24 aug 2020
Israeli forces today delivered orders to demolish two Palestinian houses in al-Maniya village, northeast of Bethlehem, according to a municipal source.
Head of al-Maniya village council, Zeyad Kawazba, told WAFA that Israeli forces stormed the village and handed military orders to demolish two houses purportedly for being built without rarely-issued Israeli licenses.
The houses, each occupying an area of some 200 square meters, belonging to Yousef Jabbarin, and his brother, Shadi, and are currently inhabited by their families.
On August 7, Israel ordered a halt on the construction of two inhabited houses in the same village.
Located some nine kilometers to the southeast of Bethlehem, al-Maniya has a population of some 1,450 and occupies a total area of 8,908 dunums, while almost 90 percent of its land is classified as C, which is under full Israeli control.
Israel denies planning permits for Palestinians to build on their own land or to extend existing houses to accommodate natural growth, particularly in Area C, which constitutes 60 percent of the occupied West Bank.
Head of al-Maniya village council, Zeyad Kawazba, told WAFA that Israeli forces stormed the village and handed military orders to demolish two houses purportedly for being built without rarely-issued Israeli licenses.
The houses, each occupying an area of some 200 square meters, belonging to Yousef Jabbarin, and his brother, Shadi, and are currently inhabited by their families.
On August 7, Israel ordered a halt on the construction of two inhabited houses in the same village.
Located some nine kilometers to the southeast of Bethlehem, al-Maniya has a population of some 1,450 and occupies a total area of 8,908 dunums, while almost 90 percent of its land is classified as C, which is under full Israeli control.
Israel denies planning permits for Palestinians to build on their own land or to extend existing houses to accommodate natural growth, particularly in Area C, which constitutes 60 percent of the occupied West Bank.
Israel today demolished eight makeshift structures in the Bedouin community of Wadi al-Seeq, situated to the northeast of Ramallah district, according to local sources.
They said a large Israeli military occupation force escorted a bulldozer into the community, established on rented land belonging to the adjacent towns of Deir Dibwan, Rammun and Taybeh, where the heavy machine tore down the structures, displacing their occupants, and seizing their contents. video
Owners of the demolished structures were identified as three members of the Ka‘abneh clan.
As one of 46 Palestinian Bedouin communities at the risk of forcible transfer in the northeastern Ramallah district, Wadi al-Seeq is a home of some 150 people, 62 percent of whom are children, and their flock, as housed in approximately 100 makeshift structures.
They depend on the sale of their dairy products and wool in local markets for their livelihood. They are neither connected to water or electricity networks and rely on the costly delivery of water tanks (4x the cost of piped tariffs) and solar panels.
The community was expelled from their lands in the Naqab in 1948 to the Jordan Valley, becoming refugees, and eventually settled in Wadi al-Seeq, where they have resided in the West Bank prior to its occupation in 1967 or the designation of certain lands as “C” following the Oslo Accords, as confirmed [pdf] by the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC).
“Yet, the community, as all Bedouin communities in the West Bank, has been continuously targeted by the State of Israel for its presence in key areas earmarked for effective annexation (i.e. the Jordan Valley and the Jerusalem periphery).”
The community falls along the Alon settlement road (Road No. 458) connecting the colonial settlement blocs in the vicinity to each other; Kochav Hashachar, Rimonim and Ma’ale Michmash, on route to the Jordan Valley. Its vulnerability to forceful displacement is exacerbated by the footpaths frequented by Israeli hikers and violent settlers.
It first received blanket demolition orders issued by the Israeli Civil Administration, the name Israel gives to the body administering its military occupation of the West Bank, in 1996 on alleged grounds that the vicinity was a “closed military training zone”. The Israeli Supreme Court ruled at the time that the communities’ structures (save for the three structures furthest East) do not pose a “threat” to the State of Israel and may continue to be situated in their vicinities.
The community received a new batch of demolition orders in October and November of 2018, and another batch in May of 2019, including a demolition order against the community’s sole elementary school, built with European Union donor funding, a step that prompted the EU to deplore the continuing threat of demolitions and seizures of Palestinian structures.
The community received a third batch of demolition orders in May 2020, with 34 new orders against housing and livelihood structures.
Israel demolishes Palestinian houses and structures almost on a daily basis as a means to achieve “demographic control” of the occupied territories.
While Israel denies planning permits for Palestinians to build on their own land or to extend existing houses to accommodate natural growth, particularly in Jerusalem and Area C, it much more easily gives the estimated 550,000 Jewish Israeli settlers building permits and provides them with roads, electricity, water and sewage systems that remain inaccessible to many neighboring Palestinians.
They said a large Israeli military occupation force escorted a bulldozer into the community, established on rented land belonging to the adjacent towns of Deir Dibwan, Rammun and Taybeh, where the heavy machine tore down the structures, displacing their occupants, and seizing their contents. video
Owners of the demolished structures were identified as three members of the Ka‘abneh clan.
As one of 46 Palestinian Bedouin communities at the risk of forcible transfer in the northeastern Ramallah district, Wadi al-Seeq is a home of some 150 people, 62 percent of whom are children, and their flock, as housed in approximately 100 makeshift structures.
They depend on the sale of their dairy products and wool in local markets for their livelihood. They are neither connected to water or electricity networks and rely on the costly delivery of water tanks (4x the cost of piped tariffs) and solar panels.
The community was expelled from their lands in the Naqab in 1948 to the Jordan Valley, becoming refugees, and eventually settled in Wadi al-Seeq, where they have resided in the West Bank prior to its occupation in 1967 or the designation of certain lands as “C” following the Oslo Accords, as confirmed [pdf] by the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC).
“Yet, the community, as all Bedouin communities in the West Bank, has been continuously targeted by the State of Israel for its presence in key areas earmarked for effective annexation (i.e. the Jordan Valley and the Jerusalem periphery).”
The community falls along the Alon settlement road (Road No. 458) connecting the colonial settlement blocs in the vicinity to each other; Kochav Hashachar, Rimonim and Ma’ale Michmash, on route to the Jordan Valley. Its vulnerability to forceful displacement is exacerbated by the footpaths frequented by Israeli hikers and violent settlers.
It first received blanket demolition orders issued by the Israeli Civil Administration, the name Israel gives to the body administering its military occupation of the West Bank, in 1996 on alleged grounds that the vicinity was a “closed military training zone”. The Israeli Supreme Court ruled at the time that the communities’ structures (save for the three structures furthest East) do not pose a “threat” to the State of Israel and may continue to be situated in their vicinities.
The community received a new batch of demolition orders in October and November of 2018, and another batch in May of 2019, including a demolition order against the community’s sole elementary school, built with European Union donor funding, a step that prompted the EU to deplore the continuing threat of demolitions and seizures of Palestinian structures.
The community received a third batch of demolition orders in May 2020, with 34 new orders against housing and livelihood structures.
Israel demolishes Palestinian houses and structures almost on a daily basis as a means to achieve “demographic control” of the occupied territories.
While Israel denies planning permits for Palestinians to build on their own land or to extend existing houses to accommodate natural growth, particularly in Jerusalem and Area C, it much more easily gives the estimated 550,000 Jewish Israeli settlers building permits and provides them with roads, electricity, water and sewage systems that remain inaccessible to many neighboring Palestinians.
23 aug 2020
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Sunday morning demolished storehouses in Issawiya district, northeast of the Old City of Jerusalem.
According to local sources, the structures belonged to Mohamed Muheisen and were demolished at the pretext of unlicensed construction. video
Palestinians in east Jerusalem are forced to build without permits due to the Israeli municipality’s refusal to grant them building permits or approve zoning plans for their areas.
Issawiya is one of many Palestinian areas in east Jerusalem that are facing home demolitions and displacement campaigns as part of Israel’s Judaization activities in the holy city.
According to local sources, the structures belonged to Mohamed Muheisen and were demolished at the pretext of unlicensed construction. video
Palestinians in east Jerusalem are forced to build without permits due to the Israeli municipality’s refusal to grant them building permits or approve zoning plans for their areas.
Issawiya is one of many Palestinian areas in east Jerusalem that are facing home demolitions and displacement campaigns as part of Israel’s Judaization activities in the holy city.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Saturday notified Palestinian citizens of its intents to demolish residential buildings in Wadi al-Humus neighborhood, south of Jerusalem.
According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, each building consists of two floors with an estimated area of 200 square meters.
One of the buildings belongs to Ayman Rabey’ah and is located near Sur Baher village in the southeast of Jerusalem. The other belongs to Mohamed Amayrah and is located near Dar Salah village in the east of Bethlehem.
About one year ago, the IOA had demolished dozens of Palestinian homes in Wadi al-Humus as part of a systematic policy to displace the Palestinians and carry out settlement expansion projects for Jewish settlers.
According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, each building consists of two floors with an estimated area of 200 square meters.
One of the buildings belongs to Ayman Rabey’ah and is located near Sur Baher village in the southeast of Jerusalem. The other belongs to Mohamed Amayrah and is located near Dar Salah village in the east of Bethlehem.
About one year ago, the IOA had demolished dozens of Palestinian homes in Wadi al-Humus as part of a systematic policy to displace the Palestinians and carry out settlement expansion projects for Jewish settlers.
22 aug 2020
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A horde of extremist Jewish settlers on Saturday morning assaulted Palestinian shepherds and wreaked havoc on an olive grove in Masafer Yatta town, south of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank.
According to local sources, settlers from illegal settlements near Masafer Yatta attacked several shepherds in a grazing area and forced them to leave the area. The settlers also stormed an olive grove and destroyed hundreds of olive trees in Tumen area. The grove belongs to a local resident called Barakat Mur. |
In Nablus, a group of settlers placed on the same day a prefabricated house on a swath of Palestinian land in Yanun village.
The family of Abdu, who lives in Jabel al-Mukaber neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem, said it would not comply with an Israeli decision ordering it demolish its own house.
“The demolition of homes is a crime we cannot commit against ourselves. If the occupation insists on that, it may do it itself and expose itself before the whole world,” the family said in a statement.
“The occupation decided to demolish the house in March and we had known nothing at all about this until we were surprised by a demolition order being affixed to the house’s door in July stating that the house must be destroyed within 21 days,” the family explained.
“At any moment, the occupation can demolish the house, and our children live in constant fear of the moment when the demolition is carried out. Our life is very difficult and the situation is very tragic,” the family said.
“Where will we live if our house is demolished while the coronavirus epidemic is still there. Can the world stop these crimes against the residents of Jerusalem,” a girl child from the family said. video
“The demolition of homes is a crime we cannot commit against ourselves. If the occupation insists on that, it may do it itself and expose itself before the whole world,” the family said in a statement.
“The occupation decided to demolish the house in March and we had known nothing at all about this until we were surprised by a demolition order being affixed to the house’s door in July stating that the house must be destroyed within 21 days,” the family explained.
“At any moment, the occupation can demolish the house, and our children live in constant fear of the moment when the demolition is carried out. Our life is very difficult and the situation is very tragic,” the family said.
“Where will we live if our house is demolished while the coronavirus epidemic is still there. Can the world stop these crimes against the residents of Jerusalem,” a girl child from the family said. video
The Israeli authorities has forced a Palestinian young man in Nahf town near Akka (Acre) to demolish his own house after courts rejected the petitions he filed against the measure.
The young man razed his own house to avoid paying exorbitant demolition costs to the Israeli municipality. video
Local residents in Nahf town set up a sit-in tent recently to protest demolition orders issued against multiple Palestinian homes.
The young man razed his own house to avoid paying exorbitant demolition costs to the Israeli municipality. video
Local residents in Nahf town set up a sit-in tent recently to protest demolition orders issued against multiple Palestinian homes.
19 aug 2020
Israeli bulldozers today demolished a wall and issued demolition orders against a water pond and a barn in two different villages in the Jerusalem area, according to local sources.
An under-construction wall was demolished in the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, according to Bashar Abu Khalil, owner of the property.
He told WAFA that Israeli occupation forces accompanied a bulldozer to the village and demolished a wall built around his two-dunum plot of land since 2017 under the pretext that it was built without a permit.
Meanwhile, Walid Azzam, an activist in the village of al-Judeira, northwest of Jerusalem, said the Israeli occupation authorities ordered the demolition of a pond, an animal barn and a wall owned by local families under the pretext they did not have a permit to build them.
An under-construction wall was demolished in the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, according to Bashar Abu Khalil, owner of the property.
He told WAFA that Israeli occupation forces accompanied a bulldozer to the village and demolished a wall built around his two-dunum plot of land since 2017 under the pretext that it was built without a permit.
Meanwhile, Walid Azzam, an activist in the village of al-Judeira, northwest of Jerusalem, said the Israeli occupation authorities ordered the demolition of a pond, an animal barn and a wall owned by local families under the pretext they did not have a permit to build them.
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