2020-09-17
Illegal Colonists ravage agricultural lands in Khallet Hassan / Salfit governorate
Violation: Sabotaging trees and ravaging agricultural lands.
Location: Khallet Hassan – Biddya / Salfit governorate.
Date: September 17th 2020
Perpetrators: colonists of the illegal colony Karnei Shamron.
Victims: Four families from Khallet Hassan.
Description:
Tuesday, September 17th 2020, A group of illegal colonists and a massive bulldozer coming from “Mattan” illegal colony raided Khallet Hassan village , and carried on ravaging retaining walls and fences, uprooting trees , and demolishing agricultural structures , noteworthy the occupation closed off the area and provided protection for illegal colonists.
Affected citizen | Family members | Location / block | Area of lands (dunums) | The damages |
Saleem Khalil | 9 | Block (6) Khallet Hassan | 4 dunums | -Sabotaging 100 olive trees aging 4 years old. -Sabotaging 50 almond saplings. -Sabotaging 20 grapes saplings. -Sabotaging 20 figs sapling. -Destroying 280 m siege (1 m height). -sabotaging 60 metal corners. -sabotaging 500 m of retaining walls. -Sabotaging 4 metal gates. -sabotaging |
Kamel Salameh | 7 | Block (6) Piece (12) Khallet Hassan | 7 dunums | 100 olive trees aging 9 years old. -sabotaging 50 almond trees. -sabotaging 40 grapes trees. Sabotaging 40 figs trees. -sabotaging 640 m of a siege. -sabotaging 100 metal corners. -sabotaging 200 m of retaining walls. |
Wael Salameh | 5 | |||
Dawoud Hassan | 9 | Block (2) Piece (2) bu Sharoukh | 6 dunums | -ravaging retaining walls 30 m2 , donated from colonization and wall resistance commission. -cutting 15 olive trees aging 12 years old. -Sabotaging 50 m of a metal siege. -vandalizing two metal gates. -Sabotaging 50 m of retaining walls. |
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Saleem Khaleel (47) told LRC:
“We inherited a fertile and productive agricultural land, we have been cultivating it for years, One year ago The Israeli Occupation forces started harassing me and prohibited me from building retaining walls and cultivating my land, but I was determined to remain steadfast, a while later I was shocked of settlers raiding my farm and assaulting me, but that did not discourage or stop me. Later on, settlers came by with a massive bulldozer and carried on ravaging lands, uprooting trees, and destroying sieges, we tried to get to the location, but several military Jeeps surrounded the plot to protect settlers while they ravage our land and they prohibited us from approaching. Despite everything I will never give up under any circumstances.”
Biddya town:[1]
Biddya is located 25 km east Nablus city and surrounded by Deir Istiya and Kafr Thulth (north), Seneria , Masha, and Az-Zawiya (west) , Qarawat Bani Hussan and Sarta (east), and Kafr Ad-Deek (south).
Biddya has a population of (10,451) people until 2017 census.
Biddya has a total area of 13,827 dunums , of which 1,367 dunums are a built up area.
The occupation confiscated 637 dunums for the following purpose:
- “Ariel” illegal colony was built in 1999 and confiscated 17 dunums, noteworthy , the colony devoured 1,704 donoms from Biddya and the surrounding villages.
- Bypass roads (505 , 5) ate up 620 dunums.
- The Israeli Occupation is planning to construct a segment of the Annexation and Expansion wall on the town’s lands. (the plan is to construct a 4118 m segment, which will eat up 411 dunums and isolate 3,690 dunums.
- Oslo accords classified the town’s lands as the following:
- (B) area : 2,045 dunums.
- (C ) area: 11,782 dunums.
[1] GIS-LRC
