16 dec 2015
Israeli bulldozers Wednesday morning razed home of the Jerusalemite Ibrahim Diyab and leveled his land despite being adjacent to the Red Cross headquarters in Sheikh Jarrah district in Occupied Jerusalem for the claim of lacking a construction permit.
The PIC reporter pointed out that a big Israeli military force of soldiers and policemen escorted municipality bulldozers and surrounded the location of the house prior to and during the demolition process. The area of the destroyed home was estimated at 80 square meters and was housing six people.
Local sources revealed that the Israeli forces demolished the house over its furniture. The forces did not allow the family to take out their furniture and property since the demolition was conducted without a prior notice, the sources added.
The PIC reporter pointed out that a big Israeli military force of soldiers and policemen escorted municipality bulldozers and surrounded the location of the house prior to and during the demolition process. The area of the destroyed home was estimated at 80 square meters and was housing six people.
Local sources revealed that the Israeli forces demolished the house over its furniture. The forces did not allow the family to take out their furniture and property since the demolition was conducted without a prior notice, the sources added.
Al-Haq details how Israel seizes natural resources in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza.
The Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem are rich in oil, gas a shale oil resources, al-Haq claims in its 2015 report, Annexing Energy. If these resources were to be developed, Palestine would be economically self-sufficient and relieved from dependence on international aid.
However, as expected, Israel has a history of systematically preventing Palestine’s development of oil and gas in the Occupied Plaestinian Territories (OPT).
Since 1967, the OPT’s natural resources have been governed by Israel’s government, allowing Israel to manage its natural resources to the benefit of Israeli citizens and corporations – not the local population.
Al-Haq explains that Israel prevents Palestine’s development of oil and gas in the OPT by “curtailing Palestinian freedom of movement, appropriating Palestinian resource rich land and sea resources, forcibly stagnating the Palestinian economy and manipulating Palestinian energy dependence for private commercial profit.”
This system goes against international law, which dictates that military commanders have only limited authority regarding natural resources in the OPT. This limited authority is subject to military necessity and the humanitarian concerns of the occupied population.
Al-Haq argues that Israel’s appropriation, exploitation and prevention of development of oil and gas resources “constitute plunder and further breach Palestine’s right to self-determination.”
Moreover, the current system continues to promote the seizure of Palestine’s maritime space and prevent Palestine’s rightful ability to develop its gas distribution network.
Read al-Haq's full report here.
The Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem are rich in oil, gas a shale oil resources, al-Haq claims in its 2015 report, Annexing Energy. If these resources were to be developed, Palestine would be economically self-sufficient and relieved from dependence on international aid.
However, as expected, Israel has a history of systematically preventing Palestine’s development of oil and gas in the Occupied Plaestinian Territories (OPT).
Since 1967, the OPT’s natural resources have been governed by Israel’s government, allowing Israel to manage its natural resources to the benefit of Israeli citizens and corporations – not the local population.
Al-Haq explains that Israel prevents Palestine’s development of oil and gas in the OPT by “curtailing Palestinian freedom of movement, appropriating Palestinian resource rich land and sea resources, forcibly stagnating the Palestinian economy and manipulating Palestinian energy dependence for private commercial profit.”
This system goes against international law, which dictates that military commanders have only limited authority regarding natural resources in the OPT. This limited authority is subject to military necessity and the humanitarian concerns of the occupied population.
Al-Haq argues that Israel’s appropriation, exploitation and prevention of development of oil and gas resources “constitute plunder and further breach Palestine’s right to self-determination.”
Moreover, the current system continues to promote the seizure of Palestine’s maritime space and prevent Palestine’s rightful ability to develop its gas distribution network.
Read al-Haq's full report here.
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A number of Palestinian homes sustained serious cracks and fissures in Wadi al-Hilweh neighborhood in Siwan town in occupied Jerusalem as a result of the Israeli continued excavations underneath the area.
Cracks and collapses occurred over the past few days in the walls and floors of a number of homes in Silwan town adjacent to the southern part of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center affirmed. Wide cracks and collapses mainly occurred in a three-story building which houses 20 persons mostly children, according to the center. |
The Jerusalemite families were surprised to find collapses and cracks on the walls of their houses and the entrance of the building as well as in the outside courtyard and the building’s walls.
The locals at Wadi Hilweh neighborhood explained that they have been suffering from cracks and collapses in their houses and the streets of the neighborhood because of the Israeli excavations underneath their neighborhood especially in the winter season which they call “season of collapses”.
Wadi Hilweh Center warned of the danger of the continuous Israeli excavations on the residents and their properties.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center explained that the occupation authorities began the excavation works underneath the neighborhood in 2007 and the residents were able to obtain an order from the Israeli courts to stop the excavations underneath their houses for 14 months, and then they were able to obtain an order from the judge which allows the Israeli authorities to do their work only if they don’t pose any threat to the lives of the residents.
The locals at Wadi Hilweh neighborhood explained that they have been suffering from cracks and collapses in their houses and the streets of the neighborhood because of the Israeli excavations underneath their neighborhood especially in the winter season which they call “season of collapses”.
Wadi Hilweh Center warned of the danger of the continuous Israeli excavations on the residents and their properties.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center explained that the occupation authorities began the excavation works underneath the neighborhood in 2007 and the residents were able to obtain an order from the Israeli courts to stop the excavations underneath their houses for 14 months, and then they were able to obtain an order from the judge which allows the Israeli authorities to do their work only if they don’t pose any threat to the lives of the residents.
Israeli bulldozers demolished on Tuesday a Palestinian home in Tamra city, in the Western Galilee area of 1948 Occupied Palestine, under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Local sources said the Israeli bulldozers knocked down the house of Omar Yassin shortly after policemen raided al-Hamra neighborhood and cordoned off the home.
The Israeli policemen arrested the house-owner right after the demolition on allegations of obstructing police work.
A couple of weeks ago, the Israeli authorities ordered Yassin to self-demolish his own home and threatened to charge him with all demolition fees in case he does not abide by the order.
Meanwhile, the Tamra municipality announced Wednesday a day of general strike in protest at the demolition procedure.
The Israeli authorities have been denying Palestinians’ living in 1948 Occupied Palestine the right to expand their homes or to build new ones, resulting in remarkable overcrowding.
Local sources said the Israeli bulldozers knocked down the house of Omar Yassin shortly after policemen raided al-Hamra neighborhood and cordoned off the home.
The Israeli policemen arrested the house-owner right after the demolition on allegations of obstructing police work.
A couple of weeks ago, the Israeli authorities ordered Yassin to self-demolish his own home and threatened to charge him with all demolition fees in case he does not abide by the order.
Meanwhile, the Tamra municipality announced Wednesday a day of general strike in protest at the demolition procedure.
The Israeli authorities have been denying Palestinians’ living in 1948 Occupied Palestine the right to expand their homes or to build new ones, resulting in remarkable overcrowding.
Ahmad Hajahja 21 (R)
Hekmat Hamdan (L)
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Qalandia refuge camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, shot and killed two Palestinians, and wounded at least four others; the army claimed three soldiers were injured in a ramming incident.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Ahmad Hajahja, 21, from the Qalandia refugee camp, and Hekmat Hamdan, from al-Biereh city, were killed in the refugee camp, and at least four Palestinians were shot with live fire.
Hajahja was a second-year Journalism student at the Modern University College, in Ramallah, in addition to being active with the Qalandia Media Center. He was also related to Younis Jahjouh, 22, who was killed by the Israeli army, along with Rubin Ziad, 32, and Jihad Aslan, 19, in a similar invasion two years ago.
Medical sources said one of the wounded Palestinians was shot in the abdomen, and was instantly moved to surgery; his condition remains critical.
The Israeli army said Hajahja rammed his car into the soldiers, wounding three. After being shot, Hajahja was left to bleed to death, before the soldiers took his body to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses said an Israeli ambulance, and a helicopter, took the injured soldiers to Israeli hospitals.
Media sources in Qalandia said hundreds of Israeli soldiers invaded the refugee camp in their armored jeeps and military vehicles, from various directions, and exchanged fire with armed resistance fighters.
Clashes also took place between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at them, while the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, and kidnapped Mahmoud Nayef Abu Lateefa, 26, after repeatedly beating him.
Among the invaded homes were the properties of Laith Manasra and Ahmad Sobhi Abu al-'Aish, who were killed by the army on November 16th, and Mahmoud Abdullah 'Adwan, 21, who was killed on December 16.
The soldiers also broke into many shops, stores and the Tammam Medical Center, and violently searched them, causing serious property damage. The soldiers also stole money from invaded shops and stores.
Hekmat Hamdan (L)
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Qalandia refuge camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, shot and killed two Palestinians, and wounded at least four others; the army claimed three soldiers were injured in a ramming incident.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Ahmad Hajahja, 21, from the Qalandia refugee camp, and Hekmat Hamdan, from al-Biereh city, were killed in the refugee camp, and at least four Palestinians were shot with live fire.
Hajahja was a second-year Journalism student at the Modern University College, in Ramallah, in addition to being active with the Qalandia Media Center. He was also related to Younis Jahjouh, 22, who was killed by the Israeli army, along with Rubin Ziad, 32, and Jihad Aslan, 19, in a similar invasion two years ago.
Medical sources said one of the wounded Palestinians was shot in the abdomen, and was instantly moved to surgery; his condition remains critical.
The Israeli army said Hajahja rammed his car into the soldiers, wounding three. After being shot, Hajahja was left to bleed to death, before the soldiers took his body to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses said an Israeli ambulance, and a helicopter, took the injured soldiers to Israeli hospitals.
Media sources in Qalandia said hundreds of Israeli soldiers invaded the refugee camp in their armored jeeps and military vehicles, from various directions, and exchanged fire with armed resistance fighters.
Clashes also took place between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at them, while the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, and kidnapped Mahmoud Nayef Abu Lateefa, 26, after repeatedly beating him.
Among the invaded homes were the properties of Laith Manasra and Ahmad Sobhi Abu al-'Aish, who were killed by the army on November 16th, and Mahmoud Abdullah 'Adwan, 21, who was killed on December 16.
The soldiers also broke into many shops, stores and the Tammam Medical Center, and violently searched them, causing serious property damage. The soldiers also stole money from invaded shops and stores.
15 dec 2015
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) issued on Tuesday a demolition order for the home of a Jerusalemite young man for allegedly carrying out an attack on an Israeli bus in October.
The local activist Raed Bashir said that Israeli forces handed over the demolition order to the family of Bahaa Elayyan who was shot and killed by Israeli gunfire earlier in October after he allegedly opened fire at an Israeli bus near Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
He considered the demolition order as part of Israel’s revenge demolition policy against Palestinians, pointing out that the three-floor building houses 25 persons.
Elayyan’s family lives in the second floor of the building; however, the Israeli order ruled to demolish the whole building.
Israel continues to detain the bodies of 16 slain Jerusalemites who were shot and killed by Israeli fire during Jerusalem Intifada, while 1,100 young men were arrested over the past two months in occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered punitive home demolitions in a failed attempt to stop Palestinian resistance operations.
The local activist Raed Bashir said that Israeli forces handed over the demolition order to the family of Bahaa Elayyan who was shot and killed by Israeli gunfire earlier in October after he allegedly opened fire at an Israeli bus near Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
He considered the demolition order as part of Israel’s revenge demolition policy against Palestinians, pointing out that the three-floor building houses 25 persons.
Elayyan’s family lives in the second floor of the building; however, the Israeli order ruled to demolish the whole building.
Israel continues to detain the bodies of 16 slain Jerusalemites who were shot and killed by Israeli fire during Jerusalem Intifada, while 1,100 young men were arrested over the past two months in occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered punitive home demolitions in a failed attempt to stop Palestinian resistance operations.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the town of Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including the father of Anas Hammad, who was killed by army fire on Friday, December 4. The soldiers also invaded Beit Jala, and kidnapped one resident.
Several military vehicles invaded the town, before breaking into and searching a number of homes, and kidnapped former political prisoner Bassam Hammad, 49, the father of Anas Hammad, who was shot dead on December 4, after the army claimed he rammed soldiers with his car.
The soldiers also kidnapped Mohammad Abdul-Majid Hammad, Othman Ayman Sarraj and Mohammad Ahmad Sarraj.
On Monday evening, the soldiers invaded Silwad and searched homes, in addition to confiscating electric equipment worth 3500 Shekels, from a car after stopping it on a military roadblock installed at the western entrance of the town.
The soldiers also invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Beit Jala city, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped Ali Taha Allan, 30, from his home in the al-Jadayel area.
Several military vehicles invaded the town, before breaking into and searching a number of homes, and kidnapped former political prisoner Bassam Hammad, 49, the father of Anas Hammad, who was shot dead on December 4, after the army claimed he rammed soldiers with his car.
The soldiers also kidnapped Mohammad Abdul-Majid Hammad, Othman Ayman Sarraj and Mohammad Ahmad Sarraj.
On Monday evening, the soldiers invaded Silwad and searched homes, in addition to confiscating electric equipment worth 3500 Shekels, from a car after stopping it on a military roadblock installed at the western entrance of the town.
The soldiers also invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Beit Jala city, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped Ali Taha Allan, 30, from his home in the al-Jadayel area.
14 dec 2015
Israeli settlers leveled Palestinian lands in Deir Ballout town to the west of Salfit to expand Leshem settlement built in 2013.
Researcher Khaled Maali said that the Israeli property directorate confiscated 30 dunums of Palestinian lands in Deir Estia and Jeansafout towns in Wade Qana near Salfit after the issuance of confiscation notices for 2000 dunums in the area a month ago.
Maali said the Israeli Occupation Authority is seeking to take control of Wade Qana from all directions by surrounding it with eight settlements.
Researcher Khaled Maali said that the Israeli property directorate confiscated 30 dunums of Palestinian lands in Deir Estia and Jeansafout towns in Wade Qana near Salfit after the issuance of confiscation notices for 2000 dunums in the area a month ago.
Maali said the Israeli Occupation Authority is seeking to take control of Wade Qana from all directions by surrounding it with eight settlements.
Israeli authorities, on Sunday, notified two families living in the Silwan neighborhood of annexed East Jerusalem of intentions to evict, under claims they are owned by non-governmental Jewish organizations.
WAFA correspondence said that Israeli police served a member of the Rajabi and Basbous families, from Jerusalem, a notification ordering them to leave their two homes, both of which are located in Silwan.
Local activists claim that about 80 real estates in Silwan are expected to be taken over by Jewish groups.
This is not the first time Israeli authorities have asked Palestinians from East Jerusalem to leave their homes under such a pretext.
On August 5 of 2015, Israeli police asked two East Jerusalem Palestinian families, Sabri and Abdullah Abu-Nab, to leave their homes under the pretext of absentee ownership.
Israel has instituted a series of mandatory laws, regulations and policies to legalize the confiscation of Palestinian lands and property, and prevent them from returning to their homes.
Palestinian land was deemed “absentee property”, based on the 1950 Absentee Property Law, while the control of the land was transferred to governmental and semi-governmental agencies, such as the Jewish National Fund and Israel’s Land Administration, for the sole benefit of Jewish Israelis.
Under this law, Palestinian refugees and the internally displaced are regarded as “present absentees” -- designations which authorized "legal" confiscation of their land -- the implication being that the majority of Palestinian lands were lost.
The law was first enacted and took effect in 1950, after the great population influx that Israel experienced in its early days as an officially recognized state, as thousands of Palestinian Arabs were forced to flee the city for fear of being killed. The law was approved by the Supreme Court of Israel on April 16, 2015.
Secretary General of the Islamic-Christian Committee to Support Occupied Jerusalem and Holy Sites, Hanna Essa, denounced the court’s decision, and said such property belongs to thousands of indigenous Arab and Palestinian residents who were forced out of their homeland, following the 1948 and 1967 wars.
Editor's note: According to UN statistics, Palestinians now make up the largest refugee population in the entire world.
Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign declared that, “By classifying every citizen or persons present in an “enemy” territory or country as an “absentee” vis-à-vis property in Israel, the law has served to confiscate the land and real estate left behind by the Palestinians who were forcibly displaced in 1948.”
Most Palestinians in the occupied territories became de facto “absentees” with regard to property in East Jerusalem, which was unilaterally and illegally annexed by Israel in 1967.
Israel’s annexation and extension of the Absentees’ Property Law to occupied East Jerusalem is in direct contravention of international law, and has been strongly condemned by the United Nations.
WAFA correspondence said that Israeli police served a member of the Rajabi and Basbous families, from Jerusalem, a notification ordering them to leave their two homes, both of which are located in Silwan.
Local activists claim that about 80 real estates in Silwan are expected to be taken over by Jewish groups.
This is not the first time Israeli authorities have asked Palestinians from East Jerusalem to leave their homes under such a pretext.
On August 5 of 2015, Israeli police asked two East Jerusalem Palestinian families, Sabri and Abdullah Abu-Nab, to leave their homes under the pretext of absentee ownership.
Israel has instituted a series of mandatory laws, regulations and policies to legalize the confiscation of Palestinian lands and property, and prevent them from returning to their homes.
Palestinian land was deemed “absentee property”, based on the 1950 Absentee Property Law, while the control of the land was transferred to governmental and semi-governmental agencies, such as the Jewish National Fund and Israel’s Land Administration, for the sole benefit of Jewish Israelis.
Under this law, Palestinian refugees and the internally displaced are regarded as “present absentees” -- designations which authorized "legal" confiscation of their land -- the implication being that the majority of Palestinian lands were lost.
The law was first enacted and took effect in 1950, after the great population influx that Israel experienced in its early days as an officially recognized state, as thousands of Palestinian Arabs were forced to flee the city for fear of being killed. The law was approved by the Supreme Court of Israel on April 16, 2015.
Secretary General of the Islamic-Christian Committee to Support Occupied Jerusalem and Holy Sites, Hanna Essa, denounced the court’s decision, and said such property belongs to thousands of indigenous Arab and Palestinian residents who were forced out of their homeland, following the 1948 and 1967 wars.
Editor's note: According to UN statistics, Palestinians now make up the largest refugee population in the entire world.
Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign declared that, “By classifying every citizen or persons present in an “enemy” territory or country as an “absentee” vis-à-vis property in Israel, the law has served to confiscate the land and real estate left behind by the Palestinians who were forcibly displaced in 1948.”
Most Palestinians in the occupied territories became de facto “absentees” with regard to property in East Jerusalem, which was unilaterally and illegally annexed by Israel in 1967.
Israel’s annexation and extension of the Absentees’ Property Law to occupied East Jerusalem is in direct contravention of international law, and has been strongly condemned by the United Nations.
13 dec 2015
“They Destroy, We Reconstruct” is the title of a campaign launched by the Palestinians of the Shu’fat refugee camp, a few days after the Israeli occupation troops knocked down the family home of the slain Palestinian Ibrahim al-Akkari.
Speaking on behalf of the campaign, Abu Ahmad said funds have been gathered to reconstruct al-Akkari’s family home.
He said 100,000 shekels have been collected hours after al-Akkari’s home was reduced to rubble.
“We’ve been standing by each other. Al-Akkari sacrificed his life and soul for our motherland and our holy al-Aqsa Mosque. This is the least we can do,” he added.
“Ever since the day when my husband was killed, our neighbors and friends at the camp have never left us alone,” Ibrahim’s wife, Um Hmaza, said.
“Haven’t they stood by our side, my five children and I could have gone homeless. They have given us a house to take shelter in until my old home is reconstructed,” she added.
“We will never ever throw in the towel. We will rehabilitate every single stone that has been ruined by the Israeli occupation,” she vowed.
Harking back to the demolition scene, Um Hamza expressed the shock she felt deep inside as the home where her children were born and raised was turned into mounds of rubble.
“Imagine that a little kid showed up at the camp and donated the sum of money he has been saving in his coin bank; another youth donated his salary while dozens more donated their house furniture,” Abu Ahmad further stated.
Ibrahim’s home was knocked down a couple of weeks ago by the Israeli occupation troops, one year after Ibrahim, a father of five children, was killed by Israeli soldiers after ramming his car into a group of them.
Speaking on behalf of the campaign, Abu Ahmad said funds have been gathered to reconstruct al-Akkari’s family home.
He said 100,000 shekels have been collected hours after al-Akkari’s home was reduced to rubble.
“We’ve been standing by each other. Al-Akkari sacrificed his life and soul for our motherland and our holy al-Aqsa Mosque. This is the least we can do,” he added.
“Ever since the day when my husband was killed, our neighbors and friends at the camp have never left us alone,” Ibrahim’s wife, Um Hmaza, said.
“Haven’t they stood by our side, my five children and I could have gone homeless. They have given us a house to take shelter in until my old home is reconstructed,” she added.
“We will never ever throw in the towel. We will rehabilitate every single stone that has been ruined by the Israeli occupation,” she vowed.
Harking back to the demolition scene, Um Hamza expressed the shock she felt deep inside as the home where her children were born and raised was turned into mounds of rubble.
“Imagine that a little kid showed up at the camp and donated the sum of money he has been saving in his coin bank; another youth donated his salary while dozens more donated their house furniture,” Abu Ahmad further stated.
Ibrahim’s home was knocked down a couple of weeks ago by the Israeli occupation troops, one year after Ibrahim, a father of five children, was killed by Israeli soldiers after ramming his car into a group of them.
A Palestinian shepherd on Saturday evening suffered injuries when Jewish settlers' dogs attacked him in Bayoudh area in the northern Jordan Valley.
Chief of the Jordan Valley municipal council Aref Daraghmeh said that a horde of settlers from Maskiot settlement unleashed their dogs on Palestinian shepherds in the area that wounded 18-year-old Rami Daraghmeh.
Daraghmeh added that the wounded young man received medical assistance in the Turkish Tubas hospital.
He also said that Israeli soldiers stole a donkey belonging to a Palestinian from Hammamat Maleh in the Valley.
Chief of the Jordan Valley municipal council Aref Daraghmeh said that a horde of settlers from Maskiot settlement unleashed their dogs on Palestinian shepherds in the area that wounded 18-year-old Rami Daraghmeh.
Daraghmeh added that the wounded young man received medical assistance in the Turkish Tubas hospital.
He also said that Israeli soldiers stole a donkey belonging to a Palestinian from Hammamat Maleh in the Valley.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Saturday seized 30 dunums of Palestinian lands in Salfit’s western towns of Deir Istiya and Jinsafut, in the northern occupied West Bank.
A PIC news correspondent quoted local sources as stating that Peace Now warned the Deir Istiya municipality of the new confiscation decision.
One month earlier, the IOA had notified the misappropriation of 1,000 dunums of Palestinian lands in Wadi Qana, in western Salfit.
Expert in settlement affairs, Khaled Maali, said the Wadi Qana area, where the targeted lands are located, has been permanently targeted by the IOA for the fertility and width of its natural space.
He said eight Israeli illegal settlements have been surrounding the area, including Nov Uranium, Yakir, Nofim and Emmanuel.
A PIC news correspondent quoted local sources as stating that Peace Now warned the Deir Istiya municipality of the new confiscation decision.
One month earlier, the IOA had notified the misappropriation of 1,000 dunums of Palestinian lands in Wadi Qana, in western Salfit.
Expert in settlement affairs, Khaled Maali, said the Wadi Qana area, where the targeted lands are located, has been permanently targeted by the IOA for the fertility and width of its natural space.
He said eight Israeli illegal settlements have been surrounding the area, including Nov Uranium, Yakir, Nofim and Emmanuel.
11 dec 2015
It does not seem that there is a school between dozens of Palestinian tin-made homes located at what is known as al-Mu'arrajat road connecting between Ramallah city at the center and the city of Jericho at the east of the West Bank.
However, a number of ferrous caravans are named by the residents of the area as "Arab al-Ka'abneh School". It is the only school in the area and includes 65 students who receive their education up to the ninth grade.
Notification of demolition
It seems that those students will lose their right to education, as the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) notified the school, which is named after the inhabitants of the region, that it would demolish it. Another kindergarten in the same location was notified of demolition also, in the middle of last November under the pretext of "building without a permit".
Mahmoud Ajrami, director of the school, told Anadolu News Agency that "the IOA notified the school of demolition under the pretext of building without a permit in an area classified by Israel as Area C according to the Oslo agreement signed between the PLO and Israel in 1993.
He added: "The IOA has notified the school with demolition many times ... they want to deport the residents here out of these areas for the benefit of settlement construction and the Israeli farms in the region."
Ka'abneh Arabs
Ka'abneh Arabs are Bedouins, who have been living in the Jordan Valley before the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967; they lived in tents, and then turned to live in houses made of tin.
These Palestinians had built the school in 1968, which was a tent until 1987, then the first classroom was made up of tin, today it is a set of ferrous caravans.
Near the school there are huge water tanks, which are under the control of the IOA that prevents Palestinians from using them, according to Ajrami, who said: "Water tanks are just a few meters from the school, but they prevent us from using it."
Ajrami indicated that the teaching staff and parents said that even if the school is demolished they insist on providing education for students in it.
Ajrami pointed with his hand to some trees in the school yard, and said: "see these trees, we have also been notified that they will be uprooted, the IOA does not want to keep any appearance of life here."
Rough roads
The road to the school is a rugged dirt road; where tin-made houses are located that belong to a population of Bedouins, living on livestock, and using the mountains of the Jordan Valley as pastures for their goats.
About 10 thousand Palestinians live in the (Palestinian) Jordan Valley in houses made of tin and tents, and are prevented by Israel from the construction of houses of cement and stones.
Israel considers this region as its economic and security reserve, so it always wants to maintain a security presence in the area whatever the situation with the Palestinians is; but the Palestinians say they will not build their own state without the Jordan Valley.
A dream of better tomorrow
Students at the Ka'abneh School race at the break to play with swings and simple games, which are not in a good condition in the school yard. They say that they are "dreaming of a better future, but they fear of the demolition of their school and the demolition of their dreams."
Hisham Suleiman, a student at the school, aspires to become an engineer to work on building houses and schools in those arid slopes.
Suleiman added in his talk to Anadolu News Agency: "they do not want us to live in peace, they want to demolish our houses and school, but we will re-build them if they did."
The child said smiling: "I want to be an engineer so that I can make my village better and build good houses."
Asia Mileihat, a female student in the eighth grade, told Anadolu News Agency: "we are always suffering from the Israeli army restrictions; they do not want us to build anything. They want to demolish our school, and impede our education".
We will not leave
She added: "we will not leave... We will stay here even if our school and homes are demolished, we will not leave our place to the greedy Israeli settlers."
While sitting on her school bench, Mileihat said: "This school is all that we have; we will rebuild it if it is demolished."
The school uses electricity from solar cells, but not sufficient, according to Yusuf Daraghmeh, an instructor of technology at the school.
Daraghmeh told Anadolu News Agency: "Non-availability of electricity is a major impediment in teaching technology for students who will attend other schools and universities later in their life; they will have difficulty in higher grades and in dealing with the modern means of communication, especially computers".
Daraghmeh uses his laptop to compensate for part of the students' educational needs.
However, a number of ferrous caravans are named by the residents of the area as "Arab al-Ka'abneh School". It is the only school in the area and includes 65 students who receive their education up to the ninth grade.
Notification of demolition
It seems that those students will lose their right to education, as the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) notified the school, which is named after the inhabitants of the region, that it would demolish it. Another kindergarten in the same location was notified of demolition also, in the middle of last November under the pretext of "building without a permit".
Mahmoud Ajrami, director of the school, told Anadolu News Agency that "the IOA notified the school of demolition under the pretext of building without a permit in an area classified by Israel as Area C according to the Oslo agreement signed between the PLO and Israel in 1993.
He added: "The IOA has notified the school with demolition many times ... they want to deport the residents here out of these areas for the benefit of settlement construction and the Israeli farms in the region."
Ka'abneh Arabs
Ka'abneh Arabs are Bedouins, who have been living in the Jordan Valley before the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967; they lived in tents, and then turned to live in houses made of tin.
These Palestinians had built the school in 1968, which was a tent until 1987, then the first classroom was made up of tin, today it is a set of ferrous caravans.
Near the school there are huge water tanks, which are under the control of the IOA that prevents Palestinians from using them, according to Ajrami, who said: "Water tanks are just a few meters from the school, but they prevent us from using it."
Ajrami indicated that the teaching staff and parents said that even if the school is demolished they insist on providing education for students in it.
Ajrami pointed with his hand to some trees in the school yard, and said: "see these trees, we have also been notified that they will be uprooted, the IOA does not want to keep any appearance of life here."
Rough roads
The road to the school is a rugged dirt road; where tin-made houses are located that belong to a population of Bedouins, living on livestock, and using the mountains of the Jordan Valley as pastures for their goats.
About 10 thousand Palestinians live in the (Palestinian) Jordan Valley in houses made of tin and tents, and are prevented by Israel from the construction of houses of cement and stones.
Israel considers this region as its economic and security reserve, so it always wants to maintain a security presence in the area whatever the situation with the Palestinians is; but the Palestinians say they will not build their own state without the Jordan Valley.
A dream of better tomorrow
Students at the Ka'abneh School race at the break to play with swings and simple games, which are not in a good condition in the school yard. They say that they are "dreaming of a better future, but they fear of the demolition of their school and the demolition of their dreams."
Hisham Suleiman, a student at the school, aspires to become an engineer to work on building houses and schools in those arid slopes.
Suleiman added in his talk to Anadolu News Agency: "they do not want us to live in peace, they want to demolish our houses and school, but we will re-build them if they did."
The child said smiling: "I want to be an engineer so that I can make my village better and build good houses."
Asia Mileihat, a female student in the eighth grade, told Anadolu News Agency: "we are always suffering from the Israeli army restrictions; they do not want us to build anything. They want to demolish our school, and impede our education".
We will not leave
She added: "we will not leave... We will stay here even if our school and homes are demolished, we will not leave our place to the greedy Israeli settlers."
While sitting on her school bench, Mileihat said: "This school is all that we have; we will rebuild it if it is demolished."
The school uses electricity from solar cells, but not sufficient, according to Yusuf Daraghmeh, an instructor of technology at the school.
Daraghmeh told Anadolu News Agency: "Non-availability of electricity is a major impediment in teaching technology for students who will attend other schools and universities later in their life; they will have difficulty in higher grades and in dealing with the modern means of communication, especially computers".
Daraghmeh uses his laptop to compensate for part of the students' educational needs.
10 dec 2015
Israeli fanatic settlers on Thursday morning stormed the Qurtuba School in al-Khalil province and attacked teachers and schoolgirls.
A PIC news reporter said hordes of extremist Israelis attacked schoolgirls and instructors at the Qurtuba School, in the southern occupied West Bank, and prevented other pupils and teachers from reaching their classrooms after they hardly managed to pass through Checkpoint 56, near the Shuhadaa Street.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation soldiers stormed, at the crack of dawn, the family homes of a number of slain Palestinians across the city.
A PIC news reporter identified the slain Palestinians, who got their homes ravaged, as Taher Funun, Mustafa Funun and Abdul Rahman Muswada, in a move aimed at paving the way for a projected demolition procedure.
The occupation soldiers further rolled into al-Khalil’s southern neighborhoods and wreaked havoc a number of civilian homes.
Earlier, on Wednesday evening, the Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of three Palestinian youths from Jenin city, in the northern occupied West Bank, on allegations of attempts to carrying out a stabbing attack in Afoula city, in 1948 Occupied Palestine.
A PIC news reporter said hordes of extremist Israelis attacked schoolgirls and instructors at the Qurtuba School, in the southern occupied West Bank, and prevented other pupils and teachers from reaching their classrooms after they hardly managed to pass through Checkpoint 56, near the Shuhadaa Street.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation soldiers stormed, at the crack of dawn, the family homes of a number of slain Palestinians across the city.
A PIC news reporter identified the slain Palestinians, who got their homes ravaged, as Taher Funun, Mustafa Funun and Abdul Rahman Muswada, in a move aimed at paving the way for a projected demolition procedure.
The occupation soldiers further rolled into al-Khalil’s southern neighborhoods and wreaked havoc a number of civilian homes.
Earlier, on Wednesday evening, the Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of three Palestinian youths from Jenin city, in the northern occupied West Bank, on allegations of attempts to carrying out a stabbing attack in Afoula city, in 1948 Occupied Palestine.
Five Palestinians in Zabda village near Ya'bad town, south of Jenin city, received Israeli military orders on Wednesday threatening to demolish their shanties at the pretext they were built near the segregation wall.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) the Israeli occupation army had demolished the tents and tin shacks of the same families about one year ago under the same pretext.
Despite what they have come through, these impoverished families refuse to leave their area and give in to Israeli threats, the sources affirmed.
The villagers earn their living through grazing cattle and live in tents and shanties.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) the Israeli occupation army had demolished the tents and tin shacks of the same families about one year ago under the same pretext.
Despite what they have come through, these impoverished families refuse to leave their area and give in to Israeli threats, the sources affirmed.
The villagers earn their living through grazing cattle and live in tents and shanties.
