Demolishing Structures in the Northern Jordan Valley

Demolishing Structures in the Northern Jordan Valley
Violation: demolishing 22 structures, including 7 residents.
Location: Wadi al Maleh and Himsa, eastern Tubas.
Date: March 26, 2012.
Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Army.
Victims: 7 families (57 people including 33 children).
 
Preface:
A number of Israeli plans have been put in place to ethnically cleanse the Jordan Valley area and to serve future colonization projects; accordingly, the Israeli Occupation Army has been demolishing structures and evicting Palestinians since the occupation of the West Bank in 1967. The Jordan Valley has been one of the most targeted areas which clearly reflect the Israeli policies.
 
The lands in the Jordan Valley are being gradually overtaken by turning some into military zones, the spread of mine fields, constructing colonies, bypasses, and the segregation wall, and demolishing and capturing Palestinian properties.
 
Details:
On March 26, 2012, Israeli dozers broke into the Bedouin dwellings in the northern part of the Jordan Valley and commenced a large-scale demolition campaign. The campaign resulted in the destruction of 7 residences, 12 barns, and 3 kitchen rooms. In addition, 7 families were evicted as a result of the attack.
 
Table 1: victims:
Victim
Location
Family members
Children
Damage
Remarks
picture
Residence
Shed
others
Abed Rabbo Bani Odeh
Al Himma
7
3
2
3
2
Suffered previous demolitions
Mahmoud Araysha
Al Himma
11
8
1
1
1
Suffered previous demolitions
Majed Darghma
Al Himma
9
5
2
1
0
Suffered previous demolitions
 
Naji Dabak
Al Himma
9
6
2
Bee hive
0
Suffered previous demolitions
Ali abu Muhsen
Al Farisiyya
3
1
0
2
0
Suffered previous demolitions
Husein Muhsen
Al Farisiyya
10
6
0
2
0
Suffered previous demolitions
Suleiman Bsharat
Himsa
8
4
0
2
0
Suffered previous demolitions
 
 
57
33
7
12
3
 
 
Source: field Research – Israeli violations of Human Rights Monitoring Unit – Land Research Center
 
 
It must be noted that the Israeli Authorities intends to ‘cleanse’ the Jordan Valley area by deporting Palestinians in an attempt to imbalance the area demographically. Throughout the years, several Palestinian communities were fully or partially evicted from their dwellings to serves the colonial expansion projects in the area..
 

Categories: Demolition