19 nov 2014
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories 'B'Tselem' denounced in a press release issued Tuesday Israeli orders to demolish or seal the homes of the families of Palestinians who carried out recent attacks against Israelis.
"This action constitutes harming the innocent. It is collective punishment that is both unlawful and immoral," B'Tselem said.
The statement pointed out that “the Israeli security establishment has announced its intention to demolish or seal six homes: three in East Jerusalem, one in Nablus and one in Hebron.”
The center said, "Since the occupation began in 1967, Israeli security forces have demolished hundreds of homes to punish relatives of Palestinians who harmed or allegedly harmed Israelis. This policy rendered homeless thousands of people who were not themselves accused of any wrongdoing."
About ten years ago, a military committee headed by Major General Udi Shani found punitive home demolitions to be a measure of questionable effectiveness in deterring attacks against Israelis. It found that there are even indications that demolitions sometimes achieve the opposite effect and stated that the measure is just on the “verge of legality”.
B'Tselem said that the habitual call for punitive demolition in response to attacks against Israelis ignores the committee’s findings and is apparently made primarily to achieve media interest and political gain.
A policy of punitive home demolition is fundamentally wrong, irrespective of its effectiveness. It contravenes basic moral standards by punishing people for the misdeeds of others, the human rights organization concluded, calling upon the Israeli authorities not to demolish these homes.
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"This action constitutes harming the innocent. It is collective punishment that is both unlawful and immoral," B'Tselem said.
The statement pointed out that “the Israeli security establishment has announced its intention to demolish or seal six homes: three in East Jerusalem, one in Nablus and one in Hebron.”
The center said, "Since the occupation began in 1967, Israeli security forces have demolished hundreds of homes to punish relatives of Palestinians who harmed or allegedly harmed Israelis. This policy rendered homeless thousands of people who were not themselves accused of any wrongdoing."
About ten years ago, a military committee headed by Major General Udi Shani found punitive home demolitions to be a measure of questionable effectiveness in deterring attacks against Israelis. It found that there are even indications that demolitions sometimes achieve the opposite effect and stated that the measure is just on the “verge of legality”.
B'Tselem said that the habitual call for punitive demolition in response to attacks against Israelis ignores the committee’s findings and is apparently made primarily to achieve media interest and political gain.
A policy of punitive home demolition is fundamentally wrong, irrespective of its effectiveness. It contravenes basic moral standards by punishing people for the misdeeds of others, the human rights organization concluded, calling upon the Israeli authorities not to demolish these homes.
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Israel orders removal of residential structures in Hebron
Israeli forces, Wednesday, took over thousands of dunams in Ya'abad, southwest Jenin, in the northern West Bank, according to the PNN. Additionally, 78 new settlement units have been approved in occupied East Jerusalem.
Director of the Ministry of Local Government, Mr. Ra'ed Muqabel, said that Israeli forces served eviction threats to dozens of citizens from areas near Yaabad (Um Dar, Nazlat Zeid, Zibda, Khiljan and other areas), even though they possessed official documents proving ownership of the property.
Muqabel added that the decision was signed by a military order issued in 2009, and recently adjusted, prohibiting land owners from using their lands for construction or farming.
He noted that this was a method for Israel to expand its illegal settlements, saying that it must be legally pursued, with specialists, in order to halt the theft of these lands.
WAFA correspondence reports that the Israeli army, on Wednesday, also notified local residents in the locale of Khirbet Umm Al-Khair, to the south of Hebron, to remove their residential structures and tents.
Coordinator of the Anti-Settlement Committee, Rateb Jabour, stated that an Israeli army force invaded the village, located near the illegal Israeli settlement Karmel, and served local villagers with notifications to remove eight of their residential structures and tents.
The village is part of Masafer Yatta, a rural congregation of almost 19 hamlets which rely on animal husbandry as the main source of livelihood. Located in Area C of the West Bank, it is under full Israeli administrative and military control, and has been subject to repeated violations by Israeli settlers and soldiers targeting this livelihood.
A vast number of Palestinian-owned animal barns, health facilities, and residential structures have been demolished during the recent years under the pretext of “construction without a permit.”
Israel rarely issues construction permits for Palestinians in Area C, which forces many to engage in construction without obtaining a proper permit in order to shelter their families.
Israel has approved the construction of 78 new settlement units in East Jerusalem, Walla news site reported.
50 houses are to be built in Har Homa settlement, which is built illegally on Jabal Abu Ghneim, a private Palestinian property between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, according to Ma'an.
The other 28 houses will be built in the illegal Ramot settlement, which is also built on private Palestinian land, between Jerusalem and Ramallah.
The decision was approved by all the members of a planning and construction committee of the Jerusalem municipality, aside from one left-wing Meretz member, the report stated.
Over 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct contravention of international law. However, this blatant land theft continues to be met with only token denunciations from officials who could potentially intervene.
Israeli forces, Wednesday, took over thousands of dunams in Ya'abad, southwest Jenin, in the northern West Bank, according to the PNN. Additionally, 78 new settlement units have been approved in occupied East Jerusalem.
Director of the Ministry of Local Government, Mr. Ra'ed Muqabel, said that Israeli forces served eviction threats to dozens of citizens from areas near Yaabad (Um Dar, Nazlat Zeid, Zibda, Khiljan and other areas), even though they possessed official documents proving ownership of the property.
Muqabel added that the decision was signed by a military order issued in 2009, and recently adjusted, prohibiting land owners from using their lands for construction or farming.
He noted that this was a method for Israel to expand its illegal settlements, saying that it must be legally pursued, with specialists, in order to halt the theft of these lands.
WAFA correspondence reports that the Israeli army, on Wednesday, also notified local residents in the locale of Khirbet Umm Al-Khair, to the south of Hebron, to remove their residential structures and tents.
Coordinator of the Anti-Settlement Committee, Rateb Jabour, stated that an Israeli army force invaded the village, located near the illegal Israeli settlement Karmel, and served local villagers with notifications to remove eight of their residential structures and tents.
The village is part of Masafer Yatta, a rural congregation of almost 19 hamlets which rely on animal husbandry as the main source of livelihood. Located in Area C of the West Bank, it is under full Israeli administrative and military control, and has been subject to repeated violations by Israeli settlers and soldiers targeting this livelihood.
A vast number of Palestinian-owned animal barns, health facilities, and residential structures have been demolished during the recent years under the pretext of “construction without a permit.”
Israel rarely issues construction permits for Palestinians in Area C, which forces many to engage in construction without obtaining a proper permit in order to shelter their families.
Israel has approved the construction of 78 new settlement units in East Jerusalem, Walla news site reported.
50 houses are to be built in Har Homa settlement, which is built illegally on Jabal Abu Ghneim, a private Palestinian property between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, according to Ma'an.
The other 28 houses will be built in the illegal Ramot settlement, which is also built on private Palestinian land, between Jerusalem and Ramallah.
The decision was approved by all the members of a planning and construction committee of the Jerusalem municipality, aside from one left-wing Meretz member, the report stated.
Over 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct contravention of international law. However, this blatant land theft continues to be met with only token denunciations from officials who could potentially intervene.
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Beit Ummar nearby town, broke into and searched homes, and installed roadblocks.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, stated that the soldiers invaded the Beit Za’ta area, east of the town, violently searched and ransacked several homes.
The invaded homes belong to residents Fayez Mohammad Sabarna, his brothers Hussein and Abdul-Qader, Monther Hasan Sabarna, ‘Ala Odeh Sabarna, Thiab Hamed Sabarna, Ibrahim Odah Sabarna, and Fayez Ahmad Sabarna. The soldiers also took pictures of the invaded homes, and the families.
On Tuesday at night, soldiers invaded the home of Amer Abu Aisha and Marwan al-Qawasmi, and searched the properties causing excessive damage. The two were killed by the army in September.
Soldiers also installed roadblocks at the entrance of Beit Ummar town, and the western entrance of Doura town, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated the passengers while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, soldiers invaded Um al-Kheir Bedouin village, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, and handed orders for the destruction of eight tents and residential structures.
Rateb Jabour, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in southern Hebron, said that members of the al-Hathaleen family were ordered to remove their tents, and tin structures, used for residence, and a number of tin barns.
The structures belong to Abdullah, keirallah, Amna, Odai, Aziz, Ammar and Eeda al-Hathaleen.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, stated that the soldiers invaded the Beit Za’ta area, east of the town, violently searched and ransacked several homes.
The invaded homes belong to residents Fayez Mohammad Sabarna, his brothers Hussein and Abdul-Qader, Monther Hasan Sabarna, ‘Ala Odeh Sabarna, Thiab Hamed Sabarna, Ibrahim Odah Sabarna, and Fayez Ahmad Sabarna. The soldiers also took pictures of the invaded homes, and the families.
On Tuesday at night, soldiers invaded the home of Amer Abu Aisha and Marwan al-Qawasmi, and searched the properties causing excessive damage. The two were killed by the army in September.
Soldiers also installed roadblocks at the entrance of Beit Ummar town, and the western entrance of Doura town, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated the passengers while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, soldiers invaded Um al-Kheir Bedouin village, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, and handed orders for the destruction of eight tents and residential structures.
Rateb Jabour, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in southern Hebron, said that members of the al-Hathaleen family were ordered to remove their tents, and tin structures, used for residence, and a number of tin barns.
The structures belong to Abdullah, keirallah, Amna, Odai, Aziz, Ammar and Eeda al-Hathaleen.
Israeli soldiers detonated, on Wednesday at dawn, the home of Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel claims Shalloudi, who was shot dead on October 23, deliberately rammed his car into Israeli waiting for the light rail.
An Israeli infant was killed in the incident, and seven other Israelis were wounded; while many reports indicated he might have lost control of his vehicle due to high speed and illness.
Israel claims Shalloudi, who was shot dead on October 23, deliberately rammed his car into Israeli waiting for the light rail.
An Israeli infant was killed in the incident, and seven other Israelis were wounded; while many reports indicated he might have lost control of his vehicle due to high speed and illness.
Shalloudi’s mother, Enas, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency WAFA that the soldiers invaded their home an hour after midnight, forced all families in the residential building out on their homes, and detonated the fourth floor where the Shalloudi family lived.
WAFA said five other families, not related to Shalloudi, live in the building; the families, including children and elderly, were all forced into the protest tent in the al-Bustan neighborhood, while the army detonated the fourth floor.
Enas added that the explosion caused damage to other apartments in the building, while the debris also damaged a number of cars, parked on the street near the building.
The soldiers earlier searched and ransacked all apartments in the building, causing excessive property damage.
WAFA said five other families, not related to Shalloudi, live in the building; the families, including children and elderly, were all forced into the protest tent in the al-Bustan neighborhood, while the army detonated the fourth floor.
Enas added that the explosion caused damage to other apartments in the building, while the debris also damaged a number of cars, parked on the street near the building.
The soldiers earlier searched and ransacked all apartments in the building, causing excessive property damage.
17 nov 2014
Several Israeli military and police vehicles, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded on Monday morning the Bedouin village of al-‘Araqib, in the Negev, and demolished it for the 78th time.
Salim al-‘Araqib, a local resident of the village, said several Israeli military and police vehicles invaded the village approximately at 5 at dawn, and demolished three homes.
He added that the soldiers also demolished several residential structures, barns and sheds, and attempted to demolish a structure used by the residents as a mosque.
The soldiers also tried to smash some cars using their bulldozers, but the villagers managed to remove their cars away.
“The attack and destruction of property came without a warning,” al-‘Araqib said, “Women and children are now displaced in the cold, without any shelter.”
The village’s Sheikh, Siyah Abu Mdeighem, said this is the 78th destruction carried out by the Israeli authority against the village, leaving the families without a shelter, and that the army also continuously demolishes sheds and barns owned by the families.
“Israel is betting on us surrendering and leaving,” he said, “But we never surrender; our patience is deeply rooted in our land, they can demolish the village as much as they want, we will never leave.”
“The Israeli government is run by criminal gangs, but we are here to stay,” the Sheikh said, “Israel might even resort to killing us, but we are willing to sacrifice our lives for our land.”
The destruction of the village comes part of what Israel dubs as “The Negev Development Plan," which aims to build settlements and malls after removing and relocating the Bedouins from their villages, unrecognized by Tel Aviv although they have been there before Israel was established in the historic land of Palestine in 1948.
Salim al-‘Araqib, a local resident of the village, said several Israeli military and police vehicles invaded the village approximately at 5 at dawn, and demolished three homes.
He added that the soldiers also demolished several residential structures, barns and sheds, and attempted to demolish a structure used by the residents as a mosque.
The soldiers also tried to smash some cars using their bulldozers, but the villagers managed to remove their cars away.
“The attack and destruction of property came without a warning,” al-‘Araqib said, “Women and children are now displaced in the cold, without any shelter.”
The village’s Sheikh, Siyah Abu Mdeighem, said this is the 78th destruction carried out by the Israeli authority against the village, leaving the families without a shelter, and that the army also continuously demolishes sheds and barns owned by the families.
“Israel is betting on us surrendering and leaving,” he said, “But we never surrender; our patience is deeply rooted in our land, they can demolish the village as much as they want, we will never leave.”
“The Israeli government is run by criminal gangs, but we are here to stay,” the Sheikh said, “Israel might even resort to killing us, but we are willing to sacrifice our lives for our land.”
The destruction of the village comes part of what Israel dubs as “The Negev Development Plan," which aims to build settlements and malls after removing and relocating the Bedouins from their villages, unrecognized by Tel Aviv although they have been there before Israel was established in the historic land of Palestine in 1948.
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Monday, Palestinian farmlands, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and bulldozed agricultural lands to expand settlements’ industrial zones in the area.
Local sources said the settlers came from Ariel and Barkan industrial settlements, built on Palestinian lands west of Salfit, and bulldozed farmlands belonging to villagers of Hares, Kifl Hares, Deir Estia and Broqeen.
Palestinian researcher Khaled Ma’ali said the illegal expansion of the industrial zones has been ongoing for a long while, adding that many of these violations are carried out slowly and away from media attention.
Ma’ali said the Industrial Zones in Salfit “do not only lead to theft of Palestinian lands, or the illegal annexation of grazing areas, but are also polluting the air, in addition to dangerous chemicals and waste poured onto Palestinian lands, meadows and valleys.”
He called on international and local human rights groups and health organizations to visit the area, to witness the ongoing Israeli violations, and the increasing suffering of the Palestinians.
Local sources said the settlers came from Ariel and Barkan industrial settlements, built on Palestinian lands west of Salfit, and bulldozed farmlands belonging to villagers of Hares, Kifl Hares, Deir Estia and Broqeen.
Palestinian researcher Khaled Ma’ali said the illegal expansion of the industrial zones has been ongoing for a long while, adding that many of these violations are carried out slowly and away from media attention.
Ma’ali said the Industrial Zones in Salfit “do not only lead to theft of Palestinian lands, or the illegal annexation of grazing areas, but are also polluting the air, in addition to dangerous chemicals and waste poured onto Palestinian lands, meadows and valleys.”
He called on international and local human rights groups and health organizations to visit the area, to witness the ongoing Israeli violations, and the increasing suffering of the Palestinians.
15 nov 2014
Dozens of activists planted hundreds of olive saplings in a land threatened with Israeli misappropriation to the east of Bethlehem.
Hassan Breijeh, the coordinator of the national anti-settlement committee in Bethlehem, said that 150 activists planted 700 olive seedlings in Kisan village on Friday.
He said that the plantlets were planted over an area of 50 dunums that the Israeli occupation authorities threatened to confiscate.
Breijeh said that the act was a clear message to the IOA that the land “is ours” and would never be forfeited.
He pointed out that the planting process was carried out despite attempts by Israeli occupation forces and settlers to impede its completion, adding that clashes took place with the IOF soldiers and settlers.
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Hassan Breijeh, the coordinator of the national anti-settlement committee in Bethlehem, said that 150 activists planted 700 olive seedlings in Kisan village on Friday.
He said that the plantlets were planted over an area of 50 dunums that the Israeli occupation authorities threatened to confiscate.
Breijeh said that the act was a clear message to the IOA that the land “is ours” and would never be forfeited.
He pointed out that the planting process was carried out despite attempts by Israeli occupation forces and settlers to impede its completion, adding that clashes took place with the IOF soldiers and settlers.
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14 nov 2014
Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, and handed the family of Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi an order informing them of a decision to demolish their home.
Israel claims that, on Wednesday October 22, Shalloudi deliberately rammed his speeding car into Israelis waiting for the light rail, while many reports indicated he might have lost control of his vehicle due to high speed and illness, wounding seven, and killing a 3-month-old baby.
Israeli rail guards opened fire at him, and he died of his wounds a few hours after his injury.
Last Friday, his mother said she received the Israeli order to demolish her home, and that the order states the family has until Sunday evening to appeal the decision.
On Monday November 10, the army and Jerusalem City Council employees invaded the home of Shalloudi, and took measurements and pictures of the property, as it is located in the top fourth floor of a residential building.
Two days ago, the family of slain Palestinian Mohammad Nayef Ja'abeess, in Jabal al-Mokabber area of occupied East Jerusalem, received a similar demolition order.
On Thursday, soldiers invaded the home of Mo’taz Hijazi and took measurements of the property in preparation for demolishing it.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the army to speed up the destruction of the homes of Palestinians who, according to Netanyahu, “carry out terrorist attacks” in Jerusalem.
The demolition of homes and property is an act of collective punishment that violates International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, and handed the family of Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi an order informing them of a decision to demolish their home.
Israel claims that, on Wednesday October 22, Shalloudi deliberately rammed his speeding car into Israelis waiting for the light rail, while many reports indicated he might have lost control of his vehicle due to high speed and illness, wounding seven, and killing a 3-month-old baby.
Israeli rail guards opened fire at him, and he died of his wounds a few hours after his injury.
Last Friday, his mother said she received the Israeli order to demolish her home, and that the order states the family has until Sunday evening to appeal the decision.
On Monday November 10, the army and Jerusalem City Council employees invaded the home of Shalloudi, and took measurements and pictures of the property, as it is located in the top fourth floor of a residential building.
Two days ago, the family of slain Palestinian Mohammad Nayef Ja'abeess, in Jabal al-Mokabber area of occupied East Jerusalem, received a similar demolition order.
On Thursday, soldiers invaded the home of Mo’taz Hijazi and took measurements of the property in preparation for demolishing it.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the army to speed up the destruction of the homes of Palestinians who, according to Netanyahu, “carry out terrorist attacks” in Jerusalem.
The demolition of homes and property is an act of collective punishment that violates International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
13 nov 2014
Dr. Hanna Issa, Secretary General of the Islamic Christian Committee to support al-Aqsa and the holy sites of Jerusalem, spoke out on Wednesday against Israeli’s arbitrary house demolitions in Occupied Jerusalem, dubbing the policy as one that is tantamount to ethnic cleansing and collective punishment.
Referring to official data on Israel’s demolition operations, Hanna said 517 Palestinian homes were razed to the ground since the start of 2004 until July 2014, 59 among whom were forcibly demolished by their own owners.
“Such an ongoing demolition policy adopted by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian civilians across the Israeli-run areas makes part of a strategic plan aimed to holding sway over the local land tracts,” he charged.
Issa said at least 2028 Jerusalemites have gone homeless in Eastern Jerusalem during the same aforementioned period.
Issa, an expert in international law, slammed Netanyahu’s latest incitements to violence and house demolitions as a malevolent tactic seeking to dislocate Palestinians from their own motherland, which represents a bare-faced infringement of Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulating that “no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his/her property.”
He further raised alarm bells over the 1108 Palestinian minors who have gone homeless and have been forced to wander down and out on the streets after they have become without a roof over their heads due to such policy.
According to official data, at least 988 Palestinian homes were either partially or totally destroyed by the Israeli occupation authorities in Eastern Jerusalem between 1999 and 2014.
He warned of Israel’s exploitation of the security pretext and alleged charges of unlicensed construction among, many other flimsy excuses, to perpetrate its devised schemes of ethnic cleansing, settlement expansion, and Judaization strategies.
Issa also warned of Israel’s breach of the poli-demographic terms mapped by the international law, which considers Eastern Jerusalem as part and parcel of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967.
He spoke out against Israel’s attempts to evacuate Jerusalem of its idiosyncratic Palestinian character and spread out illegal settlement at the expense of Palestinians’ own and only native lands.
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Referring to official data on Israel’s demolition operations, Hanna said 517 Palestinian homes were razed to the ground since the start of 2004 until July 2014, 59 among whom were forcibly demolished by their own owners.
“Such an ongoing demolition policy adopted by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian civilians across the Israeli-run areas makes part of a strategic plan aimed to holding sway over the local land tracts,” he charged.
Issa said at least 2028 Jerusalemites have gone homeless in Eastern Jerusalem during the same aforementioned period.
Issa, an expert in international law, slammed Netanyahu’s latest incitements to violence and house demolitions as a malevolent tactic seeking to dislocate Palestinians from their own motherland, which represents a bare-faced infringement of Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulating that “no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his/her property.”
He further raised alarm bells over the 1108 Palestinian minors who have gone homeless and have been forced to wander down and out on the streets after they have become without a roof over their heads due to such policy.
According to official data, at least 988 Palestinian homes were either partially or totally destroyed by the Israeli occupation authorities in Eastern Jerusalem between 1999 and 2014.
He warned of Israel’s exploitation of the security pretext and alleged charges of unlicensed construction among, many other flimsy excuses, to perpetrate its devised schemes of ethnic cleansing, settlement expansion, and Judaization strategies.
Issa also warned of Israel’s breach of the poli-demographic terms mapped by the international law, which considers Eastern Jerusalem as part and parcel of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967.
He spoke out against Israel’s attempts to evacuate Jerusalem of its idiosyncratic Palestinian character and spread out illegal settlement at the expense of Palestinians’ own and only native lands.
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12 nov 2014
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) issued a decision to confiscate 66 dunums of land tracts in Sheikh Saad village, to the east of Occupied Jerusalem, for military use.
The confiscation orders, posted on a checkpoint randomly pitched in the village, were issued by the Israeli occupation army commander in Jerusalem.
Clashes burst out on Monday between the Palestinian land owners and the Israeli occupation officials after the latter decided to abruptly break into the targeted tracts and delineate the projected confiscation borders.
A Palestinian boy sustained a critical live bullet injury in his stomach throughout the clashes.
The village mayor Ibrahim Zaatra said in a press release on Tuesday: “None of the borders of the targeted tracts have been well marked out. These are fertile, cultivated lands. The seizure decision seeks to set up a military road along the Apartheid Wall.”
Zaatra further spoke out against a systematic Israeli policy aimed at isolating Sheikh Saad village and cutting it off from its geographical surroundings.
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The confiscation orders, posted on a checkpoint randomly pitched in the village, were issued by the Israeli occupation army commander in Jerusalem.
Clashes burst out on Monday between the Palestinian land owners and the Israeli occupation officials after the latter decided to abruptly break into the targeted tracts and delineate the projected confiscation borders.
A Palestinian boy sustained a critical live bullet injury in his stomach throughout the clashes.
The village mayor Ibrahim Zaatra said in a press release on Tuesday: “None of the borders of the targeted tracts have been well marked out. These are fertile, cultivated lands. The seizure decision seeks to set up a military road along the Apartheid Wall.”
Zaatra further spoke out against a systematic Israeli policy aimed at isolating Sheikh Saad village and cutting it off from its geographical surroundings.
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10 nov 2014
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday evening handed a demolition threat to a Palestinian civilian and his son in al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
Sami al-Shouli said a large number of the Israeli occupation army troops, escorted by members of the civil administration personnel, stormed the neighborhood of Aqba Hasna, northwest of the town.
He added that the civil administration personnel served a demolition notification to his 63-year-old father that his house would be knocked down under pretext of unlicensed construction.
The targeted building is a home to nine Palestinian civilians and covers an overall area of 250 square meters, Shouli said.
A PIC correspondent further quoted Shouli as saying that his younger brother Samih, 30, received a similar demolition notice targeting a home of his own covering 250 square meters, under the same pretext.
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Sami al-Shouli said a large number of the Israeli occupation army troops, escorted by members of the civil administration personnel, stormed the neighborhood of Aqba Hasna, northwest of the town.
He added that the civil administration personnel served a demolition notification to his 63-year-old father that his house would be knocked down under pretext of unlicensed construction.
The targeted building is a home to nine Palestinian civilians and covers an overall area of 250 square meters, Shouli said.
A PIC correspondent further quoted Shouli as saying that his younger brother Samih, 30, received a similar demolition notice targeting a home of his own covering 250 square meters, under the same pretext.
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