   
Court temporarily halts demolition of East Jerusalem school
Jerusalem, Ma'an, 14 March 2009
A Jerusalem court issued an injunction on Friday to temporarily halt the demolition of the Al-Huda school in East Jerusalem, a senior Palestinian official said.
Hatim Abdul-Qadir, a Palestinian lawmaker from Jerusalem, and an advisor to the Palestinian president, said that the Jerusalem local affairs court issued the order after a petition filed by a lawyer named Hussein Ghanayim.
The Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality issued a demolition order for the school on Thursday on the grounds that a wing had been added to the building 15 years ago without the proper permits. The school is located near the New Gate of Jerusalems Old City.
According to Abdul-Qadir, the demolition is suspended until the court finishes an investigation.
Hundreds of buildings, mainly houses, in Israeli-occupied Jerusalem are facing demolition by the Municipality on the pretext that they are built without permits. The Municipality recently renewed a threat to level some 90 houses in the Al-Bustan neighborhood to clear space for a park.
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