansam says that she never thought about moving to another place for treatment, because a family relationship arose between her and the center's crew, who number 28 employees and employees between specialized doctors, nurses and administrators.

Part of Jerusalem infected

As medical reviews continue, the founder and medical director of the Ain Al -Luza Center, Imad Shabana, involved in reassuring his patients, and in communicating with the administration of the "Patient Fund" of the Israeli Ministry of Health, in an attempt to postpone the demolition.

In an interview with Al -Jazeera Net, Shabana said, "Our presence in Silwan is not limited to providing medical services only, but we see ourselves as part of the national fabric and the injured family of the Rajabi family and all families threatened with displacement due to the demolition of their homes, he is all injured.".

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Shabana explained that the center does not only provide health services to the believers, but also for mixed husbands (Jerusalem married to the West Bank and vice versa, both of which carry a different identity card), whose children are deprived of health insurance (the fact that the identity of one of the parents is not a sacred but from the Palestinian Authority), and he is keenThe center is not to lose their right to treatment.

"A large part of our patients is currently feeling dispersed, and grumbling is the master of the situation, but we are organizing visits to their homes and reassuring them that our services will not be interrupted even an hour even if the center is demolished," the center..

Alternative preparation

The administrative director of the center, Iyad Al -Ruwaidi, works with the rest of the employees, such as the beehive, hardly sitting behind his office until he rises to meet a patient’s request, another hospital transfer, or a third assistance in obtaining certified medical papers.

Al -Ruwaidi said that the lawyer informed them of the imminent demolition decision of the building, and they moved immediately to prepare another headquarters not far from the first, but at the same time they contacted several parties to stop the demolition or postpone it at least.

He added, "The occupation has reached the point of targeting the health centers that serve Jerusalemites, and we respond to it by saying that this will increase our strength, advancement and insistence on serving the people of the city.".

Costumes and violations

Meanwhile, the owner of the building, Suhaib Al -Rajabi, seemed exhausted, after he took turns with his three siblings, sleeping for fear of the occupation suddenly implementing the demolition..

Al -Rajabi told Al -Jazeera Net that the family bought the land in the Ain al -Luza neighborhood in 2002, and it established a 3 -storey building on it, and the ground medical center rented it, while the other two floors were devoted to the residence of the family members of the number of 30, including 12 children.

Since the construction of the construction, the family has been trying to obtain licenses from the occupation municipality, which imposes incapacitated conditions, including that the family had to pay about 111,000 US dollars violations under the pretext of "unlicensed construction", but all this did not protect the building from demolition, as Al -Rajabi says.

The family is now forced to deposit ($ 16,000) in the Israeli occupation treasury, in an attempt to postpone the imminent demolition, and that they can appeal against the decision to demolish the building during the near days..

Suhaib Al -Rajabi hides his solidity in talking to the media deeply, and he says, "Look at the walls of the house around me and wonder, will this be the last day that I was harbored by and my family these two walls?.

Annumatic decisions

Despite the insecurity with the outbreak of daily confrontations in the town of Silwan, and the installation of surveillance cameras in exchange for the building in a way that violates the privacy of the family, the Rajabi refuses to bow to the occupation's attempts to force them to demolish their homes, or leave them voluntarily in preparation for their demolition.

The stairs are ascended with his brother Firas to relieve their mother, who sits unable to protect her children and grandchildren, and to answer their repeated questions about their fate.

Umm Faris Al -Rajabi says, "My grandchildren ask me daily, will they destroy our homes? And I answer them" no, "because I am afraid that the fear that I have for children will infiltrate for children.

The Al -Rajabi family has another house in the abdomen of Al -Hawa in the same Jerusalem town, but it is threatened with evacuation in favor of the settlers as well.."We are facing decisions to exterminate our existence from this town adjacent to the Al -Aqsa Mosque," the mother says..