19 nov 2017
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Sunday notified the demolition of residential and agricultural structures in Masafer Yatta area to the south of al-Khalil.
Coordinator of the National Committee for Resisting Settlement, Rateb al-Jabour, said that the so-called Civil Administration crews, escorted by a large military force, raided Sha'b al-Batam area and handed the Palestinian citizen Ibrahim al-Jabarin three demolition notices against two houses and a barn for allegedly being unlicensed.
According to the PIC reporter, the Israeli crews ordered Sha'b al-Batam residents to demolish these facilities themselves within 24 hours.
Sha'b al-Batam is subjected to repeated attacks by the Israeli soldiers and settlers. In February 2017, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the area and destroyed a number of classrooms, barns and water wells as well as a Muslim oratory.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF, accompanied by Israeli intelligence officers, on Sunday broke into al-Ahli Hospital in al-Khalil city, summoned a security officer working at the hospital and searched him then started to scrutinize the IDs of the Palestinians entering and leaving the hospital but no arrests were reported.
In 2016, the IOF stormed the same hospital, arrested a Palestinian ex-prisoner and killed his companion.
Coordinator of the National Committee for Resisting Settlement, Rateb al-Jabour, said that the so-called Civil Administration crews, escorted by a large military force, raided Sha'b al-Batam area and handed the Palestinian citizen Ibrahim al-Jabarin three demolition notices against two houses and a barn for allegedly being unlicensed.
According to the PIC reporter, the Israeli crews ordered Sha'b al-Batam residents to demolish these facilities themselves within 24 hours.
Sha'b al-Batam is subjected to repeated attacks by the Israeli soldiers and settlers. In February 2017, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the area and destroyed a number of classrooms, barns and water wells as well as a Muslim oratory.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF, accompanied by Israeli intelligence officers, on Sunday broke into al-Ahli Hospital in al-Khalil city, summoned a security officer working at the hospital and searched him then started to scrutinize the IDs of the Palestinians entering and leaving the hospital but no arrests were reported.
In 2016, the IOF stormed the same hospital, arrested a Palestinian ex-prisoner and killed his companion.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Government’s decision to evacuate Palestinian Bedouin population from the Pope Mountain Community in al-Ezzariya village, east of occupied Jerusalem, for the interest of settlement projects in the area.
At the time PCHR emphasizes the legal status of East Jerusalem as a city under occupation, PCHR stresses that these Israeli measures are part of the Israeli government’s plans to create a Jewish Majority in the occupied city, expand its administrative boundaries, and connect its settlements established in the east of Jerusalem with the city in order to cut off communications between the north of the West Bank and its south. PCHR calls upon the international community to take immediate action to stop implementing this serious plan and end all settlement activities in occupied Jerusalem.
According to PCHR’s investigations, late on Thursday evening, 16 November 2017, Israeli forces accompanied with staff of the Organization and Construction Department in the Israeli Civil Administration moved into the Pope Mountain Bedouin Community near al-Izzariyah village, east of occupied Jerusalem and adjacent to “Ma’ale Adumim” settlement, and fixed orders to evacuate the houses and leave the area as a preamble to displace them.
‘Attalla Mazar’ah, Head of Services Committee in Pope Mountain Community, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that the Community residents, comprised of 57 families, including 320 individuals, half of them are children, were surprised with the Civil Administration staffs under the Israeli forces’ protection moving into the area.
The staffs installed iron rods in the ground and fixed military orders along with maps. ‘Attalla mentioned that the Pope Mountain has been targeted by the Israeli forces because its residents live within the E1Settlement zone.
The area is inhabited by Palestinians from Arab al-Jahalin, who arrived at the area following their displacement from Negev in 1948. It should be noted that this order was signed by the military commander of the area on 01 November 2017.
The order says, “After 8 days of issuing this declaration, each owner of property in the area included in this declaration shall evacuate their property according to this order.” This order also bans any construction works in the defined area, and no persons are allowed to enter or bring any property to the area for construction works.
The distribution of these military orders came few hours after the Israeli Prime Minister’s decision, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordering the Palestinian Bedouins living in communities to evacuate their houses in the vicinity of occupied Jerusalem, near Street No. (1), moving towards the Dead Sea.
The Israeli media stated that the decision was issued on Thursday at the end of a meeting held between Benjamin Netanyahu and representatives of so-called “Jerusalem Perimeter Forum” and the Binyamin Regional Council. The Israeli media clarified that the meeting was about the tents and mobile dwellings inhabited by the Palestinian Bedouins in Palestinian areas overlooking Jerusalem between ” Ma’ale Adumim” and “Mitzpeh Yericho” settlements, which were classified as “illegal outposts” by the Israeli authorities.
PCHR condemns the Israeli forces’ attacks against this Bedouin community and other Bedouin communities in the vicinity of Jerusalem. PCHR also believes this attack is part of the forced displacement crimes committed by the Israeli forces in areas classified as Areas C according to the Oslo Accords signed between the Israel Government and Palestinian Liberation Organization on 13 September 1993, in favor of settlement expansion projects.
PCHR reminds the international community of the Israeli forces’ violation of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, in particular Article 33, which prohibits collective punishment, and Article 147, which stipulates that extensive destruction and appropriation of property are not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly and are grave breaches amounting to war crimes according to Article 85, paragraph 5 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. Moreover, these crimes are a violation of Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which stipulates that the States Parties has an obligation to ensure each person’s right to an adequate standard of living for him and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing.
In light of the above, PCHR:
At the time PCHR emphasizes the legal status of East Jerusalem as a city under occupation, PCHR stresses that these Israeli measures are part of the Israeli government’s plans to create a Jewish Majority in the occupied city, expand its administrative boundaries, and connect its settlements established in the east of Jerusalem with the city in order to cut off communications between the north of the West Bank and its south. PCHR calls upon the international community to take immediate action to stop implementing this serious plan and end all settlement activities in occupied Jerusalem.
According to PCHR’s investigations, late on Thursday evening, 16 November 2017, Israeli forces accompanied with staff of the Organization and Construction Department in the Israeli Civil Administration moved into the Pope Mountain Bedouin Community near al-Izzariyah village, east of occupied Jerusalem and adjacent to “Ma’ale Adumim” settlement, and fixed orders to evacuate the houses and leave the area as a preamble to displace them.
‘Attalla Mazar’ah, Head of Services Committee in Pope Mountain Community, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that the Community residents, comprised of 57 families, including 320 individuals, half of them are children, were surprised with the Civil Administration staffs under the Israeli forces’ protection moving into the area.
The staffs installed iron rods in the ground and fixed military orders along with maps. ‘Attalla mentioned that the Pope Mountain has been targeted by the Israeli forces because its residents live within the E1Settlement zone.
The area is inhabited by Palestinians from Arab al-Jahalin, who arrived at the area following their displacement from Negev in 1948. It should be noted that this order was signed by the military commander of the area on 01 November 2017.
The order says, “After 8 days of issuing this declaration, each owner of property in the area included in this declaration shall evacuate their property according to this order.” This order also bans any construction works in the defined area, and no persons are allowed to enter or bring any property to the area for construction works.
The distribution of these military orders came few hours after the Israeli Prime Minister’s decision, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordering the Palestinian Bedouins living in communities to evacuate their houses in the vicinity of occupied Jerusalem, near Street No. (1), moving towards the Dead Sea.
The Israeli media stated that the decision was issued on Thursday at the end of a meeting held between Benjamin Netanyahu and representatives of so-called “Jerusalem Perimeter Forum” and the Binyamin Regional Council. The Israeli media clarified that the meeting was about the tents and mobile dwellings inhabited by the Palestinian Bedouins in Palestinian areas overlooking Jerusalem between ” Ma’ale Adumim” and “Mitzpeh Yericho” settlements, which were classified as “illegal outposts” by the Israeli authorities.
PCHR condemns the Israeli forces’ attacks against this Bedouin community and other Bedouin communities in the vicinity of Jerusalem. PCHR also believes this attack is part of the forced displacement crimes committed by the Israeli forces in areas classified as Areas C according to the Oslo Accords signed between the Israel Government and Palestinian Liberation Organization on 13 September 1993, in favor of settlement expansion projects.
PCHR reminds the international community of the Israeli forces’ violation of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, in particular Article 33, which prohibits collective punishment, and Article 147, which stipulates that extensive destruction and appropriation of property are not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly and are grave breaches amounting to war crimes according to Article 85, paragraph 5 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. Moreover, these crimes are a violation of Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which stipulates that the States Parties has an obligation to ensure each person’s right to an adequate standard of living for him and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing.
In light of the above, PCHR:
- Calls upon the international community to intervene in order to force Israel to stop all its settlement activities in the oPt, particularly in East Jerusalem;
- Emphasizes East Jerusalem is an occupied territory, and all the measures taken by the Israeli authorities following the 1967 occupation of it do not change this legal status;
- Confirms that all Israeli settlement activities in occupied East Jerusalem are considered as a war crime, according to the international humanitarian law;
- Calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to fulfill their obligation under Article 1 to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances; and
- Believes that the conspiracy of silence practiced by the international community has encouraged Israel to commit more violations of international human rights and international humanitarian laws, including efforts to create a Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem.
A Senior UN official called, on Friday, for the Israeli occupation to stop destroying Palestinian property and respect international law.
The UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities for the occupied Palestinian territory, Robert Piper, today condemned the demolition and confiscation of donor-funded humanitarian assistance by the Israeli authorities in the Palestinian community of Jabal al-Baba.
On 16 May, Israeli authorities demolished seven homes and confiscated materials for three other ones. Nine Palestine refugee families, comprising 49 members were left without shelter as a result, 22 of them children.
According to Days of Palestine, the materials were part of a humanitarian aid package for vulnerable Palestinian Bedouin families, provided by the UN’s Humanitarian Pooled Fund, earlier this year.
“Despite the obligation on Israel under international law to facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of relief to those who need it, humanitarian relief to vulnerable communities like Jabal al-Baba is increasingly under attack,” said Piper.
Jabal al-Baba, located to the east of Jerusalem in an area planned for the expansion of the illegal Israeli Jewish settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, is one of 46 communities in the central West Bank considered at high risk of forcible transfer.
The destruction of homes and of livelihoods creates pressures on households to move, exacerbating the risk of forcible transfer which would be considered a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Over 600 structures have been demolished or confiscated across the West Bank already in 2016, far exceeding the total for all of 2015. In their wake, over 900 people have been displaced from their homes and a further 2,500 have seen their livelihoods affected.
“Once again, we call on Israel to respect the rights of these vulnerable communities and to leave these households in peace,” said Piper.
The UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities for the occupied Palestinian territory, Robert Piper, today condemned the demolition and confiscation of donor-funded humanitarian assistance by the Israeli authorities in the Palestinian community of Jabal al-Baba.
On 16 May, Israeli authorities demolished seven homes and confiscated materials for three other ones. Nine Palestine refugee families, comprising 49 members were left without shelter as a result, 22 of them children.
According to Days of Palestine, the materials were part of a humanitarian aid package for vulnerable Palestinian Bedouin families, provided by the UN’s Humanitarian Pooled Fund, earlier this year.
“Despite the obligation on Israel under international law to facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of relief to those who need it, humanitarian relief to vulnerable communities like Jabal al-Baba is increasingly under attack,” said Piper.
Jabal al-Baba, located to the east of Jerusalem in an area planned for the expansion of the illegal Israeli Jewish settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, is one of 46 communities in the central West Bank considered at high risk of forcible transfer.
The destruction of homes and of livelihoods creates pressures on households to move, exacerbating the risk of forcible transfer which would be considered a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Over 600 structures have been demolished or confiscated across the West Bank already in 2016, far exceeding the total for all of 2015. In their wake, over 900 people have been displaced from their homes and a further 2,500 have seen their livelihoods affected.
“Once again, we call on Israel to respect the rights of these vulnerable communities and to leave these households in peace,” said Piper.
The Israeli occupation army on Saturday prevented a Palestinian citizen from constructing a house on his own land in the southeast of Nablus and confiscated an excavator from the site.
Local activist Mohamed Abu Thabet told Quds Press that an Israeli military force stormed Rujeib town, southeast of Nablus, and barred a Palestinian man from preparing his land for the construction of a house for his family.
The Israeli army claims the land is located in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli control, and that the landowner does not have a permit to use his land for construction, according to Thabet.
Local activist Mohamed Abu Thabet told Quds Press that an Israeli military force stormed Rujeib town, southeast of Nablus, and barred a Palestinian man from preparing his land for the construction of a house for his family.
The Israeli army claims the land is located in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli control, and that the landowner does not have a permit to use his land for construction, according to Thabet.
17 nov 2017
Israeli occupation authorities have ordered Muslim worshipers to pay NIS130,000 ($37,000), seven years after destroying their mosque in Rahat, southern Israel.
Be’er Sheva Magistrate’s Court ruled, according to Days of Palestine, that the founders and operators of the mosque would pay the fine as a compensation to the state of Israel.
The lawsuit was filed by the Southern District Public Prosecutor’s Office, against eight residents of Rahat who were members of the mosque committee, and demanded compensation of NIS459,500 ($130,000).
Muslim worshipers, who are original Palestinian residents, remained at home when Zionists occupied Palestine in 1948, built it to fulfill their needs. They apparently applied for the needed licenses to build the mosque, but were refused.
Occupation authorities claim that the mosque was illegally built in 2010, by the Islamic Movement’s Northern Branch, on public property.
Six months after it was built, the Be’er Sheva Magistrate’s Court and District Court marked the 400-square meter structure for demolition.
According to the state, the defendants initiated and conducted false procedures to delay and obstruct the evacuation, and even called on the public to oppose the demolition.
The defendants said that they had exhausted the legal procedures for preventing the mosque’s destruction and gave up, after the mosque was set to be demolished.
“Naturally, when you talk about a holy place built by the residents, and the residents see police forces in great numbers coming and demolishing the mosque, it bothers and hurts them,” they explained.
Be’er Sheva Magistrate’s Court ruled, according to Days of Palestine, that the founders and operators of the mosque would pay the fine as a compensation to the state of Israel.
The lawsuit was filed by the Southern District Public Prosecutor’s Office, against eight residents of Rahat who were members of the mosque committee, and demanded compensation of NIS459,500 ($130,000).
Muslim worshipers, who are original Palestinian residents, remained at home when Zionists occupied Palestine in 1948, built it to fulfill their needs. They apparently applied for the needed licenses to build the mosque, but were refused.
Occupation authorities claim that the mosque was illegally built in 2010, by the Islamic Movement’s Northern Branch, on public property.
Six months after it was built, the Be’er Sheva Magistrate’s Court and District Court marked the 400-square meter structure for demolition.
According to the state, the defendants initiated and conducted false procedures to delay and obstruct the evacuation, and even called on the public to oppose the demolition.
The defendants said that they had exhausted the legal procedures for preventing the mosque’s destruction and gave up, after the mosque was set to be demolished.
“Naturally, when you talk about a holy place built by the residents, and the residents see police forces in great numbers coming and demolishing the mosque, it bothers and hurts them,” they explained.
Israel’s Civil Administration afternoon on Thursday ordered that the Palestinian Bedouins in Jabal al-Baba community, east of Occupied Jerusalem, be driven out of their homes by next week.
Jabal al-Baba community’s spokesman, Atallah Muzar’a, said Israeli Civil Administration crews, escorted by police forces, stormed the area and handed over the Bedouins a deportation order.
Muzar’a warned of the projected deportation of 320 Palestinians, among them women and children, to unknown locations.
The activist quoted the Bedouins as firmly rebuffing the deportation order, which he said makes part of a preplanned scheme of ethnic cleansing.
He added that Jabal al-Baba is home to 100 makeshift homes and livestock facilities.
Muzar’a vowed that the locals will proceed with legal steps right away so as to deactivate the arbitrary deportation writ.
“The Israeli authorities have started the demolition process in such an arbitrary and sadistic way. The Israelis destroyed our homes, displaced our families, prevented our children from pursing education. And the day has come when they will be expelling us altogether from our own and only homes,” said Muza’ra, echoing the words of the affected families.
The measure makes part of Israel’s E1 settlement project aiming to grab hold of nearly 12,000 dunums of Palestinian lands in Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Jabal al-Baba community’s spokesman, Atallah Muzar’a, said Israeli Civil Administration crews, escorted by police forces, stormed the area and handed over the Bedouins a deportation order.
Muzar’a warned of the projected deportation of 320 Palestinians, among them women and children, to unknown locations.
The activist quoted the Bedouins as firmly rebuffing the deportation order, which he said makes part of a preplanned scheme of ethnic cleansing.
He added that Jabal al-Baba is home to 100 makeshift homes and livestock facilities.
Muzar’a vowed that the locals will proceed with legal steps right away so as to deactivate the arbitrary deportation writ.
“The Israeli authorities have started the demolition process in such an arbitrary and sadistic way. The Israelis destroyed our homes, displaced our families, prevented our children from pursing education. And the day has come when they will be expelling us altogether from our own and only homes,” said Muza’ra, echoing the words of the affected families.
The measure makes part of Israel’s E1 settlement project aiming to grab hold of nearly 12,000 dunums of Palestinian lands in Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Thursday to drive Bedouin Palestinian communities out of their tents on Highway 1 in the vicinity of Occupied Jerusalem, heading towards the Dead Sea.
According to a Thursday report by Yedioth Ahoronot, Netanyahu pushed for dismantling what he called “illegal outposts”, in reference to the tents inhabited by Palestinian Bedouins on Jerusalem’s outskirts, and for relocating the residents in Jericho and Abu Dis.
In a meeting between the prime minister, the so-called Jerusalem Perimeter Forum and the Binyamin Regional Council, Netanyahu ordered the removal of the Bedouin encampments pitched along Highway 1, leading from Occupied Jerusalem down to the Dead Sea.
Observers have often raised alarm bells over Israeli intents to force Bedouin communities out of the area in favor of illegal settlement projects and as part of a larger scheme of ethnic cleansing.
The move also makes part of the E1 settlement scheme aiming to dismember Palestinian communities across and around Occupied Jerusalem.
Under international law, Palestinian Bedouins living in Jerusalem’s outer edges are occupied communities and have thus the right to live in their motherland.
Israel To Displace Entire Palestinian Communities Near Occupied Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to displace and remove dozens of Palestinian Bedouin families living in their communities around occupied East Jerusalem, after deeming their dwellings as “illegal,” to replace them with colonists.
His decision was made after meeting with representatives of the so-called “Jerusalem Belt Forum,” which is actively involved in displacing the Palestinians and replacing them with Israeli colonist settlers, in direct violation of International Law.
The group aims at removing the Palestinians, their residences and dwellings, near Maale Adumim colonies, and held their meeting with Netanyahu, on Thursday evening.
Israeli National News has reported that the meeting was also attended by officials of Netanyahu’s office, in addition to Boaz Ido, who is a board member “Jerusalem Belt Forum,” the head of the Benyamin Regional Council of Settlements, Roni Snir, the head of Gush Katif Council, Danny Tirza, Field Coordinator Yaniv Aharoni, and Kfar Adumim resident and ‘social activist’ Avichai Shurshan.
The group presented Netanyahu with what they called “activities and achievements,” in addition to maps and aerial photographs of constructions in Bedouin communities, financed by the European Union.
The indigenous Palestinians in that area live in tents, mobile homes and several structures, in the area between Maale Adumim and Mitzpe Yeriho colonies.
Israeli Ynet News said that Netanyahu ordered the removal of what was described as “illegal outposts,” and to relocate the inhabitant in Abu Dis town, near Jerusalem, and Jericho.
The Arabs48 news website has reported that Israel is trying to displace what is left of the Bedouin communities in occupied Jerusalem to build and expand its illegal colonies, and link Maale Adumim with Jerusalem.
Israeli National News has reported that Netanyahu ordered his office, the police and the military to increase their deployment and enforcement, and to ensure the removal of the Palestinian communities, dubbed as “illegal outposts.”
On its part, the “Jerusalem Bely Forum” said after the meeting with Netanyahu that they “congratulate him for his willingness to resolve the problems presented to him, regarding the illegal construction carried out by European Funding,” referring to EU projects that tries to help in creating basic infrastructure and to improve the lives of the communities.
It is worth mentioning that the so-called “Jerusalem Belt Forum,” a heavily financed group active in the illegal construction and expansion of Israeli colonies, has been conducting various campaigns to stop what it refers to as “illegal Palestinian constructions,” and to remove the Bedouin committees to “house them in a Bedouin village near Jericho.
Bedouins living around Jerusalem, reside in Area C of the occupied West Bank, and are protected inhabitants under International Law, International Humanitarian Law, and all related protocols and agreements, but are constantly displaced, similar to what is happening in the Negev.
Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
On Friday at dawn, Netanyahu ordered the army to remove all Bedouin Palestinians living in their communities, close to Road #1, leading to the Dead Sea.
The army also handed eviction orders to the Bedouin families in Jabal al-Baba area, near al-‘Ezariyya, east of Jerusalem, ordering them to leave dwellings they inhabited for more than fifty years, after they were displaced from the Negev.
Arabs48 quoted resident Atallah al-Jahalin stating that he was born there 43 years ago, in the same dwelling were 57 families, half of them children, reside.
According to a Thursday report by Yedioth Ahoronot, Netanyahu pushed for dismantling what he called “illegal outposts”, in reference to the tents inhabited by Palestinian Bedouins on Jerusalem’s outskirts, and for relocating the residents in Jericho and Abu Dis.
In a meeting between the prime minister, the so-called Jerusalem Perimeter Forum and the Binyamin Regional Council, Netanyahu ordered the removal of the Bedouin encampments pitched along Highway 1, leading from Occupied Jerusalem down to the Dead Sea.
Observers have often raised alarm bells over Israeli intents to force Bedouin communities out of the area in favor of illegal settlement projects and as part of a larger scheme of ethnic cleansing.
The move also makes part of the E1 settlement scheme aiming to dismember Palestinian communities across and around Occupied Jerusalem.
Under international law, Palestinian Bedouins living in Jerusalem’s outer edges are occupied communities and have thus the right to live in their motherland.
Israel To Displace Entire Palestinian Communities Near Occupied Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to displace and remove dozens of Palestinian Bedouin families living in their communities around occupied East Jerusalem, after deeming their dwellings as “illegal,” to replace them with colonists.
His decision was made after meeting with representatives of the so-called “Jerusalem Belt Forum,” which is actively involved in displacing the Palestinians and replacing them with Israeli colonist settlers, in direct violation of International Law.
The group aims at removing the Palestinians, their residences and dwellings, near Maale Adumim colonies, and held their meeting with Netanyahu, on Thursday evening.
Israeli National News has reported that the meeting was also attended by officials of Netanyahu’s office, in addition to Boaz Ido, who is a board member “Jerusalem Belt Forum,” the head of the Benyamin Regional Council of Settlements, Roni Snir, the head of Gush Katif Council, Danny Tirza, Field Coordinator Yaniv Aharoni, and Kfar Adumim resident and ‘social activist’ Avichai Shurshan.
The group presented Netanyahu with what they called “activities and achievements,” in addition to maps and aerial photographs of constructions in Bedouin communities, financed by the European Union.
The indigenous Palestinians in that area live in tents, mobile homes and several structures, in the area between Maale Adumim and Mitzpe Yeriho colonies.
Israeli Ynet News said that Netanyahu ordered the removal of what was described as “illegal outposts,” and to relocate the inhabitant in Abu Dis town, near Jerusalem, and Jericho.
The Arabs48 news website has reported that Israel is trying to displace what is left of the Bedouin communities in occupied Jerusalem to build and expand its illegal colonies, and link Maale Adumim with Jerusalem.
Israeli National News has reported that Netanyahu ordered his office, the police and the military to increase their deployment and enforcement, and to ensure the removal of the Palestinian communities, dubbed as “illegal outposts.”
On its part, the “Jerusalem Bely Forum” said after the meeting with Netanyahu that they “congratulate him for his willingness to resolve the problems presented to him, regarding the illegal construction carried out by European Funding,” referring to EU projects that tries to help in creating basic infrastructure and to improve the lives of the communities.
It is worth mentioning that the so-called “Jerusalem Belt Forum,” a heavily financed group active in the illegal construction and expansion of Israeli colonies, has been conducting various campaigns to stop what it refers to as “illegal Palestinian constructions,” and to remove the Bedouin committees to “house them in a Bedouin village near Jericho.
Bedouins living around Jerusalem, reside in Area C of the occupied West Bank, and are protected inhabitants under International Law, International Humanitarian Law, and all related protocols and agreements, but are constantly displaced, similar to what is happening in the Negev.
Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
On Friday at dawn, Netanyahu ordered the army to remove all Bedouin Palestinians living in their communities, close to Road #1, leading to the Dead Sea.
The army also handed eviction orders to the Bedouin families in Jabal al-Baba area, near al-‘Ezariyya, east of Jerusalem, ordering them to leave dwellings they inhabited for more than fifty years, after they were displaced from the Negev.
Arabs48 quoted resident Atallah al-Jahalin stating that he was born there 43 years ago, in the same dwelling were 57 families, half of them children, reside.