Violation: Smashing the glass of 2 cars.

 Location: Burqa village/ Nablus governorate.

Date: 20^th March 2019.

Perpetrators: “Price tag” gangsters.

Victims: Family o Fadi Hejeh.

Description:

A group of fanatic settlers from “Homesh” illegal settlement, sneaked into Burqa village, and Reached Fadi Hejeh home, and started throwing rocks on two cars parking in the garage.

Fadi Hejeh (38) told LRC reporter:

“Wednesday Night 10:00, I heard voices, and when I got out to the roof top, I saw four settlers heavily throwing stones towards our cars, when I shouted at them, they ran towards a waiting car and headed to “Homesh” settlement.

When I checked my cars, it turned out that most of the glass was smashed, one of them is Kia 2017, and the other is Skoda Fabia 2015, Repairing will cause at least 2500 NIS.”

Jihad Shraida head of Burqa village council told LRC reporter:

““Price Tag” gangsters are based in several settlements, but they come together and organize assaults and attacks against Palestinian suburbs, such as torching trees and sabotaging properties.”

About Burqa:[1]

It is located 17km to the northwest of Nablus city and is linked to it through the 3.5km Nablus-Jenin road. The village is 450m above sea level and has a total area of 18,500 dunums, of which 480 are considered the built-up are. Administratively, the village follows Nablus Municipality and is run by a village council. Burqa is edged by Yasid and Beit Imrin villages from the east, Sabastiya from the south, Bizzariya and Ramin from the west and Atara from the north. According to the census of 2007, Burqa populates 4300 residents.

The village witnessed the establishment of Homesh colony on confiscated lands in 1980. The colony was evacuated in 2004 but 4000 dunums are still considered as "closed.

About Homesh:[2]

The colony was established in 1980 on the boundary between the Nablus and Jenin governorates on the expense of the village of Burqa. It was built atop Parcel 6 of Jabal Al Dohoor on land pieces number 1 through 22. Until 2005, the colony had confiscated 1050 dunums of which 157 were its built-up area. Upon its eviction, there were 181 colonists living in the colony’s houses and 10 mobile caravans. In addition, there were around 4,000 dunums surrounding the colony that were considered to be a buffer zone to which Palestinians were prevented from entering or using for any purposes.

[1] GIS-LRC

[2] GIS-LRC

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