المكتب الوطني للدفاع عن الارض ومقاومة الاستيطان منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية
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By: Madeeha Al-A’raj
The National Bureau for defending land and resisting settlements ( nbprs ) stated in its latest weekly report , that the race between the ruling right and the opposition right is intensifying over who will perform more services for the settlement, annexation and occupation project, and the bargain that takes place over the family unification law may be the first test which was amended by the Israeli occupation government in 2003 to prevent Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip from obtaining citizenship or residing in Israel after marrying an Israeli citizen or even entering Israel, under the pretext of posing a threat to Israel’s security. The race between them remains controlling the political situation in the occupying state. At the start of the opening of the Knesset’s plenary session to vote on granting his government confidence last Sunday, the new Israeli Prime Minister and Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett confirmed that they would work to strengthen settlements and increase security protection in area C. Bennett said that the new government does not bear any change in its policies towards settlement, as the article 5 of the broad outline stipulates that ‘the government will work for the growth and prosperity of Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, and will work to transfer its ministries and administrative units to Jerusalem shortly after performing the legal oath.”
As for Article 26, it stipulated that all parties agree to advance a national plan to strengthen the northern regions, which indicates the possibility of a new Judaization plan following the approach of the “development” plans in the 70s and 80s that were practically plans to Judaize the Galilee. With regard to settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories occupied in 197 aggression, the agreement is binding to all parties of the government coalition, it stipulated that Israeli interests must be guaranteed in area C in the West Bank i.e. the prevention, control and limitation of Palestinian construction), and thus continuing the same policies of previous governments. Knowing that Bennett was Head of the settlement council in what the occupation authorities call “Judea and Samaria (the occupied West Bank).
In the ongoing settlement plans, the occupation authorities plan to expand the “Shivut Rachel” settlement, which is built on the lands of Jalood village, south of Nablus. Through the so-called “Higher Planning Council” at the Israeli Civil Administration, announced the deposit of a large plan to expand the settlement and multiply its size fivefold by adding 534 new settlement units. According to the documents published by the occupation, and handed over to the Jalood Village Council, plan no. 205/2/2 to expand the settlement that was established in 1991 on the so-called “state lands”, was approved. The documents indicate that on 05/30/2021 the new plan was approved to construct new settlement units in the “Shivut Rachel” from the Higher Planning Council at the Civil Administration. According to the plan, the new settlement units will be built on an area of 376 dunums of the lands of the villages Jalood and Turmusaya, and to expand the area of land occupied by the settlement. The targeted lands are located in basin no. 13, and basin no. 3, in the lands of Turmusaya. The new settlement plan aims to change the allocation of land from agricultural land to residential areas A, B, and C, an area for buildings, public and commercial institutions, open spaces and facilities.
As for encountering the defacto policy of imposing and demarcating outposts, the factional coordination committee in the Beita town, which is leading a massive popular uprising against settlements in the Nablus governorate has decided to completely prevent the entry of all Israeli agricultural products into Beta, including vegetables and fruits, and gave all shopkeepers a 3 weeks period to get rid of them. It called on all the neighboring cities, villages, and towns, and all concerned citizens to get rid of Israeli products in their shops, in fulfillment of the blood of the martyrs and the people sacrifices for the sake of freedom and independence, and called for the continuation of the night activities on a daily basis. It is worth mentioning that, over the past weeks, six martyrs were killed in Beita, 4 of whom are children under the age of 16.
List of Israeli Assaults over the Last Week Documented by the National Bureau:
Jerusalem:
- Injuring 2 children with pepper gas bullets near the Jouret Al-Anab junction in occupied Jerusalem.
- Attacking the Jerusalemite activist Mona Nabil Al-Kurd with a paint sprayer, who is threatened to be expelled. Closing the Abu Tur High School for Boys for a year, under the pretext of carrying out renovations, but the students’ families and the Parents Committee expect that it “will be used for political purposes.”
Ramallah:
- Demolishing several residential tents which house 15 people in the Bedouin settlement near the village of Al-Taybeh, east of Ramallah, and confiscating all their properties.
- Attacking a number of citizens in the Ein Bassin, near the village of Al-Janieh, west of Ramallah and beating 2 young men.
- Demolishing 2 dwellings with an area of 30 m2 for each and confiscating their contents near the village of Mikhmas, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and seizing the solar cells which supply the 2 dwellings in the east village.
Hebron:
- Handing 8 demolition orders of homes, water wells, agricultural rooms and barns in the areas of Al-Gawaya and Al-Asifer, east of Yatta.
- Demolishing a house in the Wadi Mhaisen area, between the towns of Halhul and Beit Ummar, north of Hebron belonging to Basem Al-Ajlouni.
- Filming settlers’ vehicles working in the old bus station, which was confiscated for military purposes in 1983 by the Human Rights Defenders Gathering, fearing that a new settlement project to be constructed near the old Hesba Vegetable Market.
Bethlehem:
- Spraying the vineyard with toxic pesticides in the Ain Al-Qasis area, west of the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, which led to the destruction of 400 grapevines. It was said that 2 children Abdel Salam Ra’fat Salah, 2, and Ahmed Abdel Salam Salah, 3, were injured with poisoning as a result of inhaling the smell of the pesticide, admitted to the hospital for treatment.
Nablus:
- Torching dozens of fruitful olive trees on the Sabih Mount, south of the town of Beita.
- Demolishing seven commercial stores in the Deir Sharaf village, west of Nablus, located on the main road between Nablus and Tulkarm. It should be mentioned that the Israeli forces handed the demolishing notices three weeks ago, under the pretext of not having a building permit.
- Banning rehabilitation work of the entrance to Sebastia town, north of Nablus by the settlement security official, Shaveh Shomron, detained the contractor, workers, bulldozer and the rehabilitation equipment.
- Closing all the roads leading to the village of Beita, south of Nablus, from the western side of the village.
- Attacking a number of houses in the town of Qusra in the southern region, south of Nablus, and smashing the windows of a vehicle belonging to Jabali Abu Rida.
Salfeet:
- Seizing a bulldozer while working near the new municipal playground in the Al-Marahat area, north of Salfit, prevented the citizens from working on their lands there.
- Handing five notices to a number of citizens to stop construction in the town of Bruqin, west of Salfit in the Baqaan area.
Jordan valley:
- Deploying military vehicles near the village of Tayaseer, east of Tubas, for military exercises in the area , which causes fears that these exercises will cause fires and losses to citizens’ properties and their agricultural lands.
- Notifying Suleiman Mosa Suleiman Mleihat of demolishing his grocery located in the Arab Al-Malihat area, northwest of Jericho,
