A group of colonists from Adam colony established in April 2017 a new illegal outpost on Jaba' lands, northeast Jerusalem governorate.

Reportedly, the targeted lands are classified "state lands" according to Israel and are founded in the periphery of Adam colony.

Photos 1-2 : Adam colony and the industrial zone relative to it

Currently, the outpost accommodates seven caravans that are linked to Adam colony by a new opened road .

Photo 3: the new outpost ( credit: Peace Now Movement)

According to Peace Now Movement, there are more than 18 illegal Israeli outposts in the periphery of Jerusalem city. They are administered by Adam Settlements Council, which supports colonists to go further in stealing lands and Judaize them.

Noteworthy, lands confiscated or declared "closed military zones"  by the occupation authorities are regularly transferred to settlements councils in the West Bank, which, as a matter of fact, deliver those lands to colonists or to be used in expansion plans.

Geva Binyamin (Adam) :

The colony was illegally established in 1983 , officially declared on April 11, 1984 and ratified on May 14, 1984. Adam is located 3km to northeastern part  of Jerusalem. Its total area is 1194 dunums and populates 4627 colonists.

Land Research Center sees Israel continuous expansion on colonies in the West Bank and Jerusalem at the expense of Palestinian and lands a flagrant violation of Human Rights and all international laws and conventions, which prohibit disposition of public properties in occupied countries.

UN Security Council resolutions in regard to Israeli colonies:

UN Security Council resolution 446, article 3 "           Calls once more upon Israel, as the occupying Power, to abide scrupulously by the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, to rescind its previous measures and to desist from taking any action which would result in changing the legal status and geographical nature and materially affecting the demographic composition of the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and, in particular, not to transfer parts of its own civilian population into the occupied Arab territories;"

• Un Security Council resolution 452, article 3"Calls upon the Government and people of Israel to cease, on an urgent basis, the establishment, construction and planning of settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem;"
• Un Security Council resolution 465, Strongly deplores the continuation and persistence of Israel in pursuing those policies and practices and calls upon the Government and people of Israel to rescind those measures, to dismantle the existing settlements and in particular to cease, on an urgent basis, the establishment, construction and planning of settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem; Calls upon all States not to provide Israel with any assistance to be used specifically in connexion with settlements in the occupied territories;

Un Security Council resolution  242, Affirms that the fulfilment of Charter principles requires the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East which should include the application of both the following principles:

 (i) Withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict;
(ii) Termination of all claims or states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of forc the borders of Kokhav Ya'acov colony.

This case study is part of Kan'aan Project