13 jan 2020
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday bulldozed and seized vast tracts of Palestinian land in Kafr ad-Deik town, west of Salfit, in favor of settlement expansion.
Abdulnaser Ahmad, the owner of the land, said that he was surprised to find that the IOF had razed his land and set up a fence around it claiming that it is "state land".
Ahmad affirmed that he has all the legal papers and documents which prove his ownership of the razed land.
He added that he is aware of the Israeli authorities' attempt to seize the land to build new settlement units.
About 25 Jewish-only settlements are built on the lands of 18 Palestinian residential communities in Salfit province in the Occupied West Bank.
The Israeli government has recently okayed a plan to build new housing units to expand Brukhin settlement west of Salfit.
Abdulnaser Ahmad, the owner of the land, said that he was surprised to find that the IOF had razed his land and set up a fence around it claiming that it is "state land".
Ahmad affirmed that he has all the legal papers and documents which prove his ownership of the razed land.
He added that he is aware of the Israeli authorities' attempt to seize the land to build new settlement units.
About 25 Jewish-only settlements are built on the lands of 18 Palestinian residential communities in Salfit province in the Occupied West Bank.
The Israeli government has recently okayed a plan to build new housing units to expand Brukhin settlement west of Salfit.
Israeli forces today stopped work on a project to reclaim and rehabilitate lands and pave agricultural roads in the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, under the pretext that the area is classified as Area C, under full Israeli administrative and military control.
The project supervisor, Engineer Fajer 'Atawneh, told WAFA correspondent an Israeli military force stormed the area where the land is being reclaimed and forced project workers to stop working before seizing a heavy machinery that was working on the opening of two-kilometers of agricultural roads and the rehabilitation of 70 dunums of the village’s land.
He said that the roads were part of a project implemented by the Agricultural Development Society - Palestinian Agricultural Relief – for the rehabilitation of around 400 dunums of land and the construction of two km of agricultural roads.
The project aims at serving farmers and enhancing their resilience in areas most affected by the presence of the occupation in villages to the northeast of Jerusalem and in the village of al-Mughayyir.
Director of Land Development at the society, Muqbel Abu Jaish, called on all relevant governmental and human rights institutions to pressure the Israeli occupation to stop such violations against Palestinian residents' land, and halt all settlement activities and the seizure of land in accordance with international resolutions.
The project supervisor, Engineer Fajer 'Atawneh, told WAFA correspondent an Israeli military force stormed the area where the land is being reclaimed and forced project workers to stop working before seizing a heavy machinery that was working on the opening of two-kilometers of agricultural roads and the rehabilitation of 70 dunums of the village’s land.
He said that the roads were part of a project implemented by the Agricultural Development Society - Palestinian Agricultural Relief – for the rehabilitation of around 400 dunums of land and the construction of two km of agricultural roads.
The project aims at serving farmers and enhancing their resilience in areas most affected by the presence of the occupation in villages to the northeast of Jerusalem and in the village of al-Mughayyir.
Director of Land Development at the society, Muqbel Abu Jaish, called on all relevant governmental and human rights institutions to pressure the Israeli occupation to stop such violations against Palestinian residents' land, and halt all settlement activities and the seizure of land in accordance with international resolutions.
Israeli authority today notified eight Palestinian households in Massafer Yatta in the south of the occupied West Bank of its intention to demolish their homes under the pretext they were built without permit, according to local sources.
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the National and Popular Committee in southern Hebron, told WAFA that Israeli forces raided Massafer Yatta and handed eight Palestinian families demolition notices against their homes.
Massafer Yatta is located in Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is under full Israeli military rule, and is regularly subject to Israeli measures aimed at ending Palestinian presence there.
According to the National Committee, Israel demolished around 686 structures in 2019 in Area C and in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel Issues Demolition Orders Targeting Eight Homes In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Masafer Yatta village, south of Hebron in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and handed demolition orders targeting eight Palestinian homes.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Masafer Yatta, after surrounding it, and handed the demolition orders targeting the homes of Mohammad Mousa Makhamra, Ahmad al-Yatim, Mahmoud Issa Yatim, Khalil Issa Yatim, Ahmad Ismael Dababsa, Anan Mohammad Abed-Rabbo, and Qassem Abu Tohfa.
It is worth mentioning that Masafer Yatta is subject to constant invasions and violations, targeting the residents, their homes and their lands.
It is worth mentioning that the Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission has reported Israel demolished 686 homes and structures in the West Bank, including 300 in occupied Jerusalem, in the year 2019.
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the National and Popular Committee in southern Hebron, told WAFA that Israeli forces raided Massafer Yatta and handed eight Palestinian families demolition notices against their homes.
Massafer Yatta is located in Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is under full Israeli military rule, and is regularly subject to Israeli measures aimed at ending Palestinian presence there.
According to the National Committee, Israel demolished around 686 structures in 2019 in Area C and in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel Issues Demolition Orders Targeting Eight Homes In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Masafer Yatta village, south of Hebron in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and handed demolition orders targeting eight Palestinian homes.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Masafer Yatta, after surrounding it, and handed the demolition orders targeting the homes of Mohammad Mousa Makhamra, Ahmad al-Yatim, Mahmoud Issa Yatim, Khalil Issa Yatim, Ahmad Ismael Dababsa, Anan Mohammad Abed-Rabbo, and Qassem Abu Tohfa.
It is worth mentioning that Masafer Yatta is subject to constant invasions and violations, targeting the residents, their homes and their lands.
It is worth mentioning that the Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission has reported Israel demolished 686 homes and structures in the West Bank, including 300 in occupied Jerusalem, in the year 2019.
Israeli forces ransacked and dismantled stalls used to sell fruits and vegetables, on Sunday, near Wadi Al-Khalil checkpoint, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
The stalls were ransacked, their contents destroyed, and the Palestinian owners warned by Israeli soldiers, to stay away from the area.
Estimated losses were valued at thousands of dollars, according to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA).
In December 2019, Israeli Defense Minister, Naftali Bennett, approved a new settler neighborhood in the city of Hebron.
The stalls were ransacked, their contents destroyed, and the Palestinian owners warned by Israeli soldiers, to stay away from the area.
Estimated losses were valued at thousands of dollars, according to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA).
In December 2019, Israeli Defense Minister, Naftali Bennett, approved a new settler neighborhood in the city of Hebron.
12 jan 2020
Israel's Jerusalem municipality on Sunday forced a Palestinian citizen to demolish his own house in Jabal al-Mukabber town, south of Jerusalem City.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that Sayel Ja'abis was forced to demolish his home, which was built four years ago, over alleged unlicensed construction.
Ja'abis's lawyer has repeatedly attempted to freeze the demolition order but there was no response from Israeli courts.
Ja'abis had to carry out the demolition himself to avoid paying a steep fine to the Israeli authorities since the demolition operation costs tens of thousands of shekels.
In 2019, about 50 Palestinian families were forced to demolish their houses in Jerusalem.
While the Israeli municipality prevents any Palestinian construction activity in Jerusalem, the settlement construction and expansion are in full swing in the holy city.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that Sayel Ja'abis was forced to demolish his home, which was built four years ago, over alleged unlicensed construction.
Ja'abis's lawyer has repeatedly attempted to freeze the demolition order but there was no response from Israeli courts.
Ja'abis had to carry out the demolition himself to avoid paying a steep fine to the Israeli authorities since the demolition operation costs tens of thousands of shekels.
In 2019, about 50 Palestinian families were forced to demolish their houses in Jerusalem.
While the Israeli municipality prevents any Palestinian construction activity in Jerusalem, the settlement construction and expansion are in full swing in the holy city.
Israeli forces, for the second timeo, have ordered the punitive demolition of the family house of Ahmad Jamal Qunbu, a Palestinian in Israeli detention, who comes from the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to local sources.
Qunbu’s father told WAFA that Israeli authorities handed him a notice informing him of their intention to demolish the house, which was reconstructed after it was demolished for the first time in April 2018, citing his son’s alleged role in the killing of an Israeli settler, earlier that year.
He added that the house, slated for demolition next Tuesday, is not solely owned by him but also by his disabled brother, and is inhabited by seven people.
Israeli authorities accused Qunbu of assisting the deceased Ahmad Nasr Jarrar in the killing of the Israeli settler outside the illegal Havat Gilad settlement, to the west of Nablus in the West Bank, in January 2018.
As a result, three houses belonging to Jarrar’s family and relatives were demolished.
Israel resorts to the punitive demolition of family homes belonging to any Palestinians – as means of deterrence – accused of being involved in attacks against Israelis, a policy that it does not use against Israeli settlers who are involved in fatal attacks against Palestinians.
B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, says: “The people who bear the brunt of the [punitive] demolitions are relatives – including women, the elderly, and children – whom Israel does not suspect of involvement in any offense.”
“In the vast majority of cases, the person whose actions prompted the demolition was not even living in the house at the time of the demolition,” adds the group.
“The official objective of the house demolition policy is deterrence … yet the deterrent effect of house demolitions has never been proven.”
Qunbu’s father told WAFA that Israeli authorities handed him a notice informing him of their intention to demolish the house, which was reconstructed after it was demolished for the first time in April 2018, citing his son’s alleged role in the killing of an Israeli settler, earlier that year.
He added that the house, slated for demolition next Tuesday, is not solely owned by him but also by his disabled brother, and is inhabited by seven people.
Israeli authorities accused Qunbu of assisting the deceased Ahmad Nasr Jarrar in the killing of the Israeli settler outside the illegal Havat Gilad settlement, to the west of Nablus in the West Bank, in January 2018.
As a result, three houses belonging to Jarrar’s family and relatives were demolished.
Israel resorts to the punitive demolition of family homes belonging to any Palestinians – as means of deterrence – accused of being involved in attacks against Israelis, a policy that it does not use against Israeli settlers who are involved in fatal attacks against Palestinians.
B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, says: “The people who bear the brunt of the [punitive] demolitions are relatives – including women, the elderly, and children – whom Israel does not suspect of involvement in any offense.”
“In the vast majority of cases, the person whose actions prompted the demolition was not even living in the house at the time of the demolition,” adds the group.
“The official objective of the house demolition policy is deterrence … yet the deterrent effect of house demolitions has never been proven.”
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last Friday notified families of three Palestinian prisoners of its intent to demolish their homes in the West Bank as a punitive measure for attacks carried out by their relatives.
According to the Palestinian Commission for Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, Israeli soldiers raided the family houses of three prisoners in Beit Kahil town in al-Khalil and the towns of Tira and Birzeit near Ramallah.
The prisoners are Mahmoud Attowneh from Beit Kahil, Walid Hanatsheh from Tira, and Yazan Maghames from Birzeit.
Kamel Attowneh, Mahmoud’s father, said that the IOF photographed and mapped his house and gave him only four days to evacuate it.
His son has been accused of stabbing a Jewish settler in the illegal settlement bloc of Gush Etzion last August.
The IOF had demolished homes of four prisoners in Beit Kahil town about one month ago for the same reason.
As for prisoners Hanatsheh and Maghames, they have been charged with involvement in the deadly bombing attack in Ein Bubin, a spring in the wooded hills near the illegal West Bank settlement of Dolev.
Their homes had already been photographed and mapped as a prelude to razing them.
According to the Palestinian Commission for Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, Israeli soldiers raided the family houses of three prisoners in Beit Kahil town in al-Khalil and the towns of Tira and Birzeit near Ramallah.
The prisoners are Mahmoud Attowneh from Beit Kahil, Walid Hanatsheh from Tira, and Yazan Maghames from Birzeit.
Kamel Attowneh, Mahmoud’s father, said that the IOF photographed and mapped his house and gave him only four days to evacuate it.
His son has been accused of stabbing a Jewish settler in the illegal settlement bloc of Gush Etzion last August.
The IOF had demolished homes of four prisoners in Beit Kahil town about one month ago for the same reason.
As for prisoners Hanatsheh and Maghames, they have been charged with involvement in the deadly bombing attack in Ein Bubin, a spring in the wooded hills near the illegal West Bank settlement of Dolev.
Their homes had already been photographed and mapped as a prelude to razing them.
