Violation: Demolition an agricultural pool.

Location:  Village Froush Beit Dajan/ Nablus governorate.

Date: May, 22^th 2025.

Perpetrator: The Israeli Civil Administration.

Affected party: Farmer Khalousy Abd Al-Raheem Mohammad Haj Mohammad.

Details:

On Thursday, May,22^th2025, the Israeli occupation carried out with ‘’The building inspector’’ of Israeli civil administration to targeting Froush village -Beit Dajan, east Nablus within Middle Palestinian valley, as an agricultural pool to harvesting water, which belongs to farmer Khalousy Abd Al Raheem Haj Mohammad who supports a family consisting of 2 members, including 1 female. 

It’s worth mentioning that the occupation forces deliberately destroyed an agricultural pool, which has a capacity of 3500 cubic meters, and vandalized a water pump inside it. Which was directly used to provide irrigation water for approximately 60 dunams, including (45 dunams citrus trees and 15 dunams planted of protected crops, such as tomatoes and cucumbers by using agricultural greenhouses. 

The photo shows the rubbles of agricultural pool demolition- Froush Beit Dajan

This attack is the second of its kind to the same farmer at the beginning of the current year, in February,2^nd 2025, the pool was ravaged, causing serve damage, prior to that the pool had been demolished on the pretext of building without a license in 2001, but the farmer rehabilitated it.

The affected farmer told to the researcher at LRC as follows:

‘’ Agriculture is considered a main source of income. These are irrigation crops depend entirely on water supply. However, the occupation relentlessly targets my water source. They have destroyed an agricultural pool in three times, each time claiming it was unlicensed even though I have prepared all the necessary legal documents, obtained the official papers, but they need to destroy the agricultural. They aim to destroy and damage the agricultural and water sectors, causing serve damage in anyway and that what the occupation forces officers told us, they need to forcibly displace us and turn the area into devastated land, unfit for agriculture.’’

Farush Beit Dajan Village:

Farush Beit Dajan Village is located 25 km east of Nablus. It is bordered to the north by Ein Shibli and Tamoun, to the west by Beit Dajan and Al-‘Aqrabaniya, to the east by Tamoun, and to the south by Al-Jiftlik. The village had a population of 723 as of 2017. Its total area is 20,082 dunams, with 225 dunams designated as built-up area for the village. The occupation has confiscated 2,494 dunams of its land, as detailed below:

• The settlement of "Hamra," established in 1971, has seized 1,320 dunams with 188 settlers.
• The bypass roads have seized 703 dunams for the following roads: 57, 508, and 578.
• Military camps have taken 471 dunams.
• According to the Oslo Accords, the village area is classified as "Area C," under full Israeli control both administratively and militarily.

Targeting Agricultural Lands and Demolishing Wells:

Targeting agricultural lands and demolishing wells is a blatant violation of Palestinian environmental rights. When the occupation demolishes retaining walls, it leads to soil erosion and deterioration, destroying vegetation and increasing desertification, which negatively impacts green areas and agricultural land. According to field research by the Land Research Center, during the first half of 2024, 17 walls or stone terraces totaling 3,250 meters, protecting over 25 dunums, were documented as having been demolished.

According to the Land Research Center’s field team, during the first half of 2024, the occupation army demolished 113 wells, water tanks, and artesian wells with a capacity of 3063m³ cubic meters, and destroyed 9 water lines totaling 2525 meters. These wells irrigated 2172 dunums of agricultural land, resulting in the destruction of crops due to the loss of irrigation sources.

Settlers’ attacks on Palestinian water resources have intensified. The Land Research Center reports that settlers have destroyed or polluted/looted 18 water wells, 121 water tanks, 810 water cisterns, and confiscated 20 water pumps, 14 water networks totaling 2950 meters, and 7 water springs.

 مشروع: حماية الحقوق البيئية الفلسطينية في مناطق "ج" SPERAC IV - GFFO

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