27 june 2020
Extremist Israeli settlers took advantage of the hot weather today and set fire to fields in the village of Burin, south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, said a local source. video
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar set fire to fields in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, causing fire to engulf a large area planted with trees.
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been demanding international protection against Israeli settler attacks, often condoned and supported by the army.
Settler violence is commonplace across the occupied West Bank, and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities as the Palestinian Authority has no jurisdiction over Israeli settlers.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar set fire to fields in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, causing fire to engulf a large area planted with trees.
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been demanding international protection against Israeli settler attacks, often condoned and supported by the army.
Settler violence is commonplace across the occupied West Bank, and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities as the Palestinian Authority has no jurisdiction over Israeli settlers.
24 june 2020
Israeli settlers today seized a large tract of Palestinian land in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya, according to local sources.
The sources confirmed that settlers fenced off dozens of dunums of land planted with olive trees, which belong to the Palestinian residents of al-Tur and Issawiya.
For the residents of Issawiyeh, a Palestinian village of some 20,000, and other parts of occupied East Jerusalem, military raids, land grab and demolitions are a daily reality.
The village is plagued by poor infrastructure, residents are constantly harassed by the Israeli Border Police and anyone, including children, run the risk of arbitrary arrest.
Israeli police and municipality staff frequently hand out fine notices for various violations, such as improperly maintained vehicles, severely disrupting Palestinian residents’ lives.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The sources confirmed that settlers fenced off dozens of dunums of land planted with olive trees, which belong to the Palestinian residents of al-Tur and Issawiya.
For the residents of Issawiyeh, a Palestinian village of some 20,000, and other parts of occupied East Jerusalem, military raids, land grab and demolitions are a daily reality.
The village is plagued by poor infrastructure, residents are constantly harassed by the Israeli Border Police and anyone, including children, run the risk of arbitrary arrest.
Israeli police and municipality staff frequently hand out fine notices for various violations, such as improperly maintained vehicles, severely disrupting Palestinian residents’ lives.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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Israeli forces today cut down dozens of olive trees belonging to Bardala village in the northern Jordan Valley, according to a local municipal source.Ziad Sawafta, head of Bardala village council, told WAFA that Israeli forces escorted a bulldozer into the village, and destroyed some 85 olive trees belonging to three Palestinian farmers. video
The Jordan Valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the West Bank. Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the settlements in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land. The Israel military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June |
1967, and has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.
Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use and have had to obtain permission from the Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.
In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities on a regular basis, but also confiscates their farmlands, demolishes their homes and infrastructure from time to time.
Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad restrictions on access to resources and services.
Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of settlers.
Israel has announced that it would illegally annex the highly strategic Jordan Valley on July 1.
Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use and have had to obtain permission from the Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.
In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities on a regular basis, but also confiscates their farmlands, demolishes their homes and infrastructure from time to time.
Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad restrictions on access to resources and services.
Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of settlers.
Israel has announced that it would illegally annex the highly strategic Jordan Valley on July 1.
Israeli forces Wednesday morning ordered a Palestinian to evict his plot of land in al-Khader town, located to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, local sources said.
Ahmad Salah, an activist, told WAFA that Israeli forces handed Rizq Salah a notice, ordering him to evict his 2-donum plot of land, planted with olive trees, adjacent to the encroaching colonial settlement of El'azar and gave him seven days to do so.
He noted that the Salah, the landowner, reclaimed his land, and planted it with olive trees.
This is not the first time for Salah’s land to be leveled. Israeli forces had razed it back in 2006, and destroyed Salah’s water well.
Located 4 kilometers to the west of Bethlehem city, al-Khader has a population of some 12,500 and occupies a total area of 8,280 dunams.
Under the Oslo Accords, an agreement made 25 years ago that was supposed to last just five years towards a self-governing country alongside Israel, the Palestinian Authority was given ed control over a small pocket of land occupying some 1,200 dunams, accounting for almost 14.5 percent of the village’s total area. In contrast, Israel maintains control over the remainder, classified as Area C.
Since the start of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967, like so many other villages in Palestine, al-Khader has been subjected to almost continual land theft for Israeli settlements, bypass roads, and military installations.
Israel has constructed Efrat and NeveDaniyyel colonial settlements on an area of 6,329 dunums of Palestinian land, including a portion confiscated from al-Khader. It has also constructed a section of the apartheid wall, isolating some 5,620 dunums of the town’s land for colonial settlement activities and pushing the villagers into a crowded enclave, a ghetto, surrounded by walls, settlements and military installations.
It has confiscated more land for the construction of a tunnel and a crossing, controlling Palestinian movement from Bethlehem city and the western countryside villages.
Ahmad Salah, an activist, told WAFA that Israeli forces handed Rizq Salah a notice, ordering him to evict his 2-donum plot of land, planted with olive trees, adjacent to the encroaching colonial settlement of El'azar and gave him seven days to do so.
He noted that the Salah, the landowner, reclaimed his land, and planted it with olive trees.
This is not the first time for Salah’s land to be leveled. Israeli forces had razed it back in 2006, and destroyed Salah’s water well.
Located 4 kilometers to the west of Bethlehem city, al-Khader has a population of some 12,500 and occupies a total area of 8,280 dunams.
Under the Oslo Accords, an agreement made 25 years ago that was supposed to last just five years towards a self-governing country alongside Israel, the Palestinian Authority was given ed control over a small pocket of land occupying some 1,200 dunams, accounting for almost 14.5 percent of the village’s total area. In contrast, Israel maintains control over the remainder, classified as Area C.
Since the start of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967, like so many other villages in Palestine, al-Khader has been subjected to almost continual land theft for Israeli settlements, bypass roads, and military installations.
Israel has constructed Efrat and NeveDaniyyel colonial settlements on an area of 6,329 dunums of Palestinian land, including a portion confiscated from al-Khader. It has also constructed a section of the apartheid wall, isolating some 5,620 dunums of the town’s land for colonial settlement activities and pushing the villagers into a crowded enclave, a ghetto, surrounded by walls, settlements and military installations.
It has confiscated more land for the construction of a tunnel and a crossing, controlling Palestinian movement from Bethlehem city and the western countryside villages.
18 june 2020
A horde of extremist Jewish settlers on Wednesday set fire to an olive grove in Burin town, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar stormed an agricultural area in Burin and set ablaze a plot of land planted with olive trees.
Daghlas added that the settlers also attacked, under military protection, some local residents in the town, where soldiers showered them with tear gas canisters and fired rubber bullets at them.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation army on Wednesday notified a Jerusalemite family in as-Sawahira al-Gharbiya town of its intent to demolish his house.
Head of a local land defense committee Yunis Jaafar said that Israeli soldiers stormed the town and handed Yassin Zaatera a demolition notice against his home.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar stormed an agricultural area in Burin and set ablaze a plot of land planted with olive trees.
Daghlas added that the settlers also attacked, under military protection, some local residents in the town, where soldiers showered them with tear gas canisters and fired rubber bullets at them.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation army on Wednesday notified a Jerusalemite family in as-Sawahira al-Gharbiya town of its intent to demolish his house.
Head of a local land defense committee Yunis Jaafar said that Israeli soldiers stormed the town and handed Yassin Zaatera a demolition notice against his home.
4 june 2020
Israeli settlers cut down around 36 fully grown and years old olive trees in the village of Burin to the south of Nablus, the northern occupied West Bank, according to an official.
Munir Qadous, a member of the human rights group Yesh Din, told WAFA settlers sneaked their way into agricultural land in the southern part of the village of Burin and cut down at least 36 fully grown and years old olive trees belonging to a local resident.
Settlers further set fire to the wheat fields in the village, however residents managed to put out the fire and prevented it from spreading.
Munir Qadous, a member of the human rights group Yesh Din, told WAFA settlers sneaked their way into agricultural land in the southern part of the village of Burin and cut down at least 36 fully grown and years old olive trees belonging to a local resident.
Settlers further set fire to the wheat fields in the village, however residents managed to put out the fire and prevented it from spreading.
3 june 2020
Jewish settlers on Tuesday seized a long swath of Palestinian land and bulldozed it near the villages of Tell and Immatain, southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that settlers used bulldozers to build a road for them in the area of Karm Shuqair, which is part of Tell and Immatain villages, adding that the road leads to the illegal settlement of Havat Gilad.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army on the same day bulldozed Palestinian-owned olive groves in Huwara town, south of Nablus, in order to build a road for Jewish settlers.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that settlers used bulldozers to build a road for them in the area of Karm Shuqair, which is part of Tell and Immatain villages, adding that the road leads to the illegal settlement of Havat Gilad.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army on the same day bulldozed Palestinian-owned olive groves in Huwara town, south of Nablus, in order to build a road for Jewish settlers.
22 may 2020
Israeli soldiers fired, Friday, dozens of concussion grenades into Palestinian orchards, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank, resulting in burning at least 120 olive trees.
The head of Thaher al-‘Abed Village Council, said the soldiers are stationed at the military gate of the illegal Annexation Wall, which was built on Palestinian lands owned by the villagers.
He added that the concussion grenades caused a fire that consumed more than 120 olive trees, and that Palestinian firefighters, from Ya’bad nearby town, rushed to the area to extinguish the fire and to prevent it from spreading to surrounding farmlands and homes.
There is no apparent reason for the soldiers to start firing the grenades, especially since there were no protests in the area.
The head of Thaher al-‘Abed Village Council, said the soldiers are stationed at the military gate of the illegal Annexation Wall, which was built on Palestinian lands owned by the villagers.
He added that the concussion grenades caused a fire that consumed more than 120 olive trees, and that Palestinian firefighters, from Ya’bad nearby town, rushed to the area to extinguish the fire and to prevent it from spreading to surrounding farmlands and homes.
There is no apparent reason for the soldiers to start firing the grenades, especially since there were no protests in the area.
