Violation: confiscation of 4 water tankers.
Location: Humsa – northern Jordan Valley.
Date: September 6, 2012.
Victims: four Bedouin families, a total of 63 people including 31 children.
Details:
Assuming control over the water sources in the West Bank has occupied a major part of the Israeli agenda since the occupation of the West Bank in 1967. For this reason, the Israelis has set a number of rules and regulations to serve that purpose in addition to the confiscation of lands, water, livestock, etc.
On September 9, 2012, Israeli troops broke into Humsa and confiscated 4 water tankers that were used to transport drinking water from the nearby Jiftlik village. The Israelis claimed that the tankers were confiscated for entering a closed military zone and penalized the owners.
Table 1: confiscations:
Victim | Family members | Children | Cattle (goats) | remarks |
Mohammad Bisharat | 11 | 5 | 100 | Previously confiscated and released |
Salem Bisharat | 27 | 14 | 140 | Previously confiscated and released |
Ahmad Bani Odeh | 16 | 7 | 58 | Previously confiscated and released |
Mustapha Bisharat | 9 | 5 | 77 | |
total | 63 | 31 | 375 |
Mohammad al Mallah, legal advisor of Tubas Governorate, commented: ‘the Israelis are trying to extinguish the Palestinian existence in the Jordan Valley; confiscation of water tankers is just another way to do it as it adds to the suffering of the people knowing that transportation of water is already a costly manner and now it will become even more costly‘.
Humsa is located 28 km to the south east of Tubas; the residents come from Al hadidiyya, 1.5 km to the east, a dwelling that was abruptly evicted by the Israelis. Since residing in Humsa in 2007, the Israeli Army and colonists attacks are unstoppable.
Humsa is surrounded by the following colonies:
Pigut: it was established in 1972 to reach a total area of 675 dunums; it is inhabited by 156 colonists.
Ro’i: it was established in 1976 to reach a total area of 264 dunums; it is inhabited by 117 colonists.
In addition, the locals have been harassed by the Mikrot (the Israeli Water Company) officers who claim that the farmers and herders action threatens the environment.
Categories:
Israeli Violations
