2018-11-23

Settlers Sabotage Palestinian Private Properties in ‘Asira Al-Qibliya / Nablus governorate

Violation: Settlers Slash car tires and Write hatred inciting slogans.

Location: ‘Asira Al-Qibliya / Nablus governorate.

Date: November 23rd 2018.

Perpetrators: Illegal settlers.

Victims: Citizens from the village.

Description:

Friday, November 23rd 2018, fanatic settlers sneaked to the village of ‘Asira Al-Qibliya late at night and sabotaged several Palestinian private properties. According to Village Council head Hafiz Saleh, The fanatic settlers slashed the tires of 17 cars and wrote hatred inciting slogans on 3 walls which show that they belong to the price tag gang.


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Photos 1-5: Damages on several vehicles

The following table shows more information about the victims:

#

Victim name

Car type

Car model

Car color

1

Bassam Abdul Latif

Skoda

2015

Dark blue

2

Ahmad Umran

Polo

2010

white

3

‘Alaa Umram

Hyundai

2010

Silver

4+5

Naim Ahmad


Opel Kadette

Kia

1987

2013

Red

silver

6

Jamil ‘Asayra

Mercedes

1987

Black

7

Kamil Hafiz

Hyundai Santa fe

2013

grey

8

Shady Hafiz

Hyundai Santa fe

2013

grey

9

Ghazi Ahmed

Hyundai Santa fe

2016

grey

10

Mahmoud Hafiz

Polo

2012

White

11

Hassan ‘Asayra

Nissan

2017

White

12

Wael Abdul Qader

Mazda

2006

Dark blue

13

Mohammed Shami

Skoda

2006

Dark blue

14

Khaled Abdul Raheem

Hyundai

1999

Black

15

Abdul Raheem  Mohammed Abdul Raheem

Nissan

2003

White

16

Abdul Raheem  Ahmad Abdul Raheem

Hyundai

2011

grey

17

Bassam Abdul Latif

Opel

2004

White

18

Mohammed Shami

Skoda

2010

Dark blue

Source: firsthand field observation- Israeli Violations monitoring section – Land Research Center, November 2018


General Information about ‘Asira al Qibliya:[1]

‘Asira al Qibliyais located 20 km south of Nablus city; it is surrounded by the villages of Tell (north), Tell ,Zita and Jamma’in (west) , Madma (east) , Urif and Jama’en (south) . It has a population of (2935) people in 2017.

Its total area is about 6440 dunums, 322 dunums are the town’s built up area.

530 dunums were confiscated and used for the enlargement of Yizhar, Which was established in 1938 and populates about 440 settlers.

Oslo conventions divided the town into:

B area : (4,503) dunums.

C area: (1,937) dunums.


Yitzhar:

Yitzhar is translated to “olive oil”, the name of the town is related to olive oil milling.

Yitzhar was at first a military point “Nahal” established in 1/8/1983, then converted into a colony in 23/7/1984, it is about 8 km south west Nablus, on the main road that links Ramallah to Nablus.

It is built on Palestinian ground (the villages of Burin, Huwwara, ‘Einabus, ‘Urif, ‘Asira al Qibliya, and Madama), like any other Israeli colony.

The illegal colony was built with plan 86/1, and confiscated lands belong to Palestinian citizens , and located in natural block 8 from Burin lands, block 4 from Madma lands, block 1 from Asira Al-Qibliya and block 3 from Urif lands.



[1] GIS-LRC