25 jan 2016
The Palestinian Reconstruction Committee in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil warned on Monday of Israeli intents to take over a home in the city in favor of illegal settlers.
Al-Khalil’s Reconstruction Committee said historical documents prove that Palestinians are the only owners of the homes built in the Old City of al-Khalil and that none of these houses shall turn into a bargaining chip with the Israeli occupation government.
Reports have recently been released by Israeli news outlets on an underway agreement between the occupation government and the settlers to hold sway over one of two homes that were misappropriated sometime earlier and to move the settlers back into the house.
The committee held the Israeli occupation government responsible for the projected upshots of such an “illegitimate decision” which infringes all international laws, and fans the flames of the simmering violence rocking the occupied Palestinian territories.
Al-Khalil’s Reconstruction Committee said historical documents prove that Palestinians are the only owners of the homes built in the Old City of al-Khalil and that none of these houses shall turn into a bargaining chip with the Israeli occupation government.
Reports have recently been released by Israeli news outlets on an underway agreement between the occupation government and the settlers to hold sway over one of two homes that were misappropriated sometime earlier and to move the settlers back into the house.
The committee held the Israeli occupation government responsible for the projected upshots of such an “illegitimate decision” which infringes all international laws, and fans the flames of the simmering violence rocking the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed, during the Sunday government meeting, to support settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and to seek "a legal process to allow the settlers to return" to the two Hebron buildings they were evicted from, Thursday.
His statements about the "evicted settlers in Hebron" refer to the two buildings they occupied, Thursday, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Israel said the two buildings will remain shut “until the court reaches a final decision regarding their ownership.”
The eviction caused Netanyahu's coalition partners, especially extreme right wing factions, to lash out on him and his Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, who ordered the removal of the settlers.
Netanyahu said the eviction was a legal issue, and that he will always support all settlement activities in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.
He added that the legality of the "purchase of the two homes is being examined," adding said once his government examines "the purchase documents", and approves it, the settlers will be allowed back, and reiterated his government's support of all settlement activities.
"Should the legal process take more than a week, it will be presented to the ministerial cabinet for deliberation," he said.
Netanyahu faced strong criticism from his extreme right-wing coalition partners, and ministers, after the army removed the settlers.
The settlers stormed and occupied the two Palestinian homes in Hebron, last Thursday, while throwing stones and hurling insults on the Palestinians.
The homes belong to Fawwaz Qafisha, Shams al-Zatari, and Hussein al-Zatari on al-Sahla Street, near the Ibrahimi mosque, in Hebron.
The army said the eviction came because the alleged purchase was never verified, and because the setters moved in without the approval of the military, the political and security leadership in the country.
Israel’s colonies in the occupied territories, including in East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Conventions, to which Israel is a signatory.
They are largely built on private Palestinian property, while many are built on what Israel classifies as “state lands.”
Article 4, paragraph six, of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention says, "the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies."
Article 85(4)(a) of the Additional Protocol of 1977, reiterates Article 4, and states that "the transfer by the occupying power of parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies is a grave breech of the protocol."
In addition, the ICC Statute (International Criminal Court) states that "the transfer, directly or indirectly, by the occupying power of parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies constitutes a war crime in international armed conflicts."
His statements about the "evicted settlers in Hebron" refer to the two buildings they occupied, Thursday, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Israel said the two buildings will remain shut “until the court reaches a final decision regarding their ownership.”
The eviction caused Netanyahu's coalition partners, especially extreme right wing factions, to lash out on him and his Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, who ordered the removal of the settlers.
Netanyahu said the eviction was a legal issue, and that he will always support all settlement activities in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.
He added that the legality of the "purchase of the two homes is being examined," adding said once his government examines "the purchase documents", and approves it, the settlers will be allowed back, and reiterated his government's support of all settlement activities.
"Should the legal process take more than a week, it will be presented to the ministerial cabinet for deliberation," he said.
Netanyahu faced strong criticism from his extreme right-wing coalition partners, and ministers, after the army removed the settlers.
The settlers stormed and occupied the two Palestinian homes in Hebron, last Thursday, while throwing stones and hurling insults on the Palestinians.
The homes belong to Fawwaz Qafisha, Shams al-Zatari, and Hussein al-Zatari on al-Sahla Street, near the Ibrahimi mosque, in Hebron.
The army said the eviction came because the alleged purchase was never verified, and because the setters moved in without the approval of the military, the political and security leadership in the country.
Israel’s colonies in the occupied territories, including in East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Conventions, to which Israel is a signatory.
They are largely built on private Palestinian property, while many are built on what Israel classifies as “state lands.”
Article 4, paragraph six, of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention says, "the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies."
Article 85(4)(a) of the Additional Protocol of 1977, reiterates Article 4, and states that "the transfer by the occupying power of parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies is a grave breech of the protocol."
In addition, the ICC Statute (International Criminal Court) states that "the transfer, directly or indirectly, by the occupying power of parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies constitutes a war crime in international armed conflicts."
Israeli municipality crews Sunday morning stormed the area between at-Tayba and Qalansawe Arab towns in 1948 Occupied Palestine and razed two homes out of ten houses threatened with demolition.
Local sources revealed that the homes of Ibrahim Zabarqa and Ahmad Nasasra were demolished for the usual pretext of lacking construction permits.
Israeli police barred the inhabitants of both towns from heading to the demolition locations after closing off the roads that lead to the houses. Policemen also assaulted some of the residents.
The sources affirmed that clashes erupted between Israeli policemen and the people of the towns who tried to stop the demolition process.
Local sources revealed that the homes of Ibrahim Zabarqa and Ahmad Nasasra were demolished for the usual pretext of lacking construction permits.
Israeli police barred the inhabitants of both towns from heading to the demolition locations after closing off the roads that lead to the houses. Policemen also assaulted some of the residents.
The sources affirmed that clashes erupted between Israeli policemen and the people of the towns who tried to stop the demolition process.
24 jan 2016
The accelerated settlement construction and the confiscation of lands in the villages and towns of Salfit governorate located in the center of West Bank have caused shocking and scary changes in the province, negatively affecting various areas of life of the Palestinian citizens.
Palestinian statistics documented that there are 24 Israeli settlements in the Salfit governorate compared to 18 Palestinian towns and villages; these settlements extensively drain the rich natural resources and the groundwater of the province.
Researcher Khaled Ma'ali told the Palestinian Information Center that the settlement buidling, which began early in Salfit in the late seventies, has been dramatically affecting the lives of all citizens of the villages and towns of Salfit. He attributed this situation, which is contrary to international humanitarian law, to the following shocking information and changes:
1. For the first time, Salfit is the first West Bank province in which the demographic balance is broken in favor of the settlers; as more than 100 thousand settlers; including students of the Ariel University are living in the settlements in Salfit versus 90 thousand Palestinians.
2. For the first time a big University is established in a settlement inside the West Bank, which is the Ariel University; statistics in 2011 indicate that nearly 20 thousand students study at this university which was established over a Palestinian land.
3. The Israeli occupation views Salfit as a strategic area because it is located over the Western Aquifer Basin, a lake of underground water, from which the Israeli occupation steal water and re-sell it to its rightful owners at prices that reach up to tenfold of the prices offered to the settlers sometimes.
4. Salfit is the second area in Palestine targeted with settlement after occupied Jerusalem; due to the small number of Palestinian inhabitants and its large area.
5. In Salfit there are four industrial zones, which are: Ariel, Burkan, Amonial and Eli Zahav.
6. There are three nature reserves in Salfit, namely: Qana valley reserve (west of Deir Estia), Banat Barr reserve (west of Kafr Addik), and Noatef spring reserve (north of Qarawat Bani Hassan).
7. The Israeli occupation authorities deal with Salfit as an extension for Tel Aviv, that might help protect it, according to earlier remarks by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
8. The settlement in Salfit province transformed it from a province producing large amounts of olives crops to a province harried by settlements; which resulted in the loss of an important economic resource. This affected the farmers making part of them unemployed while others turned to work in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
9. The settlement of Ariel is the second-largest settlement in the West Bank, where there are nearly 50 thousand settlers including: 25 thousand settlers in the residential and the industrial areas while nearly 25 thousand students study at Ariel University.
10. The large and contiguous Israeli settlements in Salfit will separate the northern cities of the West Bank including: Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem and Qalqilya; from the middle and south ones starting from Za'atara barrier which is located east of Salfit and south of Nablus, to Kafr Kassem in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
11. The Israeli settlers and occupation government dominated, confiscated, and notified of the confiscation of a total of 70% of the province lands in favor of settlements and the separation wall.
12. During a short period of time and due to the settlement activity in Salfit, the dream of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 occupied Palestinian territories could never be fulfilled, and the two-state solution might disappear forever.
Palestinian statistics documented that there are 24 Israeli settlements in the Salfit governorate compared to 18 Palestinian towns and villages; these settlements extensively drain the rich natural resources and the groundwater of the province.
Researcher Khaled Ma'ali told the Palestinian Information Center that the settlement buidling, which began early in Salfit in the late seventies, has been dramatically affecting the lives of all citizens of the villages and towns of Salfit. He attributed this situation, which is contrary to international humanitarian law, to the following shocking information and changes:
1. For the first time, Salfit is the first West Bank province in which the demographic balance is broken in favor of the settlers; as more than 100 thousand settlers; including students of the Ariel University are living in the settlements in Salfit versus 90 thousand Palestinians.
2. For the first time a big University is established in a settlement inside the West Bank, which is the Ariel University; statistics in 2011 indicate that nearly 20 thousand students study at this university which was established over a Palestinian land.
3. The Israeli occupation views Salfit as a strategic area because it is located over the Western Aquifer Basin, a lake of underground water, from which the Israeli occupation steal water and re-sell it to its rightful owners at prices that reach up to tenfold of the prices offered to the settlers sometimes.
4. Salfit is the second area in Palestine targeted with settlement after occupied Jerusalem; due to the small number of Palestinian inhabitants and its large area.
5. In Salfit there are four industrial zones, which are: Ariel, Burkan, Amonial and Eli Zahav.
6. There are three nature reserves in Salfit, namely: Qana valley reserve (west of Deir Estia), Banat Barr reserve (west of Kafr Addik), and Noatef spring reserve (north of Qarawat Bani Hassan).
7. The Israeli occupation authorities deal with Salfit as an extension for Tel Aviv, that might help protect it, according to earlier remarks by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
8. The settlement in Salfit province transformed it from a province producing large amounts of olives crops to a province harried by settlements; which resulted in the loss of an important economic resource. This affected the farmers making part of them unemployed while others turned to work in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
9. The settlement of Ariel is the second-largest settlement in the West Bank, where there are nearly 50 thousand settlers including: 25 thousand settlers in the residential and the industrial areas while nearly 25 thousand students study at Ariel University.
10. The large and contiguous Israeli settlements in Salfit will separate the northern cities of the West Bank including: Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem and Qalqilya; from the middle and south ones starting from Za'atara barrier which is located east of Salfit and south of Nablus, to Kafr Kassem in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
11. The Israeli settlers and occupation government dominated, confiscated, and notified of the confiscation of a total of 70% of the province lands in favor of settlements and the separation wall.
12. During a short period of time and due to the settlement activity in Salfit, the dream of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 occupied Palestinian territories could never be fulfilled, and the two-state solution might disappear forever.
23 jan 2016
Dabash family self-demolished their home in the village of Sur Baher south of Jerusalem to avoid paying a high fine as well as demolition costs to the occupation’s municipality.
Dabash family explained that their home is 8- square meters where a woman has been living; it was established 20 years ago.
The family added that the occupation municipality issued a final decision and required the family to self-demolish the house; otherwise the municipality will demolish it and impose a fine and demolition costs on the family.
Dabash family explained that their home is 8- square meters where a woman has been living; it was established 20 years ago.
The family added that the occupation municipality issued a final decision and required the family to self-demolish the house; otherwise the municipality will demolish it and impose a fine and demolition costs on the family.
Israeli forces, Friday morning, evicted dozens of Israeli settlers from two buildings believed to belong to Palestinians in Hebron's Old City, a day after the settlers forced their way into them.
An Israeli police spokesperson said, according to Ma'an News Agency, that Border Police had removed more than 80 settlers from the homes. "All the people that illegally entered the buildings have been removed," he said. He added that the homes were afterward "sealed and closed off," and that Israeli courts would determine their future status.
Israeli far-right news site Arutz Sheva reported, Thursday, that the settlers claim to have purchased the buildings from Palestinians.
The settlers stormed the homes in the tense city center, on Thursday afternoon, under the protection of the Israeli army and police forces. Arutz Sheva published video footage of the settlers thanking the soldiers and officers. Jawad Abu Aisheh, deputy head of local activist group Youth Against Settlements, said that dozens of settlers broke through the buildings' back doors and stormed the buildings.
He said: "The Border Police did not do anything to stop them."
Instead, he said that police forces began firing tear gas canisters at Palestinians protesting the settlers' actions. He said that at least five Palestinians had to be treated for excessive tear gas inhalation.
Abu Aisheh added that the buildings belonged to Hebron's al-Zakari family, and were being rented out to members of the al-Qafisheh family.
The decision by Israeli courts regarding the status of the homes comes as the Old City continues to stand at the heart of tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The area -- known as H2 and under full Israeli military control -- is home to an enclave of Jewish settlers living in the center of the West Bank’s largest Palestinian city.
The flashpoint Old City was declared a closed military zone in November following the recent wave of unrest, and Palestinian residents have come under higher-than-average restrictions by the Israeli military that Israeli rights group B’Tselem has called “draconian.”
Friday’s settler eviction from the homes raised a row among Israeli politicians, with members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, threatening to leave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition if the buildings remain evacuated.
Israeli media reported that MK’s from political parties Likud and Habayit Hayehudi said they would no longer be obligated to stay in the coalition and would work to bring down the government if the eviction continues.
An Israeli police spokesperson said, according to Ma'an News Agency, that Border Police had removed more than 80 settlers from the homes. "All the people that illegally entered the buildings have been removed," he said. He added that the homes were afterward "sealed and closed off," and that Israeli courts would determine their future status.
Israeli far-right news site Arutz Sheva reported, Thursday, that the settlers claim to have purchased the buildings from Palestinians.
The settlers stormed the homes in the tense city center, on Thursday afternoon, under the protection of the Israeli army and police forces. Arutz Sheva published video footage of the settlers thanking the soldiers and officers. Jawad Abu Aisheh, deputy head of local activist group Youth Against Settlements, said that dozens of settlers broke through the buildings' back doors and stormed the buildings.
He said: "The Border Police did not do anything to stop them."
Instead, he said that police forces began firing tear gas canisters at Palestinians protesting the settlers' actions. He said that at least five Palestinians had to be treated for excessive tear gas inhalation.
Abu Aisheh added that the buildings belonged to Hebron's al-Zakari family, and were being rented out to members of the al-Qafisheh family.
The decision by Israeli courts regarding the status of the homes comes as the Old City continues to stand at the heart of tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The area -- known as H2 and under full Israeli military control -- is home to an enclave of Jewish settlers living in the center of the West Bank’s largest Palestinian city.
The flashpoint Old City was declared a closed military zone in November following the recent wave of unrest, and Palestinian residents have come under higher-than-average restrictions by the Israeli military that Israeli rights group B’Tselem has called “draconian.”
Friday’s settler eviction from the homes raised a row among Israeli politicians, with members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, threatening to leave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition if the buildings remain evacuated.
Israeli media reported that MK’s from political parties Likud and Habayit Hayehudi said they would no longer be obligated to stay in the coalition and would work to bring down the government if the eviction continues.
22 jan 2016
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday bulldozed large tracts of Palestinian cultivated lands in the vicinity of the illegal Israeli settlement of Avni Hefetz, in southern Tulkarem province.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the Israeli occupation bulldozers leveled dozens of dunums of cultivated land lots owned by Palestinian citizens, paving the way for the projected expansion of the nearby illegal settlement.
The occupation troops have been denying Palestinians’ access into the area as part of intents to impose a new fait accompli and hold sway over the land tracts in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
The illegal Avni Hefetz settlement, originally made up of 12 makeshift caravans, is now home to over 110 Israeli settlement units built at the expense of Palestinians’ own and only lands.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the Israeli occupation bulldozers leveled dozens of dunums of cultivated land lots owned by Palestinian citizens, paving the way for the projected expansion of the nearby illegal settlement.
The occupation troops have been denying Palestinians’ access into the area as part of intents to impose a new fait accompli and hold sway over the land tracts in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
The illegal Avni Hefetz settlement, originally made up of 12 makeshift caravans, is now home to over 110 Israeli settlement units built at the expense of Palestinians’ own and only lands.
Israeli settlers, on Thursday, attacked a number of Palestinian homes in the center of Hebron, throwing stones and verbally abusing residents, according to a local activist with Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
Raed Abu Rmeila said settlers attacked the homes of Fawaz Qafisha, Shams al-Zatari, and Hussein al-Zatari on al-Sahla Street, near the flashpoint Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
Rmeila said settlers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, broke several doors in the area and threw rocks at the homes, while screaming insults at the families. The settlers were reportedly positioned on rooftops as well as the main street.
The activist added, according to Ma'an, that Israeli forces responded by firing tear gas at Palestinian homes, causing several residents to suffer severe tear gas inhalation.
An Israeli army spokesperson said that "(Israeli) forces received reports of clashes between Palestinians and Israelis in Hebron, and security forces called for both sides to halt and used riot dispersal means in order to prevent a further escalation of violence."
Mistreatment of Palestinians in the Hebron area has been common since the city was divided in the 1990s after a US-born settler, Baruch Goldstein, massacred 29 Palestinians inside the Ibrahimi Mosque.
The majority of the city was placed under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority, while the Old City and surrounding areas were placed under Israeli military control in a sector known as H2.
The area is home to 30,000 Palestinians and around 800 Israeli settlers who live under the protection of Israeli forces. Hebron residents frequently report attacks and harassment by the settlers carried out in the presence of the forces.
Since November, the residential area of the Old City off Al-Shuhada street, as well as the Tel Rumeida area, has been designated a closed military zone by the Israeli army following a number of violent encounters in the area. The order was renewed earlier this month, banning all entry to the areas aside from its Palestinian residents and Israeli settlers.
Palestinian residents were forced to register in order to gain access to their homes and have reported higher-than-average difficulty travelling through the nearly 20 checkpoints that stand across the Old City.
Israeli settlers take over Palestinian homes in al-Khalil
Israeli settlers have taken over a number of Palestinian houses near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil to the south of the occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that dozens of settlers accompanied by Israeli soldiers violently attacked a number of houses in Sahla Street near the Ibrahimi Mosque and confiscated a number of them.
Israeli flags were raised on the seized houses, the sources added.
The provocative settlers’ attack sparked violent clashes between local residents and Israeli forces who fired tear gas bombs at the local houses.
Several residents choked on tear gas fired by the occupation troops.
The occupied Palestinian territories have witnessed a rise in settler violence against Palestinians in recent months.
Shockwaves were sent throughout the international community in July last year, when Israeli extremists carried out an arson attack against two Palestinian houses in the West Bank town of Duma, killing Palestinian infant, Ali Dawabsheh, and fatally injuring his parents.
Raed Abu Rmeila said settlers attacked the homes of Fawaz Qafisha, Shams al-Zatari, and Hussein al-Zatari on al-Sahla Street, near the flashpoint Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
Rmeila said settlers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, broke several doors in the area and threw rocks at the homes, while screaming insults at the families. The settlers were reportedly positioned on rooftops as well as the main street.
The activist added, according to Ma'an, that Israeli forces responded by firing tear gas at Palestinian homes, causing several residents to suffer severe tear gas inhalation.
An Israeli army spokesperson said that "(Israeli) forces received reports of clashes between Palestinians and Israelis in Hebron, and security forces called for both sides to halt and used riot dispersal means in order to prevent a further escalation of violence."
Mistreatment of Palestinians in the Hebron area has been common since the city was divided in the 1990s after a US-born settler, Baruch Goldstein, massacred 29 Palestinians inside the Ibrahimi Mosque.
The majority of the city was placed under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority, while the Old City and surrounding areas were placed under Israeli military control in a sector known as H2.
The area is home to 30,000 Palestinians and around 800 Israeli settlers who live under the protection of Israeli forces. Hebron residents frequently report attacks and harassment by the settlers carried out in the presence of the forces.
Since November, the residential area of the Old City off Al-Shuhada street, as well as the Tel Rumeida area, has been designated a closed military zone by the Israeli army following a number of violent encounters in the area. The order was renewed earlier this month, banning all entry to the areas aside from its Palestinian residents and Israeli settlers.
Palestinian residents were forced to register in order to gain access to their homes and have reported higher-than-average difficulty travelling through the nearly 20 checkpoints that stand across the Old City.
Israeli settlers take over Palestinian homes in al-Khalil
Israeli settlers have taken over a number of Palestinian houses near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil to the south of the occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that dozens of settlers accompanied by Israeli soldiers violently attacked a number of houses in Sahla Street near the Ibrahimi Mosque and confiscated a number of them.
Israeli flags were raised on the seized houses, the sources added.
The provocative settlers’ attack sparked violent clashes between local residents and Israeli forces who fired tear gas bombs at the local houses.
Several residents choked on tear gas fired by the occupation troops.
The occupied Palestinian territories have witnessed a rise in settler violence against Palestinians in recent months.
Shockwaves were sent throughout the international community in July last year, when Israeli extremists carried out an arson attack against two Palestinian houses in the West Bank town of Duma, killing Palestinian infant, Ali Dawabsheh, and fatally injuring his parents.
Israeli forces demolished, at dawn on Thursday, three Bedouin houses in the al-Baba mountain area, in the town of al-Ezariya, located east of occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources reported, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, that Israeli bulldozers began the demolition at dawn, under the protection of the occupying forces; women and children were left outside in extreme cold temperatures.
The area of the neighborhood is approximately 1,000 dunams and contains dozens of small houses for about 350 Bedouin residents, as well as a kindergarten.
The 40 Bedouin families of this neighborhood belong to the al-Jahalin tribe, which was evicted from the Negev by Israeli forces in the 1950s, and displaced again after the 1967 war, to finally settle in the al-Baba Mountain region.
Israel aims to demolish the neighborhood ahead of land confiscation plans, in preparation for the expansion of the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, and to extend the apartheid wall.
Local sources reported, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, that Israeli bulldozers began the demolition at dawn, under the protection of the occupying forces; women and children were left outside in extreme cold temperatures.
The area of the neighborhood is approximately 1,000 dunams and contains dozens of small houses for about 350 Bedouin residents, as well as a kindergarten.
The 40 Bedouin families of this neighborhood belong to the al-Jahalin tribe, which was evicted from the Negev by Israeli forces in the 1950s, and displaced again after the 1967 war, to finally settle in the al-Baba Mountain region.
Israel aims to demolish the neighborhood ahead of land confiscation plans, in preparation for the expansion of the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, and to extend the apartheid wall.