13 july 2020
A horde of extremist Jewish settlers on Monday wreaked havoc on a Palestinian-owned olive grove near Sa’ir town, northeast of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank.
Media sources in al-Khalil said that dozens of settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba destroyed and chopped off about 70 olive trees, aged over 20 years, in al-Uddeisa area, south of Sa’ir town. video
Israeli soldiers also provided protection for the settlers and clashed with local residents after they intervened and tried to prevent further destruction of olive trees.
The grove belongs to a local villager called Yousef Ismail and his family.
Media sources in al-Khalil said that dozens of settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba destroyed and chopped off about 70 olive trees, aged over 20 years, in al-Uddeisa area, south of Sa’ir town. video
Israeli soldiers also provided protection for the settlers and clashed with local residents after they intervened and tried to prevent further destruction of olive trees.
The grove belongs to a local villager called Yousef Ismail and his family.
8 july 2020
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday uprooted dozens of Palestinian-owned olive trees to build a settler road in Yasuf village in the West Bank district of Nablus.
Local residents said that this move is just a prelude to the confiscation of vast tracts of Palestinian land in Yasuf and neighboring villages to complete the new road.
At least 3,000 olive trees are expected to be uprooted in the process.
Yasuf, surrounded by three Israeli settlements built illegally on Palestinian land, is one of the most affected villages in Nablus by Israel’s settlement activity.
The Palestinians consider this new road a “dangerous” project that contributes to turning Israel’s isolated settlements in the southern area of Nablus into large cities that would undermine efforts for the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Local residents said that this move is just a prelude to the confiscation of vast tracts of Palestinian land in Yasuf and neighboring villages to complete the new road.
At least 3,000 olive trees are expected to be uprooted in the process.
Yasuf, surrounded by three Israeli settlements built illegally on Palestinian land, is one of the most affected villages in Nablus by Israel’s settlement activity.
The Palestinians consider this new road a “dangerous” project that contributes to turning Israel’s isolated settlements in the southern area of Nablus into large cities that would undermine efforts for the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Israeli settlers today torched scores of olive trees in Burin town, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, said a local activist.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, confirmed that a group of settlers set fire to olive groves to the south of the town. video
The settlers came from Yitzhar, an illegal colonial settlement inhabited by hardcore fanatic Jews.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces uprooted more than 200 olive trees in the area of Yasuf village, northeast of Salfit.
Extremist Israeli settlers’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, confirmed that a group of settlers set fire to olive groves to the south of the town. video
The settlers came from Yitzhar, an illegal colonial settlement inhabited by hardcore fanatic Jews.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces uprooted more than 200 olive trees in the area of Yasuf village, northeast of Salfit.
Extremist Israeli settlers’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces today delivered military orders to seize a plot of land belonging to the farmers of Shufa village, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, according to a local source.
Tahseen Hamed, a local activist, told WAFA that Israeli forces posted military orders in Arabic and Hebrew with an enclosed map showing the location of the plot of land, which occupies an area of 3.5 dunums, near the checkpoint at the junction leading to the village, purportedly for security reasons.
He added that the farmers who own the plot have the legal documents attesting to their ownership of it, noting that the land is planted with olive, fig and vine trees and is considered a source of their livelihood.
The land to be seized is located approx. two-kilometres away from the nearby illegal Israeli colonial settlement of Avni Hevets noting that the village is frequently targeted by Israeli forces who at times prevent farmers from accessing their lands as they continue to raze lands seized to make room for colonial settlement expansion.
Such Israeli measures, taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel’s 53-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and its settler colonial project which it enforces with routine and frequently deadly violence against Palestinians.
Tahseen Hamed, a local activist, told WAFA that Israeli forces posted military orders in Arabic and Hebrew with an enclosed map showing the location of the plot of land, which occupies an area of 3.5 dunums, near the checkpoint at the junction leading to the village, purportedly for security reasons.
He added that the farmers who own the plot have the legal documents attesting to their ownership of it, noting that the land is planted with olive, fig and vine trees and is considered a source of their livelihood.
The land to be seized is located approx. two-kilometres away from the nearby illegal Israeli colonial settlement of Avni Hevets noting that the village is frequently targeted by Israeli forces who at times prevent farmers from accessing their lands as they continue to raze lands seized to make room for colonial settlement expansion.
Such Israeli measures, taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel’s 53-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and its settler colonial project which it enforces with routine and frequently deadly violence against Palestinians.
6 july 2020
Violent clashes broke out on Monday morning between Palestinian citizens and Israeli soldiers after the Israeli occupation army resumed its bulldozing activities in southern Nablus to build a road for Jewish settlers.
According to local sources, the Israeli army embarked again on bulldozing vast tracts of Palestinian land, about 406 dunums, in Huwara town in order to build a seven-kilometer bypass for settlers.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said that the Israeli occupation forces bulldozed and destroyed olive groves and agricultural lands belonging to Palestinian citizens near the Huwara military base, which provoked clashes with the locals.
Daghlas pointed out that this road had been approved by the Israeli government in 2014 as part of a project to build several roads for settlers in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the Israeli army embarked again on bulldozing vast tracts of Palestinian land, about 406 dunums, in Huwara town in order to build a seven-kilometer bypass for settlers.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said that the Israeli occupation forces bulldozed and destroyed olive groves and agricultural lands belonging to Palestinian citizens near the Huwara military base, which provoked clashes with the locals.
Daghlas pointed out that this road had been approved by the Israeli government in 2014 as part of a project to build several roads for settlers in the West Bank.
4 july 2020
Israeli settlers torched this morning fields planted with olive trees in the town of Huwarra, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to Ghassan Daghlas, a local activist.
He said settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar set fire to dozens of olive trees, causing extensive damage to this vital tree, whose crops are a main source of income to thousands of Palestinian families.
Daghlas, who monitors settlers and settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said there was recently a surge in settlers' attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the Nablus area, and in their efforts to grab as much Palestinian land as possible to expand their settlements including the recent setting up of mobile homes on Palestinian-owned land in the town of Assira al-Shamaliya, north of Nablus.
He said settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar set fire to dozens of olive trees, causing extensive damage to this vital tree, whose crops are a main source of income to thousands of Palestinian families.
Daghlas, who monitors settlers and settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said there was recently a surge in settlers' attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the Nablus area, and in their efforts to grab as much Palestinian land as possible to expand their settlements including the recent setting up of mobile homes on Palestinian-owned land in the town of Assira al-Shamaliya, north of Nablus.
1 july 2020
Israeli settlers today razed large tracts of Palestinian land in the West Bank districts of Nablus and Qalqiliya, local sources said.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told WAFA that settlers, escorted a bulldozer to Batn al-'Ein area, where the heavy machine leveled a tract of land belonging to the villagers of Einabus, south of Nablus. video
The settlers came from Yitzhar, an illegal colonial settlement inhabited by hardcore fanatic Jews.
Meanwhile, Majd Abu Hajlah, a Fatah official, confirmed that settlers bulldozers razed a tract of farmland to the southeast of Qalqiliya.
The settlers, under the protection of Israeli troops, razed the land, which is close to the thousands of dunams of olive-planted farmland belonging to the villages of Kafr Thulth, Sanniriya, Biddya and Qarawet Bani-Hassan.
Extremist Israeli settlers’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told WAFA that settlers, escorted a bulldozer to Batn al-'Ein area, where the heavy machine leveled a tract of land belonging to the villagers of Einabus, south of Nablus. video
The settlers came from Yitzhar, an illegal colonial settlement inhabited by hardcore fanatic Jews.
Meanwhile, Majd Abu Hajlah, a Fatah official, confirmed that settlers bulldozers razed a tract of farmland to the southeast of Qalqiliya.
The settlers, under the protection of Israeli troops, razed the land, which is close to the thousands of dunams of olive-planted farmland belonging to the villages of Kafr Thulth, Sanniriya, Biddya and Qarawet Bani-Hassan.
Extremist Israeli settlers’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
29 june 2020
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) in Jerusalem has continued to carry out bulldozing activities on Palestinian-owned land in Wadi al-Rababa area in Silwan district.
According to landowners, the Israeli nature and parks authority forcibly seized a vast tract of land in Wadi al-Rababa and gave itself the right to bulldoze the area despite the presence of previous court verdicts ordering a halt to such operations.
Wadi al-Rababa neighborhood is located in Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque, stretching over nearly 350 dunums of land planted with fruitful trees and perennial olive trees. The entire land is private property belonging to Silwan residents and there are also 100 homes and one Mosque in the area and all of them are threatened with evacuation and demolition.
During the past years, the Israeli municipality in Occupied Jerusalem issued decisions to appropriate about 100 dunums of land in Wadi al-Rababa in order to build a national part and other projects for Jewish settlers.
There is one Jewish settler outpost in Wadi al-Rababa, where the IOA systematically works on seizing more Palestinian land and property to carry out Judaization projects because of their location near the Aqsa Mosque.
According to landowners, the Israeli nature and parks authority forcibly seized a vast tract of land in Wadi al-Rababa and gave itself the right to bulldoze the area despite the presence of previous court verdicts ordering a halt to such operations.
Wadi al-Rababa neighborhood is located in Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque, stretching over nearly 350 dunums of land planted with fruitful trees and perennial olive trees. The entire land is private property belonging to Silwan residents and there are also 100 homes and one Mosque in the area and all of them are threatened with evacuation and demolition.
During the past years, the Israeli municipality in Occupied Jerusalem issued decisions to appropriate about 100 dunums of land in Wadi al-Rababa in order to build a national part and other projects for Jewish settlers.
There is one Jewish settler outpost in Wadi al-Rababa, where the IOA systematically works on seizing more Palestinian land and property to carry out Judaization projects because of their location near the Aqsa Mosque.
