Violation: The Israeli occupation confiscated a bagger in Aj-Jaba’a.

Location: Aj-Jaba’a village / Bethlehem governorate.

Date: 25/03/2019.

Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation civil administration.

Victims: People of Aj-Jaba’a.

Description:

 The Israeli occupation civil administration and bulldozers raided Aj-Jaba’a village in 25 March 2019, and attacked laborers in a road splitting site in C area.

Lina Sa’adeh from LRC testified:

“The project aims to support affected farmers in C area, who are frequently exposed to settlers’ assaults and attacks in an attempt to improve their lifestyles. The project is administrated by Economic and social development center of Palestine, and implemented by LRC , in partnership with Ma’an development center and in coordination with the Palestinian ministry of Agriculture.

During the project implementation, the occupation troops raided the location and confiscated the bugger, the owner managed to restore it after receiving legal aid from a human rights organization.”

Lina asserted: “Aj-Jab’a requires about 1.5 – 1 km of road opening, and 300 m of road rehabilitation, the road was supposed to facilitate access of 70 farmers to about 300 dunums of agricultural lands.”

Noteworthy, Aj-Jab’a is a hotspot for Israeli human rights violation, the town’s people pointed out that the road opening in that location is essential, so they will never give up on the road opening no matter what it will take.

 The occupation is confiscating an excavator from the location

About Aj-Jaba’a:[1]

It is located 25 km to the northwest of Bethlehem city. It is edged by the villages of Nahhalin and Wadi Fukin in from the north, Surif in Hebron from the south and the armistice line from the west.

The village has a total area of 7968 dunums, of which 153 dunums are built-up area, where 1121 people live (2017 census).

The Israeli colony of Tsoref confiscated around 468 dunums from the village's lands, it was established in 1989 and is inhabited by 767 colonists.

The bypass road number 367 confiscated more than 514 dunums, where the annexation and isolation wall destroyed 340 dunums under its construction.

According to Oslo Accords lands classifications, Al-Jab'a lands are classified as follows:

300 dunums ( 4%) are classified as area "B", which is under Palestinian Authority control

7655 dunums (96 %)are classified as area "C", Which is under full Israeli Authority control

[1] GIS-LRC

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