28 july 2020
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday prevented the Palestinian local authorities from paving a road in, south of Nablus.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said that the IOF stormed the northern area of the town, detained a number of workers and supervisors as they were working on rehabilitating a road in Wadi ash-Sham area, and confiscated heavy-duty vehicles and equipment belonging to Brothers Company.
The IOF also brutalized a number of local landowners and citizens and confiscated their cellphones before taking the seized things to Gilad settlement.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said that the IOF stormed the northern area of the town, detained a number of workers and supervisors as they were working on rehabilitating a road in Wadi ash-Sham area, and confiscated heavy-duty vehicles and equipment belonging to Brothers Company.
The IOF also brutalized a number of local landowners and citizens and confiscated their cellphones before taking the seized things to Gilad settlement.
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Over 60 livestock were killed this morning after being poisoned by extremist Israeli settlers in al-Auja town, north of Jericho city in the Jordan Valley, according to a local source.
Ahmad al-Zawahra, the livestock owner, told WAFA that a group of settlers sprayed poison on the pastures where his livestock graze, killing more than 60 of them. Meanwhile, Head of al-Auja Municipality’s Water Department Jihad Shabnat said that it was highly likely that the number would increase as some of the remaining livestock are still in a critical condition. 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 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.
Israeli politicians have made it clear on several occasions that the highly strategic Jordan Valley would remain under their control in any eventuality.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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.
Israeli politicians have made it clear on several occasions that the highly strategic Jordan Valley would remain under their control in any eventuality.
Israeli forces today issued military demolition orders against two houses and a stop-construction order against two barns in the village of Birin, to the east of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
WAFA correspondent confirmed that Israeli forces handed Fayez al-Azazma a demolition order against his 120-meter-square house and gave Isma‘eel Barqan another order against his 150-meter-quare house.
Soldiers also issued a military order to halt the construction of two livestock barns; a 200-meter-square barn belonging to Emran Barqan and a 400-meter-square another belonging to Yousef al-Ajlouny.
The villagers voiced their concerns that the planned demolitions are part of the wider Israeli measures designed to displace them and grab their land to make room for the expansion of the nearby illegal colonial settlement of Bani Haiver.
They called on local and international organizations to help revoke Israel's demolition and displacement decisions and to protect them against settler violence.
According to the Land Research Center, Israel has frequently issued military stop-construction and demolition orders against various residential and agricultural structures and dismantled barns in the locality, citing the lack of rarely-issued construction permits as a pretext.
In December 2017, Israel delivered stop-construction orders to the locality’s sole clinic and building intended to serve as a primary school for the community’s 60 children
In June 2019, as showed in a PLO’s Negotiations Affairs Department’s report, Israel seized 4,800 dunams of land from several localities, including Birin, for the expansion of Bani Haiver.
Located to the southwest of Bani Na‘im, Birin has a population of 160 and is flanked by Bani Haiver colonial settlement from the east and the settler-only bypass Road No. 60 from the west. Its residents were originally expelled from Naqab in southern Israel and now depend on agriculture and livestock as their main source of livelihood.
WAFA correspondent confirmed that Israeli forces handed Fayez al-Azazma a demolition order against his 120-meter-square house and gave Isma‘eel Barqan another order against his 150-meter-quare house.
Soldiers also issued a military order to halt the construction of two livestock barns; a 200-meter-square barn belonging to Emran Barqan and a 400-meter-square another belonging to Yousef al-Ajlouny.
The villagers voiced their concerns that the planned demolitions are part of the wider Israeli measures designed to displace them and grab their land to make room for the expansion of the nearby illegal colonial settlement of Bani Haiver.
They called on local and international organizations to help revoke Israel's demolition and displacement decisions and to protect them against settler violence.
According to the Land Research Center, Israel has frequently issued military stop-construction and demolition orders against various residential and agricultural structures and dismantled barns in the locality, citing the lack of rarely-issued construction permits as a pretext.
In December 2017, Israel delivered stop-construction orders to the locality’s sole clinic and building intended to serve as a primary school for the community’s 60 children
In June 2019, as showed in a PLO’s Negotiations Affairs Department’s report, Israel seized 4,800 dunams of land from several localities, including Birin, for the expansion of Bani Haiver.
Located to the southwest of Bani Na‘im, Birin has a population of 160 and is flanked by Bani Haiver colonial settlement from the east and the settler-only bypass Road No. 60 from the west. Its residents were originally expelled from Naqab in southern Israel and now depend on agriculture and livestock as their main source of livelihood.
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Israeli police Tuesday demolished several Palestinian structures and razed some 14 donums of land in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawyia, a local source said.
Member of the Local Follow-up Committee Mohammad Abu al-Humms told WAFA that police and staff of the Israeli Jerusalem municipality escorted bulldozers into the area, where the heavy machineries razeed some 14 donums of land in the northern and southeastern part of the neighborhood. He added that the bulldozers demolished five shacks; including two livestock shacks and a horse shack, and seized three sheep. Some of the demolished structures belong to the Abu al-Humms and Darwish families. |
Wadi Hilweh Information Center, a Silwan-based monitor, posted a video showing police confiscating three sheep that the neighborhood residents prepared for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
Another video show police and municipal staff cordoning off the area as the bulldozers proceeded with the demolition.
For the residents of Issawiya, a Palestinian village of some 20,000 people, 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, runs the risk of arbitrary arrest.
Using the pretext of illegal building, Israel demolishes houses on a regular basis to restrict Palestinian expansion in occupied Jerusalem.
At the same time, the municipality and government build tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in East Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish settlers in the occupied city.
Another video show police and municipal staff cordoning off the area as the bulldozers proceeded with the demolition.
For the residents of Issawiya, a Palestinian village of some 20,000 people, 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, runs the risk of arbitrary arrest.
Using the pretext of illegal building, Israel demolishes houses on a regular basis to restrict Palestinian expansion in occupied Jerusalem.
At the same time, the municipality and government build tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in East Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish settlers in the occupied city.
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Israeli forces today demolished a carwash and seized all of its equipment and contents in al-Khader town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, a local source said.
Director of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission in Bethlehem Hasan Breijeh told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided Um Rukba area, south of the town, and demolished the carwash and seized all of its contents, purportedly for being built without a permit. Owner of the carwash was identified as Ahmad al-Seer. Breijieh noted that al-Seer was previously given a military demolition notice by Israeli authorities in March. 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 limited control over a small pocket of land occupying some 1,200dunams, 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.
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.
27 july 2020
The Israeli occupation army on Monday morning carried out a limited incursion into the besieged Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that several Israeli army bulldozers rolled a few hundred meters into Rafah in the southern area of the Gaza Strip.
Large areas of Palestinian farmlands were razed in the operation which was carried out under heavy firing of live ammunition and tear gas canisters.
No injuries were reported.
Local sources said that several Israeli army bulldozers rolled a few hundred meters into Rafah in the southern area of the Gaza Strip.
Large areas of Palestinian farmlands were razed in the operation which was carried out under heavy firing of live ammunition and tear gas canisters.
No injuries were reported.
Israeli navy ships, on Sunday morning, opened fire towards Palestinian fishing boats sailing off the northern coast of the Gaza Strip, Alray Agency reported.
Several Israeli naval gunships, off the coast of al-Sudania and al-Waha districts, opened gunfire towards Palestinian fishermen’s boats.
The fishermen were sailing within the Israeli dictated fishing zone, between 6 and 9 nautical miles off the coast.
No injuries among the fishermen were reported.
Under the Oslo Peace Accords, signed by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Israel in 1993, Israel is obligated to permit fishing up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of the besieged coastal strip, in order to access the area rich in fish.
According to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem;
Before it imposed the blockade on Gaza, Israel used to permit fishing up to 12 nautical miles from shore. Since imposing the blockade, , in 2007, Israel has changed the limits of the permitted fishing zone several times a year. As of 31 Dec. 2018 it was nine nautical miles in the area south of Gaza City and six nautical miles in the area from Gaza City and northwards, up to the maritime boundary with Israel. Limiting the permitted fishing zone reduces the variety and quantity of available fish, harming the livelihood of Gazan fishermen.
Several Israeli naval gunships, off the coast of al-Sudania and al-Waha districts, opened gunfire towards Palestinian fishermen’s boats.
The fishermen were sailing within the Israeli dictated fishing zone, between 6 and 9 nautical miles off the coast.
No injuries among the fishermen were reported.
Under the Oslo Peace Accords, signed by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Israel in 1993, Israel is obligated to permit fishing up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of the besieged coastal strip, in order to access the area rich in fish.
According to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem;
Before it imposed the blockade on Gaza, Israel used to permit fishing up to 12 nautical miles from shore. Since imposing the blockade, , in 2007, Israel has changed the limits of the permitted fishing zone several times a year. As of 31 Dec. 2018 it was nine nautical miles in the area south of Gaza City and six nautical miles in the area from Gaza City and northwards, up to the maritime boundary with Israel. Limiting the permitted fishing zone reduces the variety and quantity of available fish, harming the livelihood of Gazan fishermen.
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.
Israeli occupation forces today dismantled and seized four livestock barns in the town of Nahalin, west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to the town’s mayor Sobhi Zeidan.
He told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided an area to the west of the town and sized four shacks used to keep the livestock, owned by three local brothers, and other equipment.
He said that Nahalin has been subject to repeated Israeli violations by settlers and soldiers targeting construction and agricultural land.
He told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided an area to the west of the town and sized four shacks used to keep the livestock, owned by three local brothers, and other equipment.
He said that Nahalin has been subject to repeated Israeli violations by settlers and soldiers targeting construction and agricultural land.
25 july 2020
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Dozens of illegal Jewish settlers entered today an agricultural land near the village of Huwara, south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, and set fire to Palestinian-owned olive and almond trees, according to local sources.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the area, told WAFA that a group of settlers set fire to agricultural land belonging to farmers from the village, destroying olive and almond trees as fire flames engulfed the land. Illegal Israeli settlers are notorious for violence against Palestinians and their property, and are almost never prosecuted by the occupation authorities. There are about 750,000 illegal Israeli settlers living in Jewish-only settlements across the occupied Palestinian Territory, in blatant disregard of international law and the Fourth Geneva Conventions. |
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