Violation: Ravaging 40 dunams from pastoral lands.

Location: Barta’a village, west Jenin.

Date: March,10^th 2025.

Perpetrator: Settlers.

Affected party: Farmer Ghassan Nayef Qabha.

Details:

 Monday morning, March, 10^th 2025, settlers’ machinery began ravaging works and extended no less than 40 dunams from pastoral lands, as the occupation claims ‘’ state lands’’, which located adjacent annexation and expansion wall on the lands of Barta’a.

The picture above show the ravaging works in Barta’a village

It’s worth mentioning that the lands were ravaged belong to a family from Barta’a village, focusing within natural blocks and plots in Kharbit abu Al Saman as follows:

• Natural block number 4. Plot number 14.
• Natural block number 5, Plot number 2.

The farmer Ghassan Nayef Qabha to the LRC researcher told as follows:

‘’On Monday we were shocked to witness the ravaging lands belong to our family in Khairbet abu Al Saman area, these lands has been cultivated up until 2001, but due to the construction of annexation and separation wall, which passes through them so we can’t plant or exploited it. In 2018, the occupation issued an order to evict these plots on the pretext of attacking on what they called ‘’ state lands’’, noted that no one can exploit these lands due to the existence of colonial outpost and adjacent to annexation and separation wall. Today all the plot is being ravaged as it seems that the settlers are planning to establish a new colonial location.

It's worth mentioning that Barta’a village has been subjected to a systematic campaign by the occupation over past 25 years, aimed to confiscating vast agricultural areas such as Ahrash Omra which completely confiscated. In addition to demolition several numbers of public facilities and infrastructure in the village, alongside with demolition several numbers of homes.

The land confiscation, demolition, targeting operation are mostly focus in three area in the village:

• The southern area, known as’’ Al Khallieh’’.
• The eastern area, known as ‘’ Khour Al Dabea’’.
• The eastern area adjacent occupied lands in 1948.

About Barta’a :

The village of Barta’a Ash-Sharqiya is located 30 km east of Jenin city and stands on a total area of 11104 dunums, including 781.8 dunums that constitute the built up area. According to Oslo II Interim Agreement of 1995, the Village’s lands are classified into areas ‘B’ & ‘C’; where 9987 dunums, 89.9% of the total village area is classified as area ‘C’, while the remaining area, 932 dunums, 10.1% of the total village area, is classified as area‘B’. From the north, its bordered by the 1949 Armistice Line (Green Line), from the south, it is bordered by Qiqis and Dhahr El ‘Abed villages. As from the east, it is bordered by Rihan Israeli settlement and from the west, it is also bordered by the 1949 Armistice Line (Green Line). According to Barta’a rural council in 2015 the village has a total population of 3900 people.

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

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إخلاء المسؤولية: الآراء ووجهات النظر الواردة في هذا التقرير هي آراء ووجهات نظر مركز أبحاث الأراضي ولا تعكس بالضرورة وجهات نظر أو مواقف الجهة المانحة للمشروع؛ المجلس النرويجي. للاجئين