Violation:  grabbing a land.

Location: Abu Ar-Rakhm- Jalud village / Nablus governorate.

Date: 26/11/2018.

Perpetrator: Settlers of “Ahya” illegal outpost.

Victims: family of farmer Abdul-Tawfiq Haj Mohammad.

Description:

It is reported that a group of fanatic settlers from “Ahya” settlement were seen planting saplings and placing barbed wires on 10 dunums belong to Haj Mohammad family.

The targeted land is about 200 meters away from Jalud , and 100 meters from “Ahya” illegal outpost, and owned by Abdul-Tawfiq Haj Mohammad (56).

It is noteworthy, in the recent 5 years Jalud village council filed several pleas against colonial expansion on the town’s agricultural lands, The mayor Tawfiq Abdallah believes that the town has become completely violated by illegal settlers, the Israeli troops and settlers prohibit farmers from cultivating their lands in C area, which is 80 % of the town’s 22473 dunums area.

About Jalud[1]:

Jalud is located 29km to the southeast of Nablus city and is edged by Qusra village from the northeast, Qaryut village from the west, Yesh Kodish and Ahya outposts from the east and Shilo colony from the south.

Its population mounts up to 598 people (2014 census). Jalud's total land area is 22,473 dunums, of 80 dunums are considered the village's built-up area.

Israeli colonies confiscated 2227 dunums from Jalud lands. Shilo colony that was established in 1978 confiscated 640 dunums from the village. Mizpe Rahel colony and other outposts namely (Yesh Kodish, Ahya, Eli, Adi Ad and Kida) are founded on confiscated lands from the village.

Bypass roads confiscated around 436 dunums from the village.

The lands of Marda are classified according to Oslo Accords as the following:

5541 dunums (25%) are classified as area B

16932 dunums (75%) are classified as area C

[1] GIS-LRC

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