[Aljazeera] Facing fines and jail time, East Jerusalem brothers see no other option than to demolish their homes themselves.Wadi Qadoum, occupied East Jerusalem - Murad and Johar Hashimeh spent most of Friday removing all the furniture, clothes and other belongings from a room of their modest home in East Jerusalem's Wadi Qadoum neighbourhood.
On Saturday, a bulldozer is set to arrive to demolish the room they've lived in for more than 20 years.
In 1998, the Palestinian brothers built an addition to the small home they grew up in to make it large enough for them and their wives and kids.
After they built the addition, they split the entire space into two apartments for each of their families.
Soon after, they received a notification from the Israeli authorities stating that the additional section they built lacked the required building permit and must be demolished.