Violation: New Israeli colonial plan to establish a Photovoltaic Power station.

Date: January 10^th 2022.

Perpetrators: colonization subcommittee.

Location: An-Nabi Musa village / Jericho and the Jordan Valley governorate.

Victims:  Land owners at an-Nabi Musa village.

Description:

Monday, January 10^th 2022, the Israeli occupation authorities deposited a detailed organizational plan to establish a Photovoltaic Power station in An-Nabi Musa village land to power illegal colonies at the area.

Reportedly, the Israeli ministry of finance published on its website plan number (8600) related to local council “Magelot Yam Meleh” , and that the plan is a part of governmental support to “Almoj” colony nearby the targeted location.

According to the post , the plan is subject to objections for 60 days. The project will take place in (north Lido junction, west road 90 , east Oaj 2 ) , and will devour lands from natural block (3) , and parts of (0,1, 10) of An-Nabi Musa village lands.

The Plan is to install a solar power plant, in other words, to use solar energy to generate electricity. The location of the plant is on confiscated palm groves, the targeted lands were allocated as agricultural lands, but the Israeli governmental changed land allocation, to set up a solar power plant at the area.

The station will cover almost 153 dunums, and the area will be linked to highway 90 , to facilitate access to the location.

The Israeli government claims that the targeted land in the project is “governmental properties” , both the nature authority and Transport authority approved the plan, so it was deposited for possible “objections”.

This project is supposed to power several colonies illegally built on Jericho lands, such as (Al-Moj , Lido Yehuda, Atrakizya).

United Nations General Assembly resolutions on Israeli settlement

Resolution 242 of 1967: Withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict;

Resolution 446 of 1979: that the policy and practices of Israel in establishing settlements in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967 have no legal validity and constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East.

Resolution 452 of 1979 : the policy of Israel in establishing settlements in the occupied Arab territories has no legal validity and constitutes a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949" and "calls upon the Government and people of Israel to cease, on an urgent basis, the establishment, construction and planning of settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem.

Resolution 465: March 1, 1980, demanded Israel to stop the planning and construction of settlements in territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem. It also called on Israel to “dismantle the existing settlements”.

Resolution 478: August 20, 1980, condemned in “the strongest terms” the enactment of Israeli law proclaiming a change in status of Jerusalem. The resolution called on all states “that have established diplomatic missions” in Jerusalem to withdraw them from the city.

Hague convention / 1907:

Article 46: Private property cannot be confiscated.

Article 55: The occupying State shall be regarded only as administrator and usufructuary of public buildings, real estate, forests, and agricultural estates belonging to the hostile State, and situated in the occupied country. It must safeguard the capital of these properties, and administer them in accordance with the rules of usufruct.

Geneva convention / 1949:

Article 49: Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Power or to that of any other country, occupied or not, are prohibited, regardless of their motive.

Article 53 : prohibits the destruction of property, as this article states the following: “The occupying power is prohibited from destroying any private, fixed or movable property related to individuals or groups, the state or public authorities, or social or cooperative organizations, unless the war operations inevitably require this destruction.

Article 147: stipulates that “extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly” is a “grave breach” of the Convention.

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