Violation: the Israeli Occupation Authorities issues for eviction orders covering over 29 dunums of agricultural lands.
Location: areas known as Al Mayadeen, Kaffit al Amoud, and Al Morouj in Wadi Qana – Salfit.
Date: September 27, 2012.
Victims: four Palestinian farmers.
Details:
Qasem Manour (61) is determined to protect his lands despite the Israeli conspiracies and attempts to force him out of it. He, and other farmers in Wadi Qana have sworn to keep the lands of their ancestors and never give it up.
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Picture 1-2: Wadi Qana
Qasem has been the target of several abuses during his routine visits to his field. He owns a 6-dunum-filed which used to be planted with various citrus. On September 19, 2012, Qasem found an order signed by the Israeli EPA demanding that he uproots 30 olive trees which were planted 6 years earlier. The order gave the owner till October 1 to remove the trees while claiming that Wadi Qana area is a natural reserve and shall not be altered. It is the second time he receives such an order, the first was in April. Similar order were handed to three other farmers on September 23, 2012. They were justified similarly.
Table 1: victims:
Victim | Family members | Area (dunum) | Number of threatened trees | Order number | remarks |
Hamid abu Hijla | 6 | 7 | 17 | 2066 | Previously notified |
Abdullah Mansour | 8 | 6 | 50 | 2067 | Previously notified |
Ali Mansour | 11 | 8 | 30 | 2068 | Previously notified |
Qasem Mansour | 5 | 6 | 21 | 2069 | Previously notified |
Nasim Mansour | 6 | 5 | 40 | 2071 | Previously notified |
Abdul Razeq Mansour | 7 | 8 | 35 olives, 15 prunes | 2072 | First time |
Total | 43 | 40 | 208 |
WAdi Qana has been the target fo several Israeli attacks in the past, please refer to previous reports for information on the most significant ones:
