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 THIS BUILDING in Bnei Brak, like many around the country, has a ‘soft story’ at ground level with skinny columns. Such buildings are particularly vulnerable to immediate collapse in the event of even a moderate earthquake, says the writer.

In an earthquake, Israel's old buildings are sitting ducks - opinion

By IRA BRAVERMAN
IDF demolition of terrorists' houses, August 9, 2017.

Israel postpones razing of east Jerusalem building following int'l pressure

By Walla!
 JERUSALEM’S HEBRON Road. Three more residential towers are slated to go up – two with 12 stories and one with 18 stories.

Will Jerusalem be changed by a skyline of new high-rise towers?