Israeli Violations in the Time of Corona

Violation: setting fire in hundreds of olive trees.

Location: Burin village / Nablus governorate.

Date: June 27^th 2020.

Perpetrators: radical settler from “Givat Ronin” outpost.

Victims: people of Burin.

Description:

Saturday June 27^th 2020, A group of radical settlers from Givat Ronen outpost set fire to hundreds of fruitful olive trees in Burin South Nablus.

Colonization activist and Burin village council head told LRC:

“About 1:00pm on Saturday, A fanatic settlers set fire to vast areas of lands east Burin, according to an eyewitness the perpetrator ran to Giva’at Runen illegal outpost.”

The eyewitness asserted:

“The flames reached several locations such as Khallet Jurai’a , Habayel Ismael , Khallet Qatta Khallet Hanoun , families of the village managed to stop the fire after it ate up about 1200 trees , among them 800 trees were completely destroyed , they belong to Najad, Qdous , ‘Imran and Zain families.”

Qadus asserted, Israeli fire truck were very close in Giva’at Runen outpost , but they did not help in killing the fire.

About Burin:[1]

10 km to the south of Nablus city, Burin is surrounded by Nablus city (north), Madama and Iraq Burin (west), Kafr Qalil and Orata (east), Huwwara (south).

Burin has a population of 2844 people in 2017 census.

It has an area of 10,416 dunums, of which 335 dunums are the village’s built-up area.

The occupation confiscated about 2177 dunums of Burin’s lands:

• Israeli settlements devoured 1099 dunums for the construction of the following settlements:

• Bypass 60 and 555 devoured (387) dunums.
• Israeli military camps devoured (691) dunums.

The town as divided by Oslo conventions:

• B area : (2,408) dunums.
• C area (9,941) dunums

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