- Type of violation: uprooting of fruitful olive trees.Perpetrator: Israeli army bulldozers.
- Date of violation: Sunday Oct. 10th, 2002, at 10 MP.Pretext: The discovery of strange object amongst trees.
- Location: AL- Baqa'a main junction, opposite the village of Taqu'.Area: 30.5 Dunums.No. of uprooted trees: 671
Map showing violation site
Names of owner families:
The targeted land is owned by two Palestinian families from the village of Sa'ir in Hebron governarate and the village of Taqu' in Bethlehem governorate. See Photo 1
|
Family Name |
No. of farmers |
Village |
Area |
No. of trees |
|
Jaradat |
6 |
Sa'ir |
22 |
484 |
|
Salahat |
9 |
Tuqu' |
8.5 |
187 |
|
Total |
15 |
|
30.5 |
671 |
General view of the Israeli vandalism
Lists of names of affected farmers:
The following are two lists of names of Palestinian land lords whose trees were uprooted:
| Village name |
No. |
Farmer name |
| Sair |
1 |
Mohammed Wahsh Jaradat |
|
2 |
Hamed Amer jaradat |
|
|
3 |
Id'is Yasin Jaradat |
|
|
4 |
Yunis maohammed Jaradat |
|
|
5 |
Shahin Mohammed jaradat |
|
|
6 |
Hijazi Ali Thalji |
|
| Taqu' |
7 |
Hasan Mohammed Salahat |
|
8 |
Mahmud Ahmad Salahat |
|
|
9 |
Mahmud Musa Jaradat |
|
|
10 |
Omer Hussein Salahat |
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|
11 |
Salameh Musalam Salahat |
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|
12 |
Salm Mohammed Salahat |
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|
13 |
Ibrahim Khalil Salahat |
|
|
14 |
Salim Jad Allah Salahat |
|
|
15 |
Abed Ahmad Salahat |
Affected farmers inspecting their losses
Estimation of losses:
As the violation occurred before the Harvesting season which has been good in compare with previous seasons, the lost quantity is estimated at 22 tons of green olives, which could have produced 4 tons of pure oil. Therefore, the value of lost oil is estimated at 16000 US $, while the value of lost trees is estimated at 348920 $ ( 671 tree X 26 tree per dunum X 20 years old). See Photo 3
Uprooted olive trees
Real reasons behind tree uprooting
The attacked field is located at a vital junction linking between Israeli proper and Gush Etzion settlement block to the west, Israeli military camps to the east, Bethlehem to the north and Hebron to the south. Hence, it has been at the center of Israeli greed. However, the targeted land is very well cultivated and cared of by its Palestinian owners who obtain proper ownership documents which put more obstacles in front of Israeli intentions of confiscation. Therefore, the Israeli army initiates security pretexts as an introduction to total confiscation. See Photo 4
Fruits of olive trees laying on the ground
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
