This week – January 23-29, 2022 – in the Occupied Territories
The occupation forces demolished a dwelling in the A-Tour neighborhood of EastJerusalem on Wednesday, leaving two Palestinian families homeless in the snow;terrorist-colonists from ‘Yitzhar’ celebrated the release from prison of theirfriend by holding a pogrom in Huwwara, wounding three Palestinians, among them a3-year-old child; Minister Isawi Freij came to tour the South Hebron Hillsescorted by army and GSS forces, but was chased out of the area by a drone flownby settlers from a nearby outpost; The outpost terrorists continue to attack andthreaten Palestinian shepherds, and invade tended Palestinian fields with theirflocks in the Palestinian Jordan Valley and West Bank Hill Range; At least 45Palestinians were arrested in East Jerusalem while celebrating the snow withPalestine flags and throwing snowballs at the occupation forces;
South Hebron Hills
On Monday, January 24, the soldiers appointed by Knesset Committee to protectthe Touba schoolchildren on their way to school in Tawane from the terrorists of‘Havat Maon’ outpost, tried to distance activists awaiting the children at thedesignated meeting point. The soldiers threatened to discontinue their escort.These threats were repeated on Tuesday, and finally on Wednesday, the soldierspresented a closed military zone order and distanced the activists.
On Tuesday, January 25, ‘Carmel’ settlers put up a new fence of separationbetween them and the Palestinian village of Umm Al Kheir, whose current routetakes over more of the village’s land. That day, thugs from the outpost ‘HavatYa’ir’ invaded with their flock a firing zone and Palestinian fields nearFakhit, where a Palestinian flock was grazing. The settlers tried to blame thePalestinians for stealing sheep and summoned the army. Activists came and thesettlers left.
On Tuesday morning a tour was held in the South Hebron Hills for Minsiter IsawiFreij escorted by large forces. However, while the minister receivedexplanations from activists about a new ranch-outpost in the region, settlersfrom the outpost flew a drone above the minister’s convoy – and the ministerwas rushed away, the tour interupted and ended.
On Tuesday night, it was reported that settlers planted trees in privately-ownedPalestinian land near the outpost ‘Avigail’. On Saturday morning, a Palestinianfamily came to plant trees on its own land near ‘Avigail’, but was chased awayby the Israeli army.
On Saturday, thugs from ‘Havat Maon’ with their flocks invaded once again thearea round a water hole in Palestinian lands officially out of bounds forIsraelis in Humra near Tawane. The Palestinian landowners arrived on the spotand were chased away by the army, who only then also distanced the settlers.
On Saturday around noon, thugs from the new outpost near ‘Meitarim’ chased awayshepherds and a flock from Zanouta and let loose a dog at the flock, in fullview of soldiers who watched without intervening.
Activists accompanied the Umm Al Arais landowner to his fields and shepherds tograzing around Shweike, unhampered.
To join Ta`ayush in The South Hebron Hills this Saturday call 055-2770168
Please make an effort to register no later than Thursday evening. Please bringan ID/passport, a hat, water and food for the day. It is advised to take intoconsideration cultural differences in the choice of clothing.
Palestinian Jordan Valley and West Bank Hill Range
Terrorists from settler outposts around Auja in the southern Jordan Valley arepersisting with their rampages – after a Palestinian shepherdess lodged acomplaint with the Israeli police on Monday, January 24, about a sheep of herflock that was run over by two settlers the previous week. On Tuesday, anactivist physically blocked a settler riding his ATV into a flock. Soldiersarrived, the settler left, and grazing continued. On Saturday, a thug from theoutpost came again, riding his ATV, and threatened a Palestinian shepherd withkilling his sheep.
Settlers and their flocks continue to invade privately-owned and tendedPalestinian fields at Tayibe Junction and Deir Jarayer on the West Bank HillRange. On Sunday, January 23, activists managed to make the police detain theinvading rancher and lodged a complaint against the owner of the flock who wasthen summoned for questioning. The invaders and their cattle came back to thetended field on Tuesday, and activists once again alerted the police.
In Hamra in the northern Jordan Valley, settlers snatched a goat from aPalestinian flock, but after the shepherd and activists complained to thepolice, the goat was returned. The next day, the shepherd came to the policestation to lodge a complaint and was subsequently questioned under warning, butreleased – apparently because of the presence of Israeli activists. At the sametime, settlers harassed a shepherd and another flock form Hamra with a drone.Near ‘Hemdat’ settler-colony, settler cattle invaded tended Palestinian fields.Most days of the week, activists accompanied Palestinian grazing in the northernpart of the Palestinian Jordan Valley – at Farisiya, Khalat Makhoul, En Al Hilwaand Samra – unhampered. On Tuesday a new outpost was documented and mapped nearthe settler-colony of ‘Mekhora’.
To join activity in the Jordan Valley, please contact Arik: 050-5607034
Jerusalem
With Jerusalem celebrating the snow, during the night between Wednesday andThursday the police arrested at least 45 Palestinians for waving Palestine flagsand throwing snowballs at the occupation forces.
During the Friday weekly protest vigil in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem policemenresumed their brutal tactics, grabbing Palestine flags and beating protestors. Apoliceman undercover as a right-wing activist waved an Israel flag in the faceof demonstrators and arrested one of them. Later, a demonstrator marchinginnocently and no way provocative – was violently arrested.
The weekly protest in Sheikh Jarrah takes place every Friday. We will meet atthe Sheikh Jarrah Garden, Nablus Road and Dahlmann St. at 3 p.m
On Sunday, inhabitants of the Jabal Mukabar neighborhood demonstrated at theSafra Square opposite the Jerusalem Municipality, protesting home demolitions.In the past year, a peak number of house demolitions has taken place in EastJerusalem.
On Wednesday, January 26, at the height of the cold spell and just before asnowstorm, the occupation forces demolished a 2-apartment house in the A-Tourneighborhood, leaving 10 Palestinians, among them 6 children, homeless.
Throughout the West Bank
On Monday, January 24, terrorists from settler-colony ‘Yitzhar’ ran wild withtheir cars in Huwwara village, threw stones and wounded three Palestinians,among them a 3-year-old child. The terrorists came out to hold a pogrom incelebration of the release of their mate, a minor charged with throwing a stungrenade at a Palestinian home. Soldiers were seen in the village during thisincident.
On Tuesday, a settler was reported wounded from a stone thrown near the Cave ofthe Fathers, after which settlers began throwing stones at Palestinians from theroof of the ‘Romano House’ in Hebron. Israeli army forces shut down shops in theHebron market all the following days.
On Wednesday, Jewish terrorists attacked Palestinian cars with stones and pepperspray near the village of Burqa (Nablus district). Soldiers distanced them aftera while, and one of them was detained by the police.
Activists demonstrated on Friday at the ‘Yitzhar’ junction, near the village ofBourin against the violent Jewish terrorists who attacked and woundedPalestinian farmers and Israeli activists who accompanied them planting treesaplings the previous week. None of the assailants have been arrested yet.
On Friday, Palestinians held their weekly Friday protest vigil against the theftof their land in Beita (Nablus district) and Kafr Qaddoum (Qalqiliya district).The Occupation forces attacked the demonstrators as usual with stun grenades andrubber-coated bullets.