68 Recent Notifications in Al Farisiya

Violation: eviction orders against 35 residential structures and 33 agricultural ones.

Date: June 27, 2010.

Violators: the Israeli Occupation Army.

Victims:  more than 103 people including 62 children.

 

The series of aggressions against the residences of the Northern Jordan Valley region are unstoppable since it has been designated for massive colonial expansion by the Israeli Occupiers; the most recent victims were inhabitants of Al Farisiya.

 

A glance on the lifestyle people are leading there and the simple houses they use as shelters reflects the agony caused by the Israeli measures in the area.

 

The merciless and ruthless conquerors never hesitate to expel people, attack them physically, and deprive them from the water sources rendering their lives miserable. Residents of Al Farisiya own deeds that were issued by the Jordanian Government (which was controlling the West Bank before the Israeli conquest in 1967) proving the ownership of their land.

 

Nevertheless, the deeds were never able to protect the people from an enemy who has not yet learned the meaning of words like justice, law, and dignity. The Israeli have already driven hundreds of families out of the area and they are scheming to eject who is left.

 

The Israelis have utilized several brutal methods in order to cleanse the area of its Palestinian residents, clearing the way for the illegal colonial expansion. They [the Israelis] spread tens of mine fields, announcing thousands of dunums as closed military zones, rendering these areas unreachable.

 

Also, they demolished hundreds of structures under the pretext of ‘no permits’ in areas classified ‘C’ according to Oslo accords which the Israeli abide with this term of the agreement only.

 

On June 27, 2010, Israeli troops broke into the nomads gathering of Al Farisiya and handed 10 families eviction orders to be carried out within 24 hours; claiming that they are living in a ‘military zone’ neglecting the fact that they have ownership deeds. Now, the residents are facing to extremes, either they pack and leave or they keep living in continuous anxiety, waiting for the Israeli dozers to come and destroy their structures.

 

No.	Victim	Residential structures	Agricultural structures	Family members	Children	comments
1	Salih Daraghmah	4	6	17	13	Order 1
2	Mohammad Daraghmah	3	4	11	7	Order 2
3	Yasin Daraghmah	5	4	14	9	Order 3
4	Fa’iq Daraghmah	1	1	2	0	Order 4
5	‘Adel Ulayyan	3	2	5	3	Order 5
6	Hamad ‘Awad	7	5	15	7	Order 6
7	Mohammad ‘Awad	3	2	4	2
8	Zyad Sawatfa	2	2	9	5	Structures received permits from the Israeli Civil Administration/ Order 7
9	Hasan abu Odeh	4	3	11	7	Order 8
10	‘Adnan Daraghmah	3	4	15	9	Order 9
Total		35	33	103	62

*source: LRC –field research

 

Al Farisiya is located in Wadi al Malih region, 20 km to the east of Tubas city.  Before 1967, more than 1000 people used to inhabit the area, depending mainly on herding and agriculture in their living. Now, only 242 people are still residing there.

 

Large area of Al Farisiya has been turned into ‘military zones’ by the Israeli Occupation Army. Moreover, the Israelis laid their hands on all the water springs in the area for the sake of nearby colonies of Meskiot and Shidmot Makhola. Also, the Israeli have turned the eastern part of Al Farisiya into a huge mine field which endangers the life of people around it.