28 july 2020
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Over 60 livestock were killed this morning after being poisoned by extremist Israeli settlers in al-Auja town, north of Jericho city in the Jordan Valley, according to a local source.
Ahmad al-Zawahra, the livestock owner, told WAFA that a group of settlers sprayed poison on the pastures where his livestock graze, killing more than 60 of them. Meanwhile, Head of al-Auja Municipality’s Water Department Jihad Shabnat said that it was highly likely that the number would increase as some of the remaining livestock are still in a critical condition. Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities. Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, |
uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The Jordan Valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the West Bank.
Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the settlements in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land.
The Israel military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June 1967, and has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.
Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use and have had to obtain permission from the Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.
In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities on a regular basis, but also confiscates their farmlands, demolishes their homes and infrastructure from time to time.
Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad restrictions on access to resources and services.
Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of settlers.
Israeli politicians have made it clear on several occasions that the highly strategic Jordan Valley would remain under their control in any eventuality.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The Jordan Valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the West Bank.
Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the settlements in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land.
The Israel military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June 1967, and has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.
Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use and have had to obtain permission from the Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.
In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities on a regular basis, but also confiscates their farmlands, demolishes their homes and infrastructure from time to time.
Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad restrictions on access to resources and services.
Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of settlers.
Israeli politicians have made it clear on several occasions that the highly strategic Jordan Valley would remain under their control in any eventuality.
27 july 2020
Bulldozers of the Israeli occupation government today destroyed several dunums of agricultural Palestinian land in the north of the West Bank in order to extend sewage lines to an illegal Israeli settlement, according to a local official.
Marwan Abdul Rahman, mayor of the town of Bruqin, in the northern West Bank district of Salfit, told WAFA that bulldozers razed Palestinian land owned by local residents in order to serve settlers of the illegal Brukhin settlement by extending sewage lines that go through the agricultural land.
As a result, Palestinian owners of the land will not be allowed to use it any further.
Marwan Abdul Rahman, mayor of the town of Bruqin, in the northern West Bank district of Salfit, told WAFA that bulldozers razed Palestinian land owned by local residents in order to serve settlers of the illegal Brukhin settlement by extending sewage lines that go through the agricultural land.
As a result, Palestinian owners of the land will not be allowed to use it any further.
Israeli occupation forces today dismantled and seized four livestock barns in the town of Nahalin, west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to the town’s mayor Sobhi Zeidan.
He told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided an area to the west of the town and sized four shacks used to keep the livestock, owned by three local brothers, and other equipment.
He said that Nahalin has been subject to repeated Israeli violations by settlers and soldiers targeting construction and agricultural land.
He told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided an area to the west of the town and sized four shacks used to keep the livestock, owned by three local brothers, and other equipment.
He said that Nahalin has been subject to repeated Israeli violations by settlers and soldiers targeting construction and agricultural land.
25 july 2020
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Dozens of illegal Jewish settlers entered today an agricultural land near the village of Huwara, south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, and set fire to Palestinian-owned olive and almond trees, according to local sources.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the area, told WAFA that a group of settlers set fire to agricultural land belonging to farmers from the village, destroying olive and almond trees as fire flames engulfed the land. Illegal Israeli settlers are notorious for violence against Palestinians and their property, and are almost never prosecuted by the occupation authorities. There are about 750,000 illegal Israeli settlers living in Jewish-only settlements across the occupied Palestinian Territory, in blatant disregard of international law and the Fourth Geneva Conventions. |
24 july 2020
Israeli forces today delivered stop-construction orders for three houses in Beit Sakariya village, south of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, said a local activist.
Director of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission Hassan Briejah confirmed to WAFA correspondent that Israeli forces and officers of the so-called Israeli Civil Administration raided the village, and handed military stop-construction orders for three houses purportedly for lacking rarely-issued licenses.
The houses slated for demolition belong to Mohammad Atallah’s family.
Breijah added that the planned demolitions are part of Israel’s policy to limit the village’s urban expansion and seize its land to make room for the expansion of nearby Israeli colonial settlements.
Located nine kilometers to the south of Bethlehem city, Beit Sakariya, also known as Khirbet Beit Zakariya, has a population of some 150 and occupies a total area of 6,735 dunams.
Under the Oslo Accords, an agreement made 25 years ago that was supposed to last just five years towards a self-governing country alongside Israel, 100 percent of the village was classified as Area C, which falls under full Israeli control.
The village lies in the heart of the Israeli colonial settlement cluster, part of which comprises the Gush Etzion colonial settlement bloc. That’s why the villagers often suffer from the ongoing attacks and provocations of Israeli settlers, who attempt to seize their lands, uproot their trees and destroy their houses with the help of the Israeli military.
Israel has established six colonial settlements on land confiscated from the village. It has confiscated 2,350 dunams of the village land, accounting for 35 percent of the village total land. Israel has seized some 200 dunams for the establishment of a military camp, and further land for the construction of settler-only by-pass Road no. 60, 367 and 3698, which all extend for 4.5 kilometers on the village land.
Israel has constructed a section of the apartheid wall, isolating some 6724 dunams of fertile land, accounting for 99 percent of the village total area, for colonial settlement activities and pushing the villagers into a crowded enclave, a ghetto, surrounded by walls, settlements and military installations.
Director of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission Hassan Briejah confirmed to WAFA correspondent that Israeli forces and officers of the so-called Israeli Civil Administration raided the village, and handed military stop-construction orders for three houses purportedly for lacking rarely-issued licenses.
The houses slated for demolition belong to Mohammad Atallah’s family.
Breijah added that the planned demolitions are part of Israel’s policy to limit the village’s urban expansion and seize its land to make room for the expansion of nearby Israeli colonial settlements.
Located nine kilometers to the south of Bethlehem city, Beit Sakariya, also known as Khirbet Beit Zakariya, has a population of some 150 and occupies a total area of 6,735 dunams.
Under the Oslo Accords, an agreement made 25 years ago that was supposed to last just five years towards a self-governing country alongside Israel, 100 percent of the village was classified as Area C, which falls under full Israeli control.
The village lies in the heart of the Israeli colonial settlement cluster, part of which comprises the Gush Etzion colonial settlement bloc. That’s why the villagers often suffer from the ongoing attacks and provocations of Israeli settlers, who attempt to seize their lands, uproot their trees and destroy their houses with the help of the Israeli military.
Israel has established six colonial settlements on land confiscated from the village. It has confiscated 2,350 dunams of the village land, accounting for 35 percent of the village total land. Israel has seized some 200 dunams for the establishment of a military camp, and further land for the construction of settler-only by-pass Road no. 60, 367 and 3698, which all extend for 4.5 kilometers on the village land.
Israel has constructed a section of the apartheid wall, isolating some 6724 dunams of fertile land, accounting for 99 percent of the village total area, for colonial settlement activities and pushing the villagers into a crowded enclave, a ghetto, surrounded by walls, settlements and military installations.
23 july 2020
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A horde of extremist Jewish settlers on Thursday attacked a Palestinian-owned quarry in Jamma'in village, southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said that settlers stormed the quarry of Abdullah Zeitawi from Jamma’in, spray-painted remarks on its walls and tried to set fire to a bulldozer and an excavator on the site. Meanwhile, another gang of settlers escorted by soldiers embarked on bulldozing Palestinian swaths of land in al-Naqqar area, east of Asira al-Qibliya village in southern Nablus. |
Israeli forces delivered this morning military demolition and stop-construction orders against several structures in al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem city, said a local source.
Ibrahim Awadallah, a local activist, said Israeli forces delivered military orders to stop the construction and demolish three houses in Jabal al-Rwisat area of the village, purportedly for being built without licenses.
The owners of the houses slated for demolition were given time to carry out the demolition by themselves or risk paying exorbitant demolition costs if done by the army.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops stormed Khallat Samak area in the village, where they handed military orders to stop the construction and demolish a water well and livestock barns.
Yesterday, similar orders were issued against a house under construction and four agricultural rooms in the same village.
Located west of Bethlehem, 97 percent of the area of al-Walaja village is isolated by a section of Israel’s apartheid wall. The majority of this land is agricultural land, forests and open spaces.
The village is flanked by two illegal Israeli colonial settlements - Gilo from the east and Har Gilo from the south.
Ibrahim Awadallah, a local activist, said Israeli forces delivered military orders to stop the construction and demolish three houses in Jabal al-Rwisat area of the village, purportedly for being built without licenses.
The owners of the houses slated for demolition were given time to carry out the demolition by themselves or risk paying exorbitant demolition costs if done by the army.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops stormed Khallat Samak area in the village, where they handed military orders to stop the construction and demolish a water well and livestock barns.
Yesterday, similar orders were issued against a house under construction and four agricultural rooms in the same village.
Located west of Bethlehem, 97 percent of the area of al-Walaja village is isolated by a section of Israel’s apartheid wall. The majority of this land is agricultural land, forests and open spaces.
The village is flanked by two illegal Israeli colonial settlements - Gilo from the east and Har Gilo from the south.
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