United Nations, May 02, SPA -- Thousands of Palestinians are facing a housing crisis because of inadequate urban planning by Israeli officials who run the east Jerusalem (Al-Quds) region, a U.N. report shows. Twenty-eight percent of Palestinian homes in the area have been built without permits, which makes them targets for demolition by Israeli authorities, according to the study by the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The report, which highlights a growing international concern, said that more than a quarter of the 225,000 Palestinians in east Jerusalem risk losing their homes. A majority of the residents built their homes after being denied permits, the U.N. said, adding that only 13 percent of annexed East Jerusalem is zoned for Palestinian construction. The municipality of Jerusalem disputed the numbers in a news statement but acknowledged that there is a planning crisis all over the city.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/659968