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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 we always find that the settlers in the Jewish terrorist organizations are betting on the Knesset elections to confiscate Palestinian lands through building more settlement outposts facilitated by the occupation army in the Hebron city as they erected a number of mobile houses, in Tulkarm city near the ‘Anab settlement’, and in the Bethlehem in the ‘Gush Etzion settlement bloc’ in preparation for converting them into outposts.
For its part, the ‘Peace Now Movement’ called on the Israeli Army Minister Benny Gantz to order the dismantling of those outposts, otherwise, it is an attempt to appease Sa’ar and Matan Kahane and the ultra-Orthodox parties such as, Justice Minister and Head of the ‘New Hope Party’, Gideon Sa’ar and the former leading minister of religions in the Yamina party, Matan Kahane, who are partners with Gantz in the ‘national camp bloc’ in the upcoming Knesset elections next November.
On the other hand, the Israeli anti-settlement organization, Ir Amim, stated in a report that the settlement operations that took place over the past thirty years in the heart of Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied Jerusalem, especially in Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan, the Old City and others, are ostensibly implemented by private parties, but they are based on government policy. Among the associations that obtained property from the occupation authorities are Ateret Cohenim and Elad Association, which focused all its efforts on the Jewish metropolis in the Moroccan Gate, Silwan and Ein Silwan, to become the richest and most trusted settlement association in cooperation with the government, parties and the municipality.
Within the context, under the title ‘Giant Project’ in the Qanawart Complex on the lands of Sur Baher, southwest of Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation municipality in Jerusalem announced that the Israeli ‘Azorim company’ won the special tender to build 434 settlement units on the Jerusalem – Hebron road, at a cost of NIS 1.07 billion. The company is scheduled to build those units on Palestinian lands, a large part of which is within the borders of Jerusalem occupied in 1967. The total area of the complex is about 7.3 donums.
The occupation municipality in Jerusalem also approved 2 new building plans to be deposited with the district committee, including the construction of a settlement building and a commercial center in ‘Beit Hakerem’ in Givat Havaredim on the border of the Green Line between East and West Jerusalem, and a plan to build a new settlement neighborhood below the ‘Ramot settlement’ on Lifta lands extends to the southwestern border of the village of Beit Iksa, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
The plan is located in the buffer zone, where a park and buildings erected by a settler will be removed near the village of Beit Iksa, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, near the bypass road 443, and the railway linking Jerusalem with Tel Aviv. According to the decision, 270 settlement units will be built parallel to the bridge at the top of the mountain opposite to the Lifta Al Tahahi village.
List of Israeli Assaults over the Last Week Documented by the National Bureau:
Jerusalem:
- Forcing a Jerusalemite to self-demolish his house in Bab Hutta neighborhood in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem under the pretext of non having a license and another in Al-Isawiya town despite the family having a decision from the occupation court to freeze the demolition order, and a third in Al-Thawri neighborhood under the same pretext.
- A Judaizing tourist festival in the Wadi al-Rababa Neighborhood of Silwan, whose lands are threatened with confiscation in favor of settlement and Judaization projects under the title ‘Auto Food’. The Wadi is one of the picturesque neighborhoods of Silwan, contains many ancient Canaanite, Greek and Roman ruins, and olive trees that are more than 800 years old.
Hebron:
- Assaulting citizen Abdullah Swailem in the Khashm al-Daraj area in Masafer Yatta, he sustained bruises and bruises on different parts of his body.
- Seizing a solar energy unit in the Shaab al-Butm area, Masafer Yatta.
- Demolishing stone chains, sidewalks and a central island at the “Bouira” junction in the Beit Ainun area. Losses were estimated at 100,000 shekels.
- Dangers of stopping work in 4 houses east of Yatta, south of Hebron, where the occupation forces raided the Khaldiya and Ghazih gatherings of the Carmel town, east of Yatta, and notified a number of citizens to stop work in their homes.
- Storming the village of Al-Tuwani in Masafer Yatta and seized 6 vehicles and a “digger” affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture while working on land reclamation in the Dirat village, threatened by settlement
Ramallah:
Danger of stopping construction of 4 houses in the village of Budrus, west of Ramallah, and halting construction in 3 agricultural rooms in Al-Mughayer, east of Ramallah, and 3 water collection wells.
Bethlehem:
- Stealing agricultural supplies in the Kisan village, where they broke the door of an agricultural room in the wilderness area, and stole some agricultural supplies from it.
- Demolishing an agricultural pond in the Al-Khimar area in Battir village under the pretext that it was located in Area C.
Nablus:
- Detaining a citizen from Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, while grazing
- sheep in an area called “Al-Soghra”.
- Demolishing an agricultural facility in the Masoudiya area under the pretext that it was built in Area C, even though its owner had proof that it was located in Area B.
- Torching the archaeological area in the Sebastia town under the protection of the occupation soldiers, who fired tear gas and sound bombs at the citizens.
Salfeet:
- Demolishing an agricultural room in the “Khelat Mons” area, west of the Kafr al-Deik town, 4 agricultural rooms in the “Al-Wajh al-Shamy” area, and an agricultural room in the al-Baqan area in the Broqin village.
Jordan Valley:
- Demolishing residential facilities and livestock tents in Khirbet Allan in Jiftlik village.
- Uprooting 166 palm and citrus seedlings, sabotaging some agricultural lands, seizing a fence surrounding 64 dunums of agricultural land, and destroying a 400 meter long water-line in the Al-Awsaj village, north of Jericho.
