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Israeli authorities have torn down several Palestinian houses in occupied east Jerusalem, defying international calls to halt the demolitions in the disputed city.
Gidi Schmerling, a Jerusalem municipality spokesman, said the houses in the Shuafat, Zur Baher, Silwan and Jabel Mukabar neighbourhoods were pulled down on Tuesday because they had been built illegally.
"All the houses were demolished in accordance with a court order," he said in a statement to the AFP news agency.
Palestinians say that the municipality discriminates against them, making it virtually impossible for them to get legal permits for new homes or extensions to existing ones.
As a result, thousands of effectively illegal structures have been built in recent decades with Israel responding by destroying dozens of houses each year.
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