The mass murder in Itmar colony…who pays the price?

In the early morning hours of March 12, 2011, a murder of a whole family was committed in Itmar colony to the east of Nablus.

Five members of the family were stabbed to death. The news broke out; however, the Israelis accused an “unknown Palestinian” right after the finding of the bodies. The Israelis needed no evidence, no interrogations, or investigation to assume that the criminal was Palestinian. It must be known that a similar crime was committed in Tel Aviv when a member of the Russian mob cold-bloodedly murdered a whole family in revenge.

 

 Whereas the crime nature is strange, whereas no Palestinian fighter have ever directly targeted children, not to mention infants, whereas no Palestinian is allowed to get inside Itmar fortress (the colony is surrounded with walls, electric fences, barbered wires, watch towers, motion detectors, 24 hours surveillance, and guards all around the colony) the Israelis immediately accused a Palestinian. It is apparent that the murderer is a tenant of Itmar colony; however, the Israelis have a political and a colonial agenda that might benefit from these people’s misery.

 

the Zionists are using blood, even Jewish infants blood, which they claim that they are defending in order to gain political points.

The whole Zionist project of the establishment of “a Jewish State called Israel” is build on spilling blood of innocent people, spreading fear and terror, and applying Makavelli’s “means justify ends” approach.

 

Before examining the bodies by the coroner; the Israeli Occupation Authorities took the following measures:

1.     at 8:00 am, on March 12, 2011, the Israeli Army imposed a total blockade on Nablus city and blocked all the entrances.

2.     at 10:00 am, on March 12, 2011, the Israeli Occupation Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands taking the case to the UN “Security Council” and file a complaint against the Palestinian “murderers”.

3.     at 10:10 am, on March 12, 2011, the Israeli Occupation Army launched a large-scale campaign against the Palestinian ‘Awarta village; siege, curfew, gathering men in squares and schools, and arresting tens of people.

4.     in the morning of March 12, 2011, Israeli colonists gangs assaulted the Palestinian village of Burin insanely.

5.     at 9:00 am, on March 13, 2011, the Israeli Occupation Prime Minister, Bejamin Netenyahu, declared clearly the willingness to intensify the colonization efforts in the West Bank in response to the murder.

6.     at 9:00 am, on March 14, 2011, a group of Israeli colonists converted a tiny colonial nucleus (1 caravan only) into an official and “legal” colony near Al Jab’a village in Bethlehem.

7.     in the morning of March 15, 2011, Itmar colonists took advantage of the blockade and curfew imposed on ‘Awarta and started a large-scale land-leveling operation, laying foundation for expansions in the colony.

 

The Palestinian Authority hands the Israelis 2 soldiers who accidentally entered Ramallah; the PA secured the soldiers and insured their safety.

 

 

On March 14, 2011, word spread out that the murderer is a Thai worker working for the unfortunate family; the Israeli Occupation Authorities started deporting some Thai workers.

Nevertheless, this did not change the Israeli Official statement nor did the results of the investigation were announced.

The Israeli colonization lust took a strong, unanticipated push by such a crime; the Israelis, hungry for more colonization and for displacing as many Palestinians as they can invested a great deal of effort to persuade everyone that the criminal is Palestinian

 

 

 

No	Date	Location	Perpetrators	Violation	Damage imposed and victims
1	March 12	‘Awarta-Nablus	The Israeli Occupation Army and Itmar colonists	Israeli forces broke into ‘Awarta and imposed curfew while initiating a large-scale inspection campaign; they also detained more than 20 people in addition to blocking all the checkpoints around and inside Nablus	Confiscation of three computer sets and arresting the owners,  Jihad, Mohammad, and ‘Adnan Darawsha. Theyl also broke some houses and shops windows and doors
2	March 12	Burin-Nablus	Israeli colonists	Assaulting the villagers of Burin	Burin residents
3	March 13	Qalqiliya villages	Kadummim, Hivat Gil’ad, Karni Shamron, Alvi Mensha, and Gil’ad Zohar colonists	A large group of Israeli colonists gathered at the main road in what seemed to be an intention to attack one of the villages; they also stoned some Palestinian vehichles	No damage was reported
4	March 13	Wadi Qana	Emanuel colonists	A group of colonists impeded Palestinian cars with stones	Breaking the windows of Mohammad Abdul Karim, a resident of Jinsafut
5	March 13	Kafr Kaddum-Qalqiliya	Kadummim colonists	Colonists impeded Palestinian farmers with stones while farming in their fields	The farmers were forced to leave the area
6	March 13	‘Azzoun-Qalqiliya	Maale Shamron and Karne Shamron colonists	The colonists gathered at the entrance of the village while impeding Palestinian cars with stones. the Israeli Army closed the gate leading to the village	Damaging several Palestinian vehichles
7	March 13	Jit village	Gil’ad Zohar colonists	The colonists raided the village	They brutally beat Mohammad Yamin (15) and broke into his house
8	March 13	Huwwara Road-Nablus	Yizhar and Baracha colonists	The colonists gathered in Huwwara road, assaulting houses and impeding vehicles with stones	They broke Mohammad Lafi’s car windows and set al Qatouni quarry ablaze
9	March 13	Za’tara checkpoint	Tepuah colonists	Israeli colonists gathered at the checkpoint and impeded Palestinian vehicles with stones	They broke the windows of Bilal Naser car
10	March 13	Za’tara checkpoint	Tepuah colonists	Israeli colonists attacked three Palestinians, brutally beating them	The victims were Mohammad Shaban, Ala Bani Nimra, and Mahmoud ‘Aziz; they suffered from bruises and were sent to Rafidya Hospital for treatment
11	March 13	By-pass road 60	Yizhar colonists	Israeli colonists stoned Palestinian vehicles beside stoning Palestinian house nearby the colony	Sofan house received most of the damage
12	March 13	Burin-Nablus	Yizhar colonists	20 colonists attacked At tilawi plantation and Mahmoud Hamad house; it must be known that they were allowed in by the Israeli Occupation Army	Damaging part of the plantation contents and breaking Hamad’s house windows
13	March 13	Yasuf	Tepuah colonists	Colonists blocked the village entrance with earth mounds, impeded Palestinian houses with stones, and fired some rounds aimlessly	No damage was reported
14	March 13	Haris	Revava colonists	A group of colonists impeded Palestinian cars with rocks	No damage was reported
15	March 13	Burin	Yizhar colonists	A group of colonists gathered at Burin Junction attacking cars	They set Marwan Dereyyah, aresident of Aqraba, garage ablaze
16	March 13	By-pass road 60	Yizhar colonists	Colonists attacked Palestinian cars with stones	Blocking the road and disallowing Palestinians from using it
17	March 14	Wadi al Maleh-Tubas	Shidimot Mikhola and Miskyut colonists	Colonists gathered and impeded Palestinian farmers with stones	Preventing farmers from exploiting their lands
18	March 14	‘Azzoun-Qalqiliya	Maale Shamron colonists	Colonists gathered at the village entrance; they clashed with Palestinian young men who tried to prevent them from raiding the village. Israeli troops intervened launching gas grenades .	Amr abu Haniyya, Ahmad Swedan, and Mohammad Radwan suffered from inhaling gas were others like Mutasem Radwan and Hamed abu Radi were actually hir by the grenade
19	March 14	Jinsafut	Gilad Zohar colonists	A group of colonists raided the village	They set a car and a tractor ablaze, property of Najeh Ayub and Hamad allah ‘eid respectively
20	March 14	Kafr Kaddum	Kadummim colonists	The colonists gathered somewhere near the village, placed a tent and raised numerous Israeli flags	The colonists prevented the farmers from reaching their lands
21	March 14	‘Awarta-Nablus	Itmar colonists	More than 200 colonists broke into ‘Awarta waving flags and signs; they broke into Ad Dahra area in the village	They attacked Iyad Awad (28) and his mother. They had also besieged the houses of Saad Awad and Jamal Mifleh while getting the support of the Israeli Army troops in the area
22	March 14	‘Awarta-Nablus	The Israeli Occupation Army	The Israeli Army has been deployed in the village since March 13. they have been inspecting houses, using houses as watch towers while preventing medical teams and the press from entering the village	Thy broke into Ibrahim Qawareeq house and trapped him and his family in one room while messing up the house contents. They had done the same to Samer Burhan’s house.
23	March 14	Various villages in Nablus and Qalqiliya	Yizhar, Shilo, Karni Shamron, Baracha, and Gilad Zohar	A group of colonists impeded Palestinian villagers with stone northern ‘Einyabous. Colonists gathered in large numbers at the entrances of Burin and Ramallah Nablus Road. The colonists intensified their aggressions in Huwwara , Shilo colony junction, and Tipuah colony junction. Another group gathered in Al Nabi Elias areato the east of Qalqiliya and nearby Zufim colony and at the entrances of Qusra Jit, and Kafr Lafi villages.	They broke the windows of Sbeih Saleh’s house in qusra
24	March 14	Yasuf-Salfit	Tipuah colonists	Colonists backed by Israeli troops gathered at the entrance of the village. The soldiers launched gas and sound grenades towards the village	Ahmad Abdul Razeq suffered from inhaling gas
25	March 14	‘Awarta-Nablus	Itmar colonists	A group of Itmar colonists raided the village and impeded the houses with stones	The houses of Mohammad Qawareeq and others received damage
26	March 15	Al Maleh-Tubas	Miskyut colonists	One of the colony guards obstructed some Palestinians, residents of Al Maleh. He forcefully took their horse, tied it to a car and drove away; dragging the horse behind the car till it passed away	Deliberately torturing a horse to death
27	March 15	Kafr Laqif	Karni Shamron colonists	A group of colonists gathered at the village entrance, stoning Palestinian cars; in addition, the Israeli Army blocked by-pass road 55 to provide them with protection	They assaulted Nihad Kattawi, beating him badly
28	March 15	Jinsafut	Gilad Zohar colonists	A group of colonists tried to break into Jinsafut	No damage was reported
29	March 15	‘Awarta-Nablus	Itmar colonists	A group of colonists raided some houses in the village while attacking the residents	Iyad ‘Awwad, Ahmad abu Shaweesh, Alaa ‘Amouri, (18) (broken hand), Nihaya ‘Awwad (37). Were among the victims. They were sent to Rafidya hospital to receive treatment
30	March 15	Yasuf	Tipuah colonists	Colonists gathered at Tipuah junction and impeded Palestinian cars with stones	Braking the windows of Mohammad Musleh car
31	March 15	‘Awarta and Yanoun-Nablus	Itmar colonists	The colonists are placing caravans in ‘Awarta while leveling Yanoun lands	Villagers of both villages
32	March 16	Amatin, Jit, and Kafr Laqif	Various	Colonists gathered between these adjacent villages	No damage was reported
33	March 16	By-pass road 60	various	Israeli colonists riding in a bus stoned Palestinian cars while passing nearby Huwwara village	Breaking the windshield of Rami Saleh’s, a resident of Haris, car
34	March 16	By-pass road 60 and Deir Sharaf	Various	Colonists stoned Palestinian cars and attempted to blockade Deir Sharaf	No damage was reported
35	March 16	Beit Dajan	Alon Moreh colonists	Israeli dozers uprooted olive trees in the village. The seedling were stolen	more than 460 olive trees were cut or uprooted; the trees are the property of Jamal abu Kaneen
36	March 16	Deir Itiya	Emanuel colonists	Blocking the agricultural road in Al Qa’dat area, northern Deir Istiya	More than 30 farmers
37	March 17	Amatin	Kadummim colonists	Colonists set two Palestinian cars ablaze. They blocked the way to the colony while impeding people with stones	Torching the cars of Bashar Tayem and Na’im Tayem
38	March 17	Kafr Laqif	Karni Shamron colonists	The colonists attacked a car passing towards Qalqiliya	The broke the windows of Bassam abu Khalid car, beside, they inflicted a great deal of damage to the other parts as well
39	March 17	‘Aqraba	Itmar colonists	Colonists destroyed four water tanks beside uprooting more than 370 olive trees	The likes of Ghalib Dereyah, Raed Dereyah, ‘Awni bani Fadel, Raed bani Jaber, Faris bani Jaber were among the victims
40	March 17	Salim and Deir al Hatab-Nablus	Alon Moreh colonists	Israeli colonists set tires alight blocking the road connecting the two villages	No damage was reported
41	March 18	Huwwara	Yizhar colonists	Attacking Palestinians at Yizhar junction	Ayman al Dmeidi was severely injured and taken to Rafidya hospital for treatment
42	March 18	Za’tara junction- northern Nablus	Tipuah colonists	Impeding Palestinians with stones	Fath Allah Bozeh car received drastic damage
43	March 18	Duma-Nablus	Shilo colonists	Israeli colonists gathered at the main road leading to Duma while impeding Palestinian cars with stones	Mahmoud Dawabsha car was hit several times
44	March 18	Burin-Nablus	Yizhar colonists	Armed colonists assaulted Palestinian houses in Burin	Attacking the house of basher al Zein
45	March 18	Kafr Laqif and Yaouf	Tipuah and Karni shamron colonists	The colonists gathered at the junction leading to both villages	No damage was reported

 

 

Picture 1-2: Israeli aggressions