8 aug 2020
A Palestinian report on Saturday warned of an Israeli plan to build 1,000 settler units on lands annexed from the villages of at-Tur, Anata, Eizariya and Abu Dis in the area known as “E1” in east Jerusalem.
The plan is aimed at expanding the borders of Occupied Jerusalem as part of what Israel calls the “greater Jerusalem” project and its intents to annex large areas of the occupied Palestinian territories.
The report, which was issued by the National Bureau for Defending Land (an affiliate of the Palestine Liberation Organization), said that the project, if implemented, would completely close off the eastern area of Jerusalem, encircle Anata, at-Tur and Hizma with settler units and block the possibility of any future Palestinian urban expansion towards the east.
It also said that this Israeli project would connect all the illegal settlements in the eastern area and outside the Israeli municipal borders in Jerusalem with the settlements within the municipal boundaries of Moshe Leon and turn the Palestinian villages and districts in this area into besieged ghettos.
The report pointed out that the Israeli occupation authority might annex wide areas of the West Bank to the new municipal boundaries of greater Jerusalem.
The plan is aimed at expanding the borders of Occupied Jerusalem as part of what Israel calls the “greater Jerusalem” project and its intents to annex large areas of the occupied Palestinian territories.
The report, which was issued by the National Bureau for Defending Land (an affiliate of the Palestine Liberation Organization), said that the project, if implemented, would completely close off the eastern area of Jerusalem, encircle Anata, at-Tur and Hizma with settler units and block the possibility of any future Palestinian urban expansion towards the east.
It also said that this Israeli project would connect all the illegal settlements in the eastern area and outside the Israeli municipal borders in Jerusalem with the settlements within the municipal boundaries of Moshe Leon and turn the Palestinian villages and districts in this area into besieged ghettos.
The report pointed out that the Israeli occupation authority might annex wide areas of the West Bank to the new municipal boundaries of greater Jerusalem.
5 aug 2020
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Israeli bulldozers today razed a large tract of land in the city of Dura, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to local sources.
Coordinator for the Anti-Wall and Settlement Committee Rateb al-Jabour said that Israeli forces escorted bulldozers to the land adjacent to the illegal Israeli colonial settlement of Negohot, where they heavy machines leveled it for to make room for settlement expansion. video The landowners were identified as the Ghannam and Odeh families. Al-Jabour called on all human rights organizations to intervene in order to halt the Israeli policies of land grab and property confiscation in favor of colonial settlement construction. |
4 aug 2020
The Israeli occupation authorities today demolished animal sheds in a village east of Bethlehem, as owners of tin structures in the south of the West Bank, were told their shelters will be demolished, according to sources.
Ahmad Ghazal, deputy head of Kisan village council, east of Bethlehem, told WAFA that an Israeli occupation force raided the village this morning with a bulldozer and proceeded to demolish animal shelters used by two local residents under the pretext of building without a permit.
He said the owners were informed only yesterday of the demolition order and given only 24 hours to empty them of their contents or they will be arrested.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authority said today that it is going to expropriate 327 dunums of Kisan village land in order to expand the illegal settlement of Aibi Hanahal, built on village land, according to Hasan Breijieh, from the Wall and Settlements Resistance Committee.
He said Israel, which intends to build 224 new housing units in the illegal settlement, has been demolishing Palestinian homes in the area to clear it for its settlement expansion policy.
In the Masafer Yatta village of Shaab al-Batem, south of the West Bank, the Israeli army informed four residents of the intention to demolish their tin structures used to shelter their families under the pretext they were built without a permit, according to Rateb al-Jabour, coordinator for the Wall and Settlements Resistance Committee in the Hebron area.
He said that 20 people will be displaced if the demolition takes place.
Jabour said Israel is seeking to empty that area of its Palestinian residents in order to expand the illegal settlement of Avigal, built on expropriated Palestinian land.
He also said that the Israeli occupation has ordered today stop work on two tin homes and an animal barn in Sussiya village, in Masafer Yatta, with a goal to empty the village of its Palestinian residents in order to expand the nearby illegal settlement of Sossia.
Ahmad Ghazal, deputy head of Kisan village council, east of Bethlehem, told WAFA that an Israeli occupation force raided the village this morning with a bulldozer and proceeded to demolish animal shelters used by two local residents under the pretext of building without a permit.
He said the owners were informed only yesterday of the demolition order and given only 24 hours to empty them of their contents or they will be arrested.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authority said today that it is going to expropriate 327 dunums of Kisan village land in order to expand the illegal settlement of Aibi Hanahal, built on village land, according to Hasan Breijieh, from the Wall and Settlements Resistance Committee.
He said Israel, which intends to build 224 new housing units in the illegal settlement, has been demolishing Palestinian homes in the area to clear it for its settlement expansion policy.
In the Masafer Yatta village of Shaab al-Batem, south of the West Bank, the Israeli army informed four residents of the intention to demolish their tin structures used to shelter their families under the pretext they were built without a permit, according to Rateb al-Jabour, coordinator for the Wall and Settlements Resistance Committee in the Hebron area.
He said that 20 people will be displaced if the demolition takes place.
Jabour said Israel is seeking to empty that area of its Palestinian residents in order to expand the illegal settlement of Avigal, built on expropriated Palestinian land.
He also said that the Israeli occupation has ordered today stop work on two tin homes and an animal barn in Sussiya village, in Masafer Yatta, with a goal to empty the village of its Palestinian residents in order to expand the nearby illegal settlement of Sossia.
2 aug 2020
The Israeli municipality in Occupied Jerusalem on Saturday approved a plan to build an additional commercial complex on about 90 dunums of land in the east of Issawiya district.
In press remarks, chief of the municipality pledged to continue carrying out settlement and Judaization projects in the holy city.
The Israeli occupation authority had already announced its plan to carry out a huge settlement project in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz called Silicon Wadi (Silicon Valley), which will include high-tech industrial employment centers and tens of thousands of shopping centers and hotels.
The only Palestinian industrial area in east Jerusalem is to be demolished in order to make way for this Silicon Wadi project.
In press remarks, chief of the municipality pledged to continue carrying out settlement and Judaization projects in the holy city.
The Israeli occupation authority had already announced its plan to carry out a huge settlement project in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz called Silicon Wadi (Silicon Valley), which will include high-tech industrial employment centers and tens of thousands of shopping centers and hotels.
The only Palestinian industrial area in east Jerusalem is to be demolished in order to make way for this Silicon Wadi project.
27 july 2020
Bulldozers of the Israeli occupation government today destroyed several dunums of agricultural Palestinian land in the north of the West Bank in order to extend sewage lines to an illegal Israeli settlement, according to a local official.
Marwan Abdul Rahman, mayor of the town of Bruqin, in the northern West Bank district of Salfit, told WAFA that bulldozers razed Palestinian land owned by local residents in order to serve settlers of the illegal Brukhin settlement by extending sewage lines that go through the agricultural land.
As a result, Palestinian owners of the land will not be allowed to use it any further.
Marwan Abdul Rahman, mayor of the town of Bruqin, in the northern West Bank district of Salfit, told WAFA that bulldozers razed Palestinian land owned by local residents in order to serve settlers of the illegal Brukhin settlement by extending sewage lines that go through the agricultural land.
As a result, Palestinian owners of the land will not be allowed to use it any further.
18 july 2020
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A horde of Jewish settlers on Friday chopped off several olive trees in Kafr al-Labad town near Tulkarem, while others placed prefabricated homes on a mount in Beita town in southern Nablus.
According to local sources in Tulkarem, settlers from the illegal settlement of Avnei Hefetz and Dyrban chopped off dozens of olive trees using chainsaws in Kafr al-Labad town. Dozens of perennial olive trees belonging to the sons of Adel Baker were among the trees which was destroyed by the settlers In a separate incident, a gang of settlers on the same day deployed many |
prefabricated homes on Mount Subaih in Beita town in southern Nablus a few hours after pitching tents in the same area.
17 july 2020
Illegal Israeli colonial settlers set up tents today at a Palestinian-owned land near the village of Beita, to the south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to a local source.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official in charge of monitoring Israeli colonial activities in Nablus Governorate, told WAFA that settlers set up six tents in Jabal Sbeih area, near Beita village, apparently in a prelude to take over the land and establish a new settlement outpost.
Daghlas said that over recent years, Israeli settlers have been trying to take over Palestinian land in the area by various means, but all those attempts were thwarted by the local Palestinian population.
He pointed out that current attempts by Israeli settlers and settler organizations to expropriate Palestinian land are part of the Israeli government's plan to annex portions of the occupied West Bank to the occupying state's sovereignty.
There are about 700,000 colonial Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank settlements in violation of international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention which expressly bans the relocation of the occupying nation's civilian population to the land of the occupied.
The occupying state of Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights following the 1967 war, and has since built hundreds of illegal Jewish-only settlements throughout the occupied territories.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official in charge of monitoring Israeli colonial activities in Nablus Governorate, told WAFA that settlers set up six tents in Jabal Sbeih area, near Beita village, apparently in a prelude to take over the land and establish a new settlement outpost.
Daghlas said that over recent years, Israeli settlers have been trying to take over Palestinian land in the area by various means, but all those attempts were thwarted by the local Palestinian population.
He pointed out that current attempts by Israeli settlers and settler organizations to expropriate Palestinian land are part of the Israeli government's plan to annex portions of the occupied West Bank to the occupying state's sovereignty.
There are about 700,000 colonial Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank settlements in violation of international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention which expressly bans the relocation of the occupying nation's civilian population to the land of the occupied.
The occupying state of Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights following the 1967 war, and has since built hundreds of illegal Jewish-only settlements throughout the occupied territories.
