UN asks Israelis to stop demolishing Palestinian homes.

BC just had an article in reference to the United Nations request that the Israeli government stops demolishing Palestinian homes. The current regulations set up for Palestinians as of now state that they must first obtain a permit to build a house, a permit of which only approximately 50% of Palestinians actually have. Any house built on land without a permit can be legally torn down by the Israeli authorities without hesitation, leaving many thousands of Palestinians homeless. Well why don’t the Palestinians just obtain a permit? The problem with these permits is that they are only given out in particular parts of East Jerusalem, to be exact, only 13%. The UN says that a major problem with the conflict between the two sides it the lack of adequate living for the Palestinian people. The mayor of Jerusalem says that while these permits are heavily affecting the Palestinians, that all citizens of the city, Jews, Christian and Muslims are treated equally and are all equally at risk for having their homes torn down. The mayor also goes on to say that if an illegal structure is built, it must be removed from city property. The problem is it’s not only very expensive to gain these permits but time consuming as well. To demolish homes and leave a vast number of citizens, almost half children, homeless is ethically wrong and not equal treatment of all citizens.