21.   Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert said the houses were torn down because the builders had no permits.

22.   Some blamed owners of ramshackle houses or the city, thinking they did it to save the cost of tearing down houses.

23.   More said he was away at work when his house was torn down two days ago.

24.   The house was torn down in October and the rubble ground to dust to stop seekers of macabre souvenirs from taking objects from the site.