31 may 2013
Palestinian sources in the Negev in southern 1948-occupied Palestine said the Israel Lands Administration teams demolished on Thursday Palestinian homes in the unrecognized village of Atir in the northern Negev. The head of the village Khalil Abu Qian told Quds Press that this demolition is the second in two weeks. He noted that the occupation authorities demolished 9 houses inhabited by 180 people and a protest tent set up in protest at the demolition of the village's houses.
Abu Qian added that teams of the Israel Lands Administration (ILA), accompanied and protected by Israeli occupation forces, have also uprooted a number of planted trees in the village and confiscated power generators and agricultural machinery.
He asserted that the villagers are determined to rebuild the destroyed houses.
Abu Qian added that teams of the Israel Lands Administration (ILA), accompanied and protected by Israeli occupation forces, have also uprooted a number of planted trees in the village and confiscated power generators and agricultural machinery.
He asserted that the villagers are determined to rebuild the destroyed houses.
An Israeli court in Jerusalem decided to postpone implementation of demolition order against the Manara building in Tel al-Foul neighborhood in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine of one million and 400 thousand shekels on its inhabitants. Local sources said that the inhabitants in the apartment building had earlier received demolition notices under the pretext of unauthorized construction; however, lawyer Ziad Qawar succeeded to obtain a resolution to postpone the implementation of demolition orders in order to initiate licensing procedures.
Mokhtar Bassam Abu Hillel, one of the building's owners, said that the court imposed on him a fine of 91 thousand shekels, noting that this racist step aims to Judaize Jerusalem and displace its indigenous population.
He demanded the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to provide material support to the building's owners to help them pay these fines, so that they will be able to stay in their homes.
The Manara building was built more than ten years ago, and is inhabited by more than 200 people.
Mokhtar Bassam Abu Hillel, one of the building's owners, said that the court imposed on him a fine of 91 thousand shekels, noting that this racist step aims to Judaize Jerusalem and displace its indigenous population.
He demanded the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to provide material support to the building's owners to help them pay these fines, so that they will be able to stay in their homes.
The Manara building was built more than ten years ago, and is inhabited by more than 200 people.
Israeli authorities declared their intention to approve a new scheme to demolish a large number of Palestinian buildings and houses in occupied Jerusalem. The so-called Jerusalem District Committee for Planning and Building declared its plan to demolish more than 450 Palestinian houses in occupied Jerusalem under various pretexts and to deport thousands of Jerusalemites as a result, Jerusalem Media center revealed.
The Israeli demolition policy in occupied Jerusalem reinforces the Israeli systematic scheme to Judaize the holy city, deport its native people and increase settlers' numbers especially in the Old Town and al-Aqsa mosque surrounding area, aiming to change the city's demographic reality, the center said.
The center pointed that the Palestinian population constitutes currently 34% of the Jerusalem municipality, and it is predicted to reach 55% in 2040 which leads Israeli authorities to withdraw many Jerusalemites' blue Israeli ID cards.
It reported that 40 houses were demolished in occupied Jerusalem since the beginning of 2013. Almost 300 Palestinians including 200 children were made homeless as a result.
The Israeli demolition policy in occupied Jerusalem reinforces the Israeli systematic scheme to Judaize the holy city, deport its native people and increase settlers' numbers especially in the Old Town and al-Aqsa mosque surrounding area, aiming to change the city's demographic reality, the center said.
The center pointed that the Palestinian population constitutes currently 34% of the Jerusalem municipality, and it is predicted to reach 55% in 2040 which leads Israeli authorities to withdraw many Jerusalemites' blue Israeli ID cards.
It reported that 40 houses were demolished in occupied Jerusalem since the beginning of 2013. Almost 300 Palestinians including 200 children were made homeless as a result.
30 may 2013
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The Israeli police arrested two Jerusalemites on Wednesday and injured several others during the clashes that occurred as the Israeli forces demolished a house in the neighbourhood of Beit Hanina north of Jerusalem.
The two Jerusalemites are: Hamza Mousa Abu Sneineh 22, and 15-year old Mohammad Al-Shalodi, while citizen Marwan Salaymeh was wounded in his leg by shrapnel from a sound bomb in addition to the injury of several others who suffocated due to the tear gas bombs fired by the Israeli forces; others were bruised and wounded after the Calvary unit used force and pushed the locals. The occupation demolishes two apartments in Beit Hanina belonging to Salaymeh family |
The Jerusalem Municipality’s bulldozers demolished on Wednesday morning two apartments belonging to the family of Salaymeh in Beit Hanina north of Jerusalem.
The Israeli forces surrounded the house that contains two apartments and prevented the residents from getting close. They then raided the house and forced a lady and her two children to leave; then they emptied the house and uninstalled the water, gas and electricity pipes and installations.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the two apartments belong to Badran Salaymeh and his son Ala’ and they were built on the family’s land which is 1080 square meters in the year of 2000.
Badran explained: “we built in 2000, and two years later the municipality issued an order to confiscate the land to be used for public facilities. I tried to obtain a building permit but to no avail, knowing that a building violation fee of 250 thousand NIS was imposed and I have been paying it until today, clarifying that the last court session was March of last year.”
He added: “they suddenly came today, and we were at a relative’s place helping him with the preparations for his son’s wedding and only my daughter in law and her two children were home. I received a call from the neighbours informing me that the house is surrounded.”
Before the demolition process, verbal altercations occurred between the residents and the Israeli occupation forces which attacked most of the people present at the scene. Badran said: “I tried to go into my house to take our own papers and documents, my wife’s gold and my money but the Israeli forces prevented that and pushed me away which resulted into verbal altercations.”
He noted that ten individuals live in the house, where the first apartment is 170 square meters and the second is 100 square meters.
The land planted with productive trees and plants was completely bulldozed.
The Israeli forces surrounded the house that contains two apartments and prevented the residents from getting close. They then raided the house and forced a lady and her two children to leave; then they emptied the house and uninstalled the water, gas and electricity pipes and installations.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the two apartments belong to Badran Salaymeh and his son Ala’ and they were built on the family’s land which is 1080 square meters in the year of 2000.
Badran explained: “we built in 2000, and two years later the municipality issued an order to confiscate the land to be used for public facilities. I tried to obtain a building permit but to no avail, knowing that a building violation fee of 250 thousand NIS was imposed and I have been paying it until today, clarifying that the last court session was March of last year.”
He added: “they suddenly came today, and we were at a relative’s place helping him with the preparations for his son’s wedding and only my daughter in law and her two children were home. I received a call from the neighbours informing me that the house is surrounded.”
Before the demolition process, verbal altercations occurred between the residents and the Israeli occupation forces which attacked most of the people present at the scene. Badran said: “I tried to go into my house to take our own papers and documents, my wife’s gold and my money but the Israeli forces prevented that and pushed me away which resulted into verbal altercations.”
He noted that ten individuals live in the house, where the first apartment is 170 square meters and the second is 100 square meters.
The land planted with productive trees and plants was completely bulldozed.
Five Palestinians sustained injuries Thursday in clashes with Israeli police officers in the Bedouin village of Beer al-Mashash in the Negev.
A Ma’an reporter said the clashes erupted as Israeli forces demolished three houses in the village which is “unrecognized” by the Israeli authorities. The houses belong to the Abu Skeik family.
As the owners tried to prevent the demolitions, Israeli officers fired stun grenades, tear-gas canisters and plastic-coated bullets. As a result, five were injured including children and a pregnant woman.
“Israeli police officers behave like scoundrels rather than law enforcers,” said Arab member of the Knesset Talab Abu Arar.
Israeli police patrols escorted bulldozers affiliated to the so-called land department which arrived to the village to finish demolishing three structures. A day earlier the owners had started demolishing the homes after receiving orders from Israeli authorities.
A Ma’an reporter said the clashes erupted as Israeli forces demolished three houses in the village which is “unrecognized” by the Israeli authorities. The houses belong to the Abu Skeik family.
As the owners tried to prevent the demolitions, Israeli officers fired stun grenades, tear-gas canisters and plastic-coated bullets. As a result, five were injured including children and a pregnant woman.
“Israeli police officers behave like scoundrels rather than law enforcers,” said Arab member of the Knesset Talab Abu Arar.
Israeli police patrols escorted bulldozers affiliated to the so-called land department which arrived to the village to finish demolishing three structures. A day earlier the owners had started demolishing the homes after receiving orders from Israeli authorities.
Israeli Occupation didn't stop at deporting around 2,000 Palestinians from al-Walaja village, northwest of Jerusalem, and demolishing what has been left of the village during the past years, yet it started to carry out excavation processes for antiquities in the land near to the Apartheid wall that separates the village from the occupied Jerusalem.
In the old village of al-Walaja that is distinguished with its fertile land overlooking Jerusalem and its suburbs and what it preserved from cultural and historical legacy over the years, on which the Israeli occupation has been building the wall that isolates the village from its surroundings.
Only 7,000 acres out of 67,000 have been left from the village of al-Walaja which the farmers call the "food basket of Jerusalem". The Israeli occupation aims through its excavations to Judaize the area by imposing its control over the Palestinian antiquities, according to experts.
In the old village of al-Walaja that is distinguished with its fertile land overlooking Jerusalem and its suburbs and what it preserved from cultural and historical legacy over the years, on which the Israeli occupation has been building the wall that isolates the village from its surroundings.
Only 7,000 acres out of 67,000 have been left from the village of al-Walaja which the farmers call the "food basket of Jerusalem". The Israeli occupation aims through its excavations to Judaize the area by imposing its control over the Palestinian antiquities, according to experts.
29 may 2013
Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded the Al-Aqaba area in Beit Hanina, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and surrounded a home before demolishing it. Soldiers also demolished a car repair shop near Jerusalem.
Workers of the Jerusalem Municipality broke into the two-story building in Beit Hanina, and violently removed furniture and property out.
The building was home to ten members of two families who were rendered homeless.
Also on Wednesday, soldiers demolished a car repair shop that belongs to resident Awad Hussein Sbeih, in Hizma village, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext that the shop was built without a construction permit.
The local village council in Hizma has reported that Sbeih did not receive any prior notice, and was surprised to see the army and bulldozers demolishing his store without even allowing him to remove his equipment.
The council added that the losses Sbeih encountered by the destruction of his store are estimated by 90.000 New Israeli Shekels, and added that the army repeatedly demolished stores, workshops and hothouses in the village for the benefit of Israeli settlement construction and expansion activities.
Israeli bulldozers raze two houses in OJ
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) unleashed huge bulldozers to raze two Palestinian homes in Beit Hanina in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday. The Wadi Hilwa information center said in a statement that bulldozers affiliated with the Israeli-controlled municipality of Jerusalem razed two apartments established on 1,080 square meters in the village.
It said that the two apartments were built 13 years ago and the owners tried to obtain construction permits since then but their requests were always turned down.
The center said that Israeli army and police forces encircled the two apartments and forced their inhabitants out before razing them without prior notice and without allowing the family members to take out their furniture.
In a similar incident, Israeli occupation forces razed a car repair workshop in Hazma village, also in occupied Jerusalem, the village’s municipality council said.
It said that the owner suffered 24,000 dollars in losses, adding that the IOA was constantly harassing the village inhabitants.
The council charged the IOA with demolishing many of the village’s homes, commercial installations, and retail nurseries after seizing most of the village lands and building thousands of settlement units on them.
Workers of the Jerusalem Municipality broke into the two-story building in Beit Hanina, and violently removed furniture and property out.
The building was home to ten members of two families who were rendered homeless.
Also on Wednesday, soldiers demolished a car repair shop that belongs to resident Awad Hussein Sbeih, in Hizma village, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext that the shop was built without a construction permit.
The local village council in Hizma has reported that Sbeih did not receive any prior notice, and was surprised to see the army and bulldozers demolishing his store without even allowing him to remove his equipment.
The council added that the losses Sbeih encountered by the destruction of his store are estimated by 90.000 New Israeli Shekels, and added that the army repeatedly demolished stores, workshops and hothouses in the village for the benefit of Israeli settlement construction and expansion activities.
Israeli bulldozers raze two houses in OJ
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) unleashed huge bulldozers to raze two Palestinian homes in Beit Hanina in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday. The Wadi Hilwa information center said in a statement that bulldozers affiliated with the Israeli-controlled municipality of Jerusalem razed two apartments established on 1,080 square meters in the village.
It said that the two apartments were built 13 years ago and the owners tried to obtain construction permits since then but their requests were always turned down.
The center said that Israeli army and police forces encircled the two apartments and forced their inhabitants out before razing them without prior notice and without allowing the family members to take out their furniture.
In a similar incident, Israeli occupation forces razed a car repair workshop in Hazma village, also in occupied Jerusalem, the village’s municipality council said.
It said that the owner suffered 24,000 dollars in losses, adding that the IOA was constantly harassing the village inhabitants.
The council charged the IOA with demolishing many of the village’s homes, commercial installations, and retail nurseries after seizing most of the village lands and building thousands of settlement units on them.
Israeli bulldozers demolished a Palestinian-owned auto repair shop in Hizma village northeast of Jerusalem city under the pretext of being built without permit.
Hizma local council said that the shop owner, Awad Sbaih, did not get a prior notice regarding the demolition and that he was surprised when his shop was surrounded by Israeli military vehicles. Adding, the Israeli bulldozers started the demolition process without giving the owner a chance to empty the shop of its contents.
The demolition of the shop caused Sbaih, severe financial losses estimated at around $26,000, according to Palestinian official news agency WAFA.
Occupation demolishes 4 huts and a house in Jerusalem
Israeli forces demolished on Wednesday morning, in the town of Hizma northeast of occupied Jerusalem, four Palestinian tin huts, each of which has an area of 200 square meters; and closed 4 stores.
The occupation authorities have also demolished in Beit Hanina on Wednesday morning a Palestinian two-storey house, under the pretext of being built without permit.
The house was built 15 years ago.
Hizma local council said that the shop owner, Awad Sbaih, did not get a prior notice regarding the demolition and that he was surprised when his shop was surrounded by Israeli military vehicles. Adding, the Israeli bulldozers started the demolition process without giving the owner a chance to empty the shop of its contents.
The demolition of the shop caused Sbaih, severe financial losses estimated at around $26,000, according to Palestinian official news agency WAFA.
Occupation demolishes 4 huts and a house in Jerusalem
Israeli forces demolished on Wednesday morning, in the town of Hizma northeast of occupied Jerusalem, four Palestinian tin huts, each of which has an area of 200 square meters; and closed 4 stores.
The occupation authorities have also demolished in Beit Hanina on Wednesday morning a Palestinian two-storey house, under the pretext of being built without permit.
The house was built 15 years ago.
A group of Israeli settlers invaded the Az-Beidat area, near the West Bank city of Tubas, burnt four cars and a tractor, and wrote racist graffiti against the Arabs and Palestinians.
Hamza Zbeidat, representative of the Development Work Center in the Jordan Valley, stated that the settlers invaded the village, and burnt the vehicles before fleeing the scene.
He added that the vehicles belong to Eyad Mohammad Zbeidat, Mohammad Hasan Zbeidat, a car that belongs to Mohammad’s brother, and Ziyad Mohammad Zbeidat.
Later on, the Israeli Army and Police invaded the village after closing all of its entrances, and imposed curfew.
Furthermore, Israeli soldiers stationed at the Al-Hamra roadblock, held Palestinian firefighters and rescue teams at the roadblock before allowing them through later on.
Also on Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Hizma village, north of occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a 200 square/meter shed.
Mwaffaq Khatib, head of the Hizma Village Council, stated that the shed had an estimate value of 90.000 New Israeli Shekels.
He added that the attack is part of ongoing and escalating assaults carried out by Israeli soldiers and fundamentalist settlers in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Hamza Zbeidat, representative of the Development Work Center in the Jordan Valley, stated that the settlers invaded the village, and burnt the vehicles before fleeing the scene.
He added that the vehicles belong to Eyad Mohammad Zbeidat, Mohammad Hasan Zbeidat, a car that belongs to Mohammad’s brother, and Ziyad Mohammad Zbeidat.
Later on, the Israeli Army and Police invaded the village after closing all of its entrances, and imposed curfew.
Furthermore, Israeli soldiers stationed at the Al-Hamra roadblock, held Palestinian firefighters and rescue teams at the roadblock before allowing them through later on.
Also on Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Hizma village, north of occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a 200 square/meter shed.
Mwaffaq Khatib, head of the Hizma Village Council, stated that the shed had an estimate value of 90.000 New Israeli Shekels.
He added that the attack is part of ongoing and escalating assaults carried out by Israeli soldiers and fundamentalist settlers in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
28 may 2013
Islamic-Christian Commission for the support of Jerusalem and holy sites warned on Tuesday of Israeli schemes to demolish 450 houses in east Jerusalem. The Commission noted in a statement, that the Israeli authorities demolished more than 25 thousand homes in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
It reported that 40 houses were demolished in occupied Jerusalem since the beginning of 2013. Almost 300 Palestinians including 200 children were made homeless as a result.
The Israeli decision to demolish 450 houses in occupied Jerusalem reinforces the Israeli systematic scheme to Judaize the holy city and deport its native people and blur its Arab and Islamic character in order to make it the “eternal” capital of the Jewish people, the commission said.
The commission Secretary-General, Dr. Hanna Issa, said that the Israeli demolition policy is a collective punishment that violates the human rights laws.
The Israeli demolition policy appeared since 1967 under various pretexts including security reasons, being built without permits or near Israeli settlements, and violating Israel's housing policy, he explained.
He pointed out that Israel uses British emergency law of 1945 to demolish Palestinian houses, despite the fact that this law ended with the end of the British Mandate of Palestine.
It reported that 40 houses were demolished in occupied Jerusalem since the beginning of 2013. Almost 300 Palestinians including 200 children were made homeless as a result.
The Israeli decision to demolish 450 houses in occupied Jerusalem reinforces the Israeli systematic scheme to Judaize the holy city and deport its native people and blur its Arab and Islamic character in order to make it the “eternal” capital of the Jewish people, the commission said.
The commission Secretary-General, Dr. Hanna Issa, said that the Israeli demolition policy is a collective punishment that violates the human rights laws.
The Israeli demolition policy appeared since 1967 under various pretexts including security reasons, being built without permits or near Israeli settlements, and violating Israel's housing policy, he explained.
He pointed out that Israel uses British emergency law of 1945 to demolish Palestinian houses, despite the fact that this law ended with the end of the British Mandate of Palestine.
27 may 2013
Israeli police and border guards stormed on Sunday Atir village in Negev, in southern 1948-occupied Palestinian territories and pasted demolition orders on the walls of 18 Palestinian houses and a tent set up protesting against demolition orders.
Palestinian activists have rebuilt on Saturday 18 houses demolished by Israeli bulldozers a week ago under the pretext of being built without permits. However, the occupation authorities issued demolition orders against the 18 houses just one day after their reconstruction.
The Arab Knesset member Taleb Abu Arar said that the Israeli decision to demolish the 18 houses came in light of the Israeli policy to deport the Arab population from the unrecognized Arab villages in southern 1948-occupied Palestinian territories.
Abu Arar called on 1948-Palestinians to participate widely in the demonstration outside the Israeli Knesset against Prafr Begin scheme which aims to displace thousands of Palestinian citizens, to confiscate 860 thousand acres of Arab land, and to demolish tens of thousands of homes in the unrecognized villages.
Palestinian activists have rebuilt on Saturday 18 houses demolished by Israeli bulldozers a week ago under the pretext of being built without permits. However, the occupation authorities issued demolition orders against the 18 houses just one day after their reconstruction.
The Arab Knesset member Taleb Abu Arar said that the Israeli decision to demolish the 18 houses came in light of the Israeli policy to deport the Arab population from the unrecognized Arab villages in southern 1948-occupied Palestinian territories.
Abu Arar called on 1948-Palestinians to participate widely in the demonstration outside the Israeli Knesset against Prafr Begin scheme which aims to displace thousands of Palestinian citizens, to confiscate 860 thousand acres of Arab land, and to demolish tens of thousands of homes in the unrecognized villages.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Farsiya area in Wadi Al-Malih in the northern Jordan Valley afternoon Monday and delivered demolition notices. Local sources said that the threatened installations are more than 150 and are built on land owned by the inhabitants.
They said that the new step fell in line with the Israeli occupation authorities’ scheme to evict inhabitants from their land in the Jordan Valley.
The sources pointed out that the installations are tents and tin houses for the people, who work in rearing sheep, and for their livestock.
Farsiya has been the target of constant harassment on the part of the IOA and many of its installations, which were threatened today, were knocked down by IOF soldiers three times before in a bid to drive the inhabitants out and seize their land.
They said that the new step fell in line with the Israeli occupation authorities’ scheme to evict inhabitants from their land in the Jordan Valley.
The sources pointed out that the installations are tents and tin houses for the people, who work in rearing sheep, and for their livestock.
Farsiya has been the target of constant harassment on the part of the IOA and many of its installations, which were threatened today, were knocked down by IOF soldiers three times before in a bid to drive the inhabitants out and seize their land.
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Under protection from the Israeli Police, settlers took over two commercial stores on Monday morning in Alhakari neighbourhood in the old city of Jerusalem.
The Israeli Supreme Court has issued a decision to confiscate a home for Zaloom family and the two commercial stores, on the pretext that these properties are “Absentee Property” even before 1948. The 35-square meters stores belong to the family of Wazwaz, and they have been closed for several years. Dozens of settlers emptied the property and changed the locks; they closed the doors using a welding machine and then left the area after confiscating everything that was inside the stores. |
It is noteworthy that the two stores were closed 10 years ago after the death of their owner, Ismaeel Wazwaz.
26 may 2013
The Israeli Antiquities Authority started on Sunday morning bulldozing Palestinian agricultural lands between the settlements of Ma'on and Karmiel east of Yatta, in al-Khalil in the southern West Bank. The Israeli authorities said they were looking for antiquities, locals reported.
Ratib Jbour, coordinator of the Popular Committee against Settlement in Yatta warned that the Israeli occupation intend to confiscate more Palestinian lands near the two illegal settlement outposts in the area.
Jabour pointed out that a few weeks ago the Jewish settlers seized, in the village of Tuwani in Yatta, Palestinian lands that had been earlier bulldozed by the Antiquities Authority also under the pretext of looking for antiquities.
In the village of Lebban near Nablus, Israeli forces accompanied by officers from the Military Civil Administration on Sunday morning surrounded, for the second time in a week, the historic hotel owned by family of Khaled Daraghma, and started digging in the place under the pretext of archeological excavations.
Coordinator of the Popular Campaign against the Wall and Settlement activity Jamal Juma said in a press statement that the occupation and the civil administration's attempt to confiscate the hotel under the pretext of archaeological excavations represents a war crime that must be immediately stopped, as he said.
He demanded the Palestinian Authority, the European Union and the international bodies to intervene in order to save the place.
Juma also called on the Palestinians to support Khalid Daraghma in protecting his historic hotel, which is located on the Ramallah - Nablus road, in the area connecting between two illegal settlements.
Ratib Jbour, coordinator of the Popular Committee against Settlement in Yatta warned that the Israeli occupation intend to confiscate more Palestinian lands near the two illegal settlement outposts in the area.
Jabour pointed out that a few weeks ago the Jewish settlers seized, in the village of Tuwani in Yatta, Palestinian lands that had been earlier bulldozed by the Antiquities Authority also under the pretext of looking for antiquities.
In the village of Lebban near Nablus, Israeli forces accompanied by officers from the Military Civil Administration on Sunday morning surrounded, for the second time in a week, the historic hotel owned by family of Khaled Daraghma, and started digging in the place under the pretext of archeological excavations.
Coordinator of the Popular Campaign against the Wall and Settlement activity Jamal Juma said in a press statement that the occupation and the civil administration's attempt to confiscate the hotel under the pretext of archaeological excavations represents a war crime that must be immediately stopped, as he said.
He demanded the Palestinian Authority, the European Union and the international bodies to intervene in order to save the place.
Juma also called on the Palestinians to support Khalid Daraghma in protecting his historic hotel, which is located on the Ramallah - Nablus road, in the area connecting between two illegal settlements.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) demolished a Palestinian home and agricultural facilities in Bethlehem, south of the West Bank, on Sunday. Ahmed Salah, the coordinator of the popular committee against the wall in Al-Khader village, told the Quds Press reporter that IOA bulldozers razed the home of Tarek Rabah and two agricultural facilities owned by him.
He said that the house and the facilities are located between Al-Khader and Beit Jala villages, adding that the IOA claimed the demolition was because they were in the proximity of bypass road 60 trekked by Jewish settlers.
Salah said that the citizen and his family are now rendered homeless and with no income as the agricultural facilities were his sole source of income.
He said that the house and the facilities are located between Al-Khader and Beit Jala villages, adding that the IOA claimed the demolition was because they were in the proximity of bypass road 60 trekked by Jewish settlers.
Salah said that the citizen and his family are now rendered homeless and with no income as the agricultural facilities were his sole source of income.
Israeli forces Sunday razed Palestinian-owned land in the Hebron and Nablus area under the pretext of “searching for ruins”, according to local sources.
The Popular Committee Coordinator in Yatta Rateb al-Jabour told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers, protected by Israeli forces, razed more than 10-dunums of agricultural land planted with crops and belonging to three families in an area adjacent to the village of al-Tawani village, east of Yatta in Hebron.
He said that the razing operations conducted by Israeli forces under the pretext of searching for ruins comes in the framework of land theft for the benefit of settlement expansion.
Meanwhile, forces, accompanied by a staff from the civil administration, surrounded an area in Al Luban ash Sharqiya village, east of Nablus, and razed Palestinian-owned land, for the second time in a week, under the same pretext, said the owner.
To be noted, this area has been targeted by forces and settlers for the last couple of years in an aim to seize the land for the benefit of settlement expansion.
The Popular Committee Coordinator in Yatta Rateb al-Jabour told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers, protected by Israeli forces, razed more than 10-dunums of agricultural land planted with crops and belonging to three families in an area adjacent to the village of al-Tawani village, east of Yatta in Hebron.
He said that the razing operations conducted by Israeli forces under the pretext of searching for ruins comes in the framework of land theft for the benefit of settlement expansion.
Meanwhile, forces, accompanied by a staff from the civil administration, surrounded an area in Al Luban ash Sharqiya village, east of Nablus, and razed Palestinian-owned land, for the second time in a week, under the same pretext, said the owner.
To be noted, this area has been targeted by forces and settlers for the last couple of years in an aim to seize the land for the benefit of settlement expansion.
Israeli authorities Sunday demolished two sheds belonging to a Palestinian in the village of al-Walaja, west of Bethlehem, according to a local activist.
Spokesman for the Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Al-Khader Ahmad Salah told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers demolished two sheds, one of which is used as an animal barn, without any prior notice.
The demolition of the sheds cost the owner significant financial loss since he depends on raising animals for a living, he said.
Spokesman for the Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Al-Khader Ahmad Salah told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers demolished two sheds, one of which is used as an animal barn, without any prior notice.
The demolition of the sheds cost the owner significant financial loss since he depends on raising animals for a living, he said.
24 may 2013
The occupation municipality in Jerusalem handed to dozens of citizens notifications informing them of its intention to issue administrative demolition orders in case they do not stop construction work in their buildings.
The lawyer Nael Rashid said he filed an administrative petition to the Administrative Court in Jerusalem against these warnings, and that he found out that they were arbitrarily issued against citizens who had been earlier fined for carrying out unauthorized building work.
Rashid stressed that the issuance of administrative demolition orders against houses inhabited for decades represents a flagrant violation.
The lawyer Nael Rashid said he filed an administrative petition to the Administrative Court in Jerusalem against these warnings, and that he found out that they were arbitrarily issued against citizens who had been earlier fined for carrying out unauthorized building work.
Rashid stressed that the issuance of administrative demolition orders against houses inhabited for decades represents a flagrant violation.
23 may 2013
The Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished 11 apartments in the occupied city of Jerusalem, displacing more than one hundred Jerusalemite citizens, mostly women and children. Wadi Al-Helwa Information Center said in a report published on Wednesday that the Jerusalem municipality teams, accompanied by military and police forces, demolished in Tur neighborhood and Jabal Mukaber in eastern Jerusalem 7 Palestinian houses and a residential building of four apartments.
The occupation authorities said the apartments were built without a permit on lands threatened with confiscation, and started the demolition without any prior notice.
The Information Center said the residential building in the Jabal Mukaber, which consisted of four apartments, has been built since 1973, and that some years ago the occupation tried to buy it.
The building's owner asserted that he had repeatedly tried to obtain building permits from all Israeli competent authorities, but his request was turned down because of the occupation's plans to confiscate the building for establishing Jewish Gardens in its place.
The occupation authorities said the apartments were built without a permit on lands threatened with confiscation, and started the demolition without any prior notice.
The Information Center said the residential building in the Jabal Mukaber, which consisted of four apartments, has been built since 1973, and that some years ago the occupation tried to buy it.
The building's owner asserted that he had repeatedly tried to obtain building permits from all Israeli competent authorities, but his request was turned down because of the occupation's plans to confiscate the building for establishing Jewish Gardens in its place.
22 may 2013
Lawyer Talab Sani'a, head of Steering Committee of Arabs of the Negev and Arab Democratic Party and former member of Knesset, visited the Arab League headquarters in Cairo to inform the Egyptian and Arab officials about Israeli plans targeting Arabs in the Negev.
Sani'a told Quds Press that during the visit he raised the issue of the Negev to the Arab League, in a meeting with the Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League Mohamed Sabih.
He put forward and explained during the meeting the dangers facing the Palestinian citizens in the Negev, which aim to displace and deport the residents of dozens of the villages.
Former Knesset member added that he handed over to Mohamed Sabih a letter addressed to the presidents of the Arab states, containing details of the schemes targeting Arab citizens in the occupied territories.
Sani'a told Quds Press that during the visit he raised the issue of the Negev to the Arab League, in a meeting with the Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League Mohamed Sabih.
He put forward and explained during the meeting the dangers facing the Palestinian citizens in the Negev, which aim to displace and deport the residents of dozens of the villages.
Former Knesset member added that he handed over to Mohamed Sabih a letter addressed to the presidents of the Arab states, containing details of the schemes targeting Arab citizens in the occupied territories.
A Palestinian Foundation, located in the 48 occupied territories, revealed that "Israeli gangs have been using malicious methods to destruct and Judaize Islamic and Christian holy places in order to blur the Palestinian landmarks over the past 65 years.
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage said, in a press release on Tuesday, that Islamic and Christian holy sites are subjected to an Israeli continuous and tireless Judaization policy aiming to remove its Arab and Islamic character.
Nearly 2350 Palestinian Islamic and Christian holy sites have been desecrated by the Israeli occupation in the occupied territories in 1948, the Foundation confirmed.
1350 holy sites including graves, mosques, churches and chapels in the northern area of the Palestinian territories were either partially or fully demolished by Israel, Abdul Majeed Aghbariya, head of the sanctities portfolio at the Foundation reported.
Furthermore, Aghbariya pointed out that about 1,000 holy sites in the southern part of the occupied territories have also been desecrated. He noted that the report only included the Arab coastal cities such as Acre, Haifa, Jaffa, Al-Lid and Ramla.
Hundreds of graves and mosques have been totally destroyed and turned into restaurants, bars, museums and synagogues, he added.
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage said, in a press release on Tuesday, that Islamic and Christian holy sites are subjected to an Israeli continuous and tireless Judaization policy aiming to remove its Arab and Islamic character.
Nearly 2350 Palestinian Islamic and Christian holy sites have been desecrated by the Israeli occupation in the occupied territories in 1948, the Foundation confirmed.
1350 holy sites including graves, mosques, churches and chapels in the northern area of the Palestinian territories were either partially or fully demolished by Israel, Abdul Majeed Aghbariya, head of the sanctities portfolio at the Foundation reported.
Furthermore, Aghbariya pointed out that about 1,000 holy sites in the southern part of the occupied territories have also been desecrated. He noted that the report only included the Arab coastal cities such as Acre, Haifa, Jaffa, Al-Lid and Ramla.
Hundreds of graves and mosques have been totally destroyed and turned into restaurants, bars, museums and synagogues, he added.
21 may 2013
The Israeli occupation authority has accelerated on Monday its excavation and destruction in Buraq square and Umayyad palaces south of al-Aqsa mosque as a prelude to establish the so-called "Israeli Strauss Center project", a new Jewish-only building includes a police station and a Rabbi visitors centre.
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage confirmed that Israeli bulldozers started digging on Monday morning in the Buraq area for the installation of steel shoring columns. The excavations led to the removal of several Arab and Islamic monuments in the area.
The occupation authority has been, for several months, carrying out extensive excavations in Umayyad palaces area as a prelude to turn it into an airport for the alleged Temple.
Al-Aqsa Foundation said that the occupation authorities seek to establish a "Talmudic Park" surrounding Al-Aqsa Mosque at the expense of al-Rahma Gate.
The occupation escalated its Judaization projects in al-Aqsa mosque aiming to build its alleged Temple on the ruins of al-Aqsa mosque the third holiest site in Islam.
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage confirmed that Israeli bulldozers started digging on Monday morning in the Buraq area for the installation of steel shoring columns. The excavations led to the removal of several Arab and Islamic monuments in the area.
The occupation authority has been, for several months, carrying out extensive excavations in Umayyad palaces area as a prelude to turn it into an airport for the alleged Temple.
Al-Aqsa Foundation said that the occupation authorities seek to establish a "Talmudic Park" surrounding Al-Aqsa Mosque at the expense of al-Rahma Gate.
The occupation escalated its Judaization projects in al-Aqsa mosque aiming to build its alleged Temple on the ruins of al-Aqsa mosque the third holiest site in Islam.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Palestinian towns and villages around al-Khalil on Monday and erected military checkpoints at their entrances. Several military vehicles raided and searched a number of houses in Beit Ummar town north of al-Khalil. No arrests were reported. The IOF also broke into Dura, Samu, and Yatta towns south of the city and set up checkpoints on their entrances, local sources confirmed.
Israeli military vehicles were stationed the entrances to Aroub refugee camp and Seir town in the city of al-Khalil, the sources added.
The Israeli military measures in the Palestinian towns around al-Khalil came a few days after clashes that erupted between the IOF and Palestinian youths led to several injuries among the Israeli soldiers and the burning of a military jeep.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers from Gilad settlement set fire to Palestinian lands belonging to villagers from the villages of Immatin and Fara’ta in an attempt to burn the wheat crop.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli forces prevented the Palestinian farmers from reaching their fields to put out the fire and arrested a Palestinian villager claiming he was trying to attack the soldiers.
Israeli military vehicles were stationed the entrances to Aroub refugee camp and Seir town in the city of al-Khalil, the sources added.
The Israeli military measures in the Palestinian towns around al-Khalil came a few days after clashes that erupted between the IOF and Palestinian youths led to several injuries among the Israeli soldiers and the burning of a military jeep.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers from Gilad settlement set fire to Palestinian lands belonging to villagers from the villages of Immatin and Fara’ta in an attempt to burn the wheat crop.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli forces prevented the Palestinian farmers from reaching their fields to put out the fire and arrested a Palestinian villager claiming he was trying to attack the soldiers.
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With photos…demolition of 7 residential houses in Jerusalem and 57 individuals are homeless
Wadi Hilweh Information Center’s camera spotted the demolition process that occurred in the city of Jerusalem yesterday where 7 residential houses in Al-Tur and Jabal Al-Mukabber with 57 people living in them were demolished, under the pretext of building without a permit, knowing that they were built on lands that are threatened to be confiscated to proceed with the scheme of “National Parks” around Jerusalem |
Women watch Israeli forces demolish a home in East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces demolished two houses in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Tur on Tuesday, locals said, leaving seven people homeless.
Israeli forces raided two homes owned by the Shalan family early Tuesday and forced them to evacuate the property and take their belongings with them, members of the family told Ma'an.
Israeli bulldozers then destroyed the properties.
"The house was built 12 years ago on land that my parents bought a long time ago. We tried so many times to get a building permit but the Israeli courts kept refusing and we used to receive financial penalties and they threatened us with demolition three years ago," Um Mahmoud told Ma'an.
Seven people lived in the properties, she added.
According to the UN, 33 percent of all Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem lack Israeli-issued building permits, which are difficult to obtain, potentially placing at least 93,100 residents at risk of displacement.
Since 1967, the Israeli authorities have demolished some 2,000 houses in East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces demolished two houses in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Tur on Tuesday, locals said, leaving seven people homeless.
Israeli forces raided two homes owned by the Shalan family early Tuesday and forced them to evacuate the property and take their belongings with them, members of the family told Ma'an.
Israeli bulldozers then destroyed the properties.
"The house was built 12 years ago on land that my parents bought a long time ago. We tried so many times to get a building permit but the Israeli courts kept refusing and we used to receive financial penalties and they threatened us with demolition three years ago," Um Mahmoud told Ma'an.
Seven people lived in the properties, she added.
According to the UN, 33 percent of all Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem lack Israeli-issued building permits, which are difficult to obtain, potentially placing at least 93,100 residents at risk of displacement.
Since 1967, the Israeli authorities have demolished some 2,000 houses in East Jerusalem.
IOF troops raided on Monday morning the village of Bartaa al-Sharqeyya which is isolated behind the apartheid wall and demolished warehouses and shops in the market area and the industrial area at the village, less than two weeks after a similar onslaught against the village.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC correspondent that military bulldozers accompanied the invading forces and started the demolition after isolating the village from its surroundings.
Residents said that the occupation forces set up a roadblock that isolated the village from Bartaa al-Gharbeyya which lies inside the green line.
Local sources said that the occupation forces demolished for commercial structures belonging to the Kabaha family.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC correspondent that military bulldozers accompanied the invading forces and started the demolition after isolating the village from its surroundings.
Residents said that the occupation forces set up a roadblock that isolated the village from Bartaa al-Gharbeyya which lies inside the green line.
Local sources said that the occupation forces demolished for commercial structures belonging to the Kabaha family.
20 may 2013
An Israeli court on Monday postponed a decision regarding the eviction of 10 people from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem.
Muhammad Ayoub Shamasnah, the son of the home-owner, told Ma'an that the court did not make a final decision about the eviction and has postponed the case until further discussions.
The court suggested during the hearing that the family could remain in the property until the elderly parents die, but settlers who are targeting the property once the family is evicted refused the proposal, he added.
"We don't count on the Israeli judiciary because over the years it has sided with settlers. Thus, we are worried about the eviction," Shamasnah said.
The property is home to Muhammad Shamasnah, 82, his wife, their son Muhammad Ayoub and his wife and children, totaling 10 people.
In 2011, the Custodian for Absentee Property started legal proceedings to evict the 10-member Shamasnah family, claiming their rental contract expired in 2008.
The family provided evidence of rental payments dating back to 1972, but an Israeli magistrates court rejected an appeal by the family because they did not submit documents prior to 1968, and ordered their eviction on March 1.
Their lawyer has appealed to the Supreme Court, which has temporarily stayed the eviction and the family is now waiting for a final decision
Muhammad Ayoub Shamasnah, the son of the home-owner, told Ma'an that the court did not make a final decision about the eviction and has postponed the case until further discussions.
The court suggested during the hearing that the family could remain in the property until the elderly parents die, but settlers who are targeting the property once the family is evicted refused the proposal, he added.
"We don't count on the Israeli judiciary because over the years it has sided with settlers. Thus, we are worried about the eviction," Shamasnah said.
The property is home to Muhammad Shamasnah, 82, his wife, their son Muhammad Ayoub and his wife and children, totaling 10 people.
In 2011, the Custodian for Absentee Property started legal proceedings to evict the 10-member Shamasnah family, claiming their rental contract expired in 2008.
The family provided evidence of rental payments dating back to 1972, but an Israeli magistrates court rejected an appeal by the family because they did not submit documents prior to 1968, and ordered their eviction on March 1.
Their lawyer has appealed to the Supreme Court, which has temporarily stayed the eviction and the family is now waiting for a final decision
Hundreds of Palestinian young men from the eastern villages of Ramallah city were able on Sunday evening to reopen the road between Silwad and Deir Jarir after it had been closed by the Israeli occupation forces for two days. The young men used pickaxes and a bulldozer to remove the concrete barriers from the road, while a group of them closed the road leading to Ofer settlement to prevent the IOF from attacking them.
A large force of Israeli troops tried to reach to the closed road, but the young men blocking the road hurled a hail of stones at them and forced them to retreat to the settlement.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Ramallah said the young men had rebuffed appeals by the Palestinian authority municipal councils to show restraint and give them a chance to reach a peaceful solution with the Israeli civil administration.
Several young men were reportedly injured during the clashes.
A large force of Israeli troops tried to reach to the closed road, but the young men blocking the road hurled a hail of stones at them and forced them to retreat to the settlement.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Ramallah said the young men had rebuffed appeals by the Palestinian authority municipal councils to show restraint and give them a chance to reach a peaceful solution with the Israeli civil administration.
Several young men were reportedly injured during the clashes.
Dozens of Palestinian families from eight villages south of al-Khalil, held a sit-in outside the headquarters of the Israeli Civil Administration, in Beit Eil, on Sunday afternoon, during a Court hearing to look into the appeal made by the villagers against the demolition of their homes due to lack of license. The IOF moved villagers by force hundreds of meters from the administration building while allowing settlers to attend the Court hearing.
The Israeli ministry of war decided to demolish eight Palestinian villages south of Hebron known as "Susia" villages, they are: Jazz, Taban, Wasfi, Alfkhait, Alhalawa, Almarakz, Janba and Kharouba at pretext of building without a permit.
Villagers say they are subjected to forced displacement and ethnic cleansing and the continuous attacks of Jewish settlers. The further emphasize that they will not leave their land which they inherited from their ancestors.
A number of seniors who attended the sit-in said they possess title-deeds dating back to the Ottoman era, known as the "taboo".
The Israeli ministry of war decided to demolish eight Palestinian villages south of Hebron known as "Susia" villages, they are: Jazz, Taban, Wasfi, Alfkhait, Alhalawa, Almarakz, Janba and Kharouba at pretext of building without a permit.
Villagers say they are subjected to forced displacement and ethnic cleansing and the continuous attacks of Jewish settlers. The further emphasize that they will not leave their land which they inherited from their ancestors.
A number of seniors who attended the sit-in said they possess title-deeds dating back to the Ottoman era, known as the "taboo".
Hassan Khreisheh, Second Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council, said that the Israeli authorities seek to deport all Palestinian farmers and residents in the Jordan Valley in order to fully confiscate their lands.
The Israeli occupation took advantage of the Arab internal tensions and Palestinian tensions particularly to impose its control over the Jordan Valley, he said.
The Israelis seek not only to approve the Land Swap initiative, but also to declare the Jewish state and to confiscate the Negev, he said.
The MP stressed that the Land Swap Initiative came to legitimize the Israeli settlements and to confiscate more Palestinian lands under different pretexts.
No one is entitled to compromise the Palestinian fundamental rights under any circumstances, said MP Khreisheh.
The Israeli occupation took advantage of the Arab internal tensions and Palestinian tensions particularly to impose its control over the Jordan Valley, he said.
The Israelis seek not only to approve the Land Swap initiative, but also to declare the Jewish state and to confiscate the Negev, he said.
The MP stressed that the Land Swap Initiative came to legitimize the Israeli settlements and to confiscate more Palestinian lands under different pretexts.
No one is entitled to compromise the Palestinian fundamental rights under any circumstances, said MP Khreisheh.
Israeli forces issued demolition orders to seven Bedouin families in south Hebron on Monday, locals said.
Israeli military vehicles raided an area east of Yatta and issued the orders to Bedouin families from the al-Hathalin tribe, witnesses told Ma'an.
Salim Eid al-Hathalin, Muatasim Suleiman al-Hathalin, Halima Salim al-Hathalin, Khalil Shuib al-Hathalin, Ali Muhammad al-Hathalin, Salim Muhammad al-Hathalin and Eidah al-Hathalin all received demolition orders for several semi-permanent structures.
Israeli military vehicles raided an area east of Yatta and issued the orders to Bedouin families from the al-Hathalin tribe, witnesses told Ma'an.
Salim Eid al-Hathalin, Muatasim Suleiman al-Hathalin, Halima Salim al-Hathalin, Khalil Shuib al-Hathalin, Ali Muhammad al-Hathalin, Salim Muhammad al-Hathalin and Eidah al-Hathalin all received demolition orders for several semi-permanent structures.
19 may 2013
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Nader Al-Sharif was forced to self-demolish his house in Salah Eddin Street in Jerusalem; an implementation of the Jerusalem Municipality decision, under the pretext of building without a permit.
His wife, Sahar Al-Sharif, clarifies that her family had to build two extra rooms (45 square meters) next to her old room between the years 1995-1996. A year later, the first demolition order was issued by the Municipality under the pretext of building without a permit; and during the last few years, other demolition orders were issued along with building violation fees, imprisonment and public service. She pointed out that her family was forced to turn the decisions of (imprisonment, and the |
imposition of public service) to fines, which incurred the family to pay large sums of money up to about 170 thousand shekels, between irregularities and financial penalties, and attorney costs.
She also said that the police had arrested her two and a half years ago, and was released after paying a bail of 3500 shekels; she was also detained several times on Qalandia checkpoint.
Sahar noted that the Municipal Court had given them until Saturday to demolish the entire house, or the municipality crews will demolish the house and the family has to pay the costs of demolition, and said: “We are working to demolish the house intermittently because we don’t want to injure any of the passers-by or cause any damage to the building (electricity and water).
She clarified that she will go back to living with her family in the old room which is 11 square meters, and that her 4 children had put up a tent next to the house noting that they had built the extra 2 rooms 17 years ago due to the lack of room where they lived, but the municipality went after them since that day, knowing that 11 people live in the house where half of them are children.
She also noted that the occupation forces consistently raided her house along with the municipality crews, and prevented them from renovating their house 4 years ago.
She also said that the police had arrested her two and a half years ago, and was released after paying a bail of 3500 shekels; she was also detained several times on Qalandia checkpoint.
Sahar noted that the Municipal Court had given them until Saturday to demolish the entire house, or the municipality crews will demolish the house and the family has to pay the costs of demolition, and said: “We are working to demolish the house intermittently because we don’t want to injure any of the passers-by or cause any damage to the building (electricity and water).
She clarified that she will go back to living with her family in the old room which is 11 square meters, and that her 4 children had put up a tent next to the house noting that they had built the extra 2 rooms 17 years ago due to the lack of room where they lived, but the municipality went after them since that day, knowing that 11 people live in the house where half of them are children.
She also noted that the occupation forces consistently raided her house along with the municipality crews, and prevented them from renovating their house 4 years ago.
Occupation cuts off eastern from central West Bank
The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday closed the main entrance to the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah city, effectively cutting off villages in the eastern West Bank from the Central West Bank.
Local sources said that IOF troops accompanied by military bulldozers raided at an early hour on Saturday the village of Deir Jarir and closed the road linking Ramallah to Jericho which passes through the village.
The sources added that this road is the only one used by Deir Jarir and six other villages in the vicinity to reach Ramallah.
Head of the Deir Jarir council, Imad Alawi, said that the occupation measure was most probably a punishment for the villagers who are involved in peaceful resistance against occupation’s attempts to appropriate their lands for the benefit of Jewish settlements.
Local sources said that IOF troops accompanied by military bulldozers raided at an early hour on Saturday the village of Deir Jarir and closed the road linking Ramallah to Jericho which passes through the village.
The sources added that this road is the only one used by Deir Jarir and six other villages in the vicinity to reach Ramallah.
Head of the Deir Jarir council, Imad Alawi, said that the occupation measure was most probably a punishment for the villagers who are involved in peaceful resistance against occupation’s attempts to appropriate their lands for the benefit of Jewish settlements.
Negev demolitions 'war in the full sense'
“What I have seen was like post-war footage rather than home demolition as the Hebrew media misleadingly describe it,” says the head of the Islamic movement in northern Israel Sheikh Raed Salah.
Salah's remarks Sunday came during a visit to the Bedouin Negev village of Attir where Israeli municipal staff demolished 18 houses.
“Demolishing 18 houses, uprooting 460 olive saplings, cutting down olive trees and sycamore fig trees, destroying roads, power generators and solar cells is war in the full sense of the term,” Salah added.
He urged all Palestinian residents of the Negev and across Israel to visit the demolished village to see the truth firsthand.
Salah was accompanied by other members of the Islamic Movement in Israel. The delegation was welcomed by dignitaries from the Abu Al-Quian family whose houses were demolished.
“Nothing was left on the ground. They leveled everything cutting down trees and turning the place into debris. However, we will remain firm and our spirits are stronger than before,” said Hajj Shihdeh Abu al-Queian.
“Perhaps what we are watching now is the beginning of disastrous consequences of the Prawer Plan which is aimed at displacing our people from Negev indiscriminately,” said Sheikh Salah.
He added: “This plan is one of ethnic cleansing against our people in Negev.”
Salah's remarks Sunday came during a visit to the Bedouin Negev village of Attir where Israeli municipal staff demolished 18 houses.
“Demolishing 18 houses, uprooting 460 olive saplings, cutting down olive trees and sycamore fig trees, destroying roads, power generators and solar cells is war in the full sense of the term,” Salah added.
He urged all Palestinian residents of the Negev and across Israel to visit the demolished village to see the truth firsthand.
Salah was accompanied by other members of the Islamic Movement in Israel. The delegation was welcomed by dignitaries from the Abu Al-Quian family whose houses were demolished.
“Nothing was left on the ground. They leveled everything cutting down trees and turning the place into debris. However, we will remain firm and our spirits are stronger than before,” said Hajj Shihdeh Abu al-Queian.
“Perhaps what we are watching now is the beginning of disastrous consequences of the Prawer Plan which is aimed at displacing our people from Negev indiscriminately,” said Sheikh Salah.
He added: “This plan is one of ethnic cleansing against our people in Negev.”
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On May 6, an Israeli government committee approved a draft bill setting a framework to implement the evacuation of "unrecognized" villages, most of which existed before the state of Israel.
"The government approved a plan that will cause the displacement and forced eviction of dozens of villages and tens of thousands of Bedouin residents, dispossessing them of their property and historical rights to their lands, destroying the social fabric of their communities, and sealing the fate of thousands of families into poverty and unemployment," said lawyer Rawia Aburabia of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. |
"All of this while the government simultaneously promotes the establishment of new Jewish communities, some of which are even slated to be built on the fresh ruins of Bedouin villages," Aburabia said.
18 may 2013
New road connects Israeli settlement with the Ibrahimi Mosque
An Israeli team of civil engineers from Kiryat Arba settlement, built on Palestinian territories in al-Khalil, started land surveying of a road in Husain valley, in order to pave a new road connecting the settlement with the Ibrahimi Mosque.
The so-called ‘Hebron’s Council of Settlements’ has surveyed the dirt road locating on Palestinians’ lands and lined signals on the street as a prelude to establish a new road linking between Kiryat Arba settlement and the Ibrahimi mosque, local sources told Al-Khalil Reconstruction Committee.
Since more than a year the settlers have been trying to establish the road at the expense of the Palestinian lands in Husain valley, the sources added.
The Palestinian residents have appealed to the local institutions to stand against these Israeli schemes that aim to annex more lands to Kiryat Arba settlement.
In the same context, Israeli occupation soldiers set up surveillance cameras on the roofs of several houses south of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
The so-called ‘Hebron’s Council of Settlements’ has surveyed the dirt road locating on Palestinians’ lands and lined signals on the street as a prelude to establish a new road linking between Kiryat Arba settlement and the Ibrahimi mosque, local sources told Al-Khalil Reconstruction Committee.
Since more than a year the settlers have been trying to establish the road at the expense of the Palestinian lands in Husain valley, the sources added.
The Palestinian residents have appealed to the local institutions to stand against these Israeli schemes that aim to annex more lands to Kiryat Arba settlement.
In the same context, Israeli occupation soldiers set up surveillance cameras on the roofs of several houses south of the Ibrahimi Mosque.