المكتب الوطني للدفاع عن الارض ومقاومة الاستيطان منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية
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By: Madeeha Araj,
In the West Bank, settlement and terrorist activities are continued against the Palestinian and their properties by “Pay the Price Groups, the most recent of which is attacking the towns of Ramon, Burin, Barqa and Beit Iksa, as well as the destruction of hundreds of olive trees and writing of racist slogans against the Arabs, including: “either killing or expulsion, death to the Arabs,” where the occupation authorities provide full political, legal and security protection.
For its part, Hebrew sources wrote about those escalation of terrorisms against the civilians, including their reports as was disclosed during a hearing held in the Israeli occupation court in Jerusalem to discuss the crime committed by the gang in Jerusalem at the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Dec. 2007, where the perpetrator was a security dealer, but the Israeli authorities did nothing to prevent the crime.
In the Beit Iksa village, the “pay the price gang” also wrote anti-Arab slogans on a number of walls of houses calling for their expulsion and killing. They damaged tires of 20 vehicles. They also called for extensive invasion of the Al-Aqsa courtyards on the occasion of the so-called “Independence of the Jewish State”, which falls on May 13 next.
Within the contest of the so-called “Independence Day” celebrations, the Israeli police organized an open day for visitors and settlers during which they displayed some of the weapons they were using. Moreover, the police academy yard near Beit Shemesh was full of settlers and their children, who were being trained to use the rifles.
On the level of settlement activity, the Israeli occupation government approved a decision to establish residential housing units on the lands of the Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem governorate, in basin no. 91 at the Al-Fahm area. The decision was announced via the Hebrew press and news sites to establish temporary settlement units for the settlers, who were evacuated from the settlement outpost of Hatavot that located on the land of the citizens.
The Israeli occupation authorities also began preparations for the establishment of a new settlement outpost on the lands of Sur Baher east of Jerusalem, where it will be dedicated to the retired officers at the occupation army. The land is located next to the “Palace of the Higher Commissioner.” Over the weekend, the Israeli occupation forces uprooted dozens of olive trees planted by Palestinians there, where 180 settlement units are being planned as a first step.
At the same time, the Israeli government decided to provide financial aid to encourage settlers to carry out commercial activities in occupied East Jerusalem, especially in the Old City through the so-called “Jerusalem Development Authority”, which acts in carrying out Israeli settlement plans including the Church of Sepulcher, the “Aftimos” market, Al-Sharaf neighborhood, which is called the Jewish Quarter, the New Gate in the Old City and the Rabe’a Adaweiah area in the Olives Mountain. It was said that settlers will receive grants ranging from NIS 80,000 to NIS 350,000 under the title of development and establishment of shops and markets in the Old City.
Furthemore, the municipality of the occupation in Jerusalem has allocated about NIS 6,000,000,000 to linki the US embassy building with a secondary street of emergency as it is expeted to be shifted to Jerusalem mid-next month. The Municipal Finance Committee has transferred NIS 5.8 million to start paving the embassy’s street that extends from the Arnona neighborhood towards the Diplomatic Hotel.
In a dangerous development, the US administration confirmed its continued bias towards the occupation at it replaced the term “occupied territories” into the West Bank and Gaza, and annulled the differences between the West and East Jerusalem in its annual report on human rights violations.
On the level of the stances of the Zionist parties on the settlements and its status in any political settlement, the Labor Party conference approved the statement of the party leader and the head of the “Zionist Camp”, Avi Gabai regarding the two-state solution. It is clear from the statement that the party leader calls for controling of the largest area of land, including the occupied Jerusalem and settlements, and to control as much as possible of the land, besides full security control on it.
A list of Israeli Occupation and Settlers’ Assaults over The Last Week, Documented by the National Bureau:
Jerusalem:
- Uprooting 500 olive trees from the land of Ghazil neighborhood in the village of Sur Bahir, south of Jerusalem, in preparation for the construction of 180 housing units for 56 members of the retired army and police.
- Handing over demolition notices for more than 10 residential buildings in the village of Qalandiya, north of occupied Jerusalem.
- Forcing a citizen to demolish a “parking” in the town of Silwan, under the pretext of being built without a license.
- Demolishing a part of a press in the village of Beit Anan northwest of Jerusalem, seized printer and computer equipment, and a cafe near the military checkpoint near the entrance to Qalandia, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Hebron:
- Attacking 2 houses in the al-Sahla neighborhood near the Ibrahimi Mosque, belonging to citizens of the Jabir and Qafisha families, smashed windows of one of them and wrote racist slogans and abusive insults against the residents.
- Seizing a container of utensils, food, blnkets belonging to Talib Shehadeh Hamadeh al-Jundi, on the grounds that it is placed in Area C, which is under Israeli security control, and close to the settlement road number 60.
- Breaking into Wad al-Sheikh area in Beit Umar and handed over order to stop work on the restoration of an old house about 150 meters built for more than 35 years. They also handed another order to Hamad Hamad Khalil al-Alami to stop work in his house which is under construction.
- Invading Beit Za’tah area east of Beit Umar and confiscated a bulldozer and a truck in the land of Na’im Hhmidan Abu Mariya, preventing them from digging a well.
Nablus:
- Damaging a number of vehicle tires and writing racist slogans in the village of Jalud south of Nablus.
- Attacking Borin Secondary School, southeast of Nablus and shot live bullets against it.
- Municipality of Aqraba declared that it suffered heavy losses due to the closure of the road leading to the landfill and the pursuit of vehicles that shift the dolid- waste that estimated at NIS 97,400, and the continued detention of 2 cars for the town of Qablan village.
Salfeet:
- Expanding settlement at the expense of the lands of the Qana Valley, increasing construction of apartments in the Deir Istia village.
Jordan Valley:
- 5 notices to expel Palestinian families living in the area of Hamsa al-Fawqa in the northern Jordan Valley, under the pretext of military training, where the Israeli occupation forces are conducting live ammunition training near the Palestinian houses and tents in the eastern Buqa’a area.
- Uprooting 280 olive trees in the village of Bardala and razing agricultural land belonging to 10 citizens. The uprooting and bulldozing took place on 35 dunums of land.
