Land Research Center

Israeli violations in the time of Corona

Violation: Sabotaging 600 olive saplings.

Location: Al-Shaaf area- Al-Khalayel – Al-Khader town / Bethlehem governorate.

Date: April 12^th 2020.

Victims: ‘Ali Sbaih and Awad Allah Da’dou’.

Description:

Sunday, April 12^th 2020, “Sedi Boaz” settlers raided Al-Sha’af and Al-Khalayel areas in Al-Khader town, and sabotaged 600 olive trees.

The targeted lands belong to:

• Ali Ibrahim Sbaih  : Israeli settlers targeted his 12 dunums plot  and sabotaged 500 olive saplings.
• Awad Allah Da’dou’: Israeli settlers targeted his 4 dunums plot, and sabotaged 100 trees and saplings.

Iyad Issa From Al-Khader told LRC:

“Settlers take advantage of the Corona lock down to carry out assaults on Palestinian lands and trees”.

Al-Khader due to its strategic location and rich soil is a target for Israeli settlers and authorities, Israelis plan to take over it for the expansion of Sedi Boaz settlement, and implement their grand scheme “The greater Jerusalem”.

This only reflects settlers’ barbarism during these difficult times, the only thing the victims can do is to complain to the Israeli Occupation Police which controls C area, but that doesn’t change anything, because the police is always biased to Israeli settlers.

About Al-Khader village:[1]

Al-Khader village is located 4 km from the western side of Bethlehem, it is bordered by Beit Jala and Batir from the north, Hussan and Nahaleen villages from the west, Aldoha, Wadi Rahhal, Beit Jala villages from the east, and Wadi Al-Nees from the south. Its population is 11960 people in 2017. Its gross area is 8,279 donums; 184 of them are the construction area.

The Israeli colonies have despoils 29 donums from the village's lands; two are colonies existed upon a part of the lands. The first one " Efrat" was constructed in 1979 A.D; they have usurped 5.8 donums, and its population 7037 colonists. The second one " Nafy Danial" eas constructed on 1982A.D; they have usurped 23 donums, and its population is 1073 colonists. A part of which is established upon the village's lands.

The bypass roads number 60 and 375 also despoiled more than 487 donums. In addition to establishing the apartheid upon its lands which causes the demolishing of 280 donums and isolating of 5638 donums behind it. The length of this apartheid existing upon the village's land is 2,805 meters.

• The village's lands are classified in accordance with Oslo concord into areas( A,B ,C). Area A composes 10% , Area B 6%, Area C is the greatest area and it is under the total occupation domination, and it composes 84% from the total area. The areas are clarified in donums as following:
• Area A (808) donums
• AreaB (475) donums
• Area C(6,996) donums

[1] GIS-LRC

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