Violation: ravaging 27 olive trees (15 years of age).
Date: September 15, 2012.
Location: Al Hamra, to the east of At Tawani village, Hebron.
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Details:
On September 15, 2012, colonists of Maon ravaged 27 olive trees located in Al Hamra area. Salman Rib’i, one of the victims, said that it is not the first attack, several similar attacks took place in the same area. He also pointed that some internationals witnessed the attack and informed the Israeli troops in the area of the incident. The Police showed up, investigated, and tracked the assailants to Maon colony.
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Picture 1-6: scenes of the attack
The Police asked the victims to head to the Police station in Kiryat Arbaa colony to file an official complaint, however, he also said that it is the fourth time they do but never heard any response from the Police. Salman believes that the colonists carry out such aggressions to spread fear and terror among the locals in addition to the destruction of agriculture in the area; he feared that the attack rate will increase especially in the upcoming olive picking season.
Table 1: victims:
No. | Victim | trees |
1 | Salman Rib’i | 2 |
2 | Issa Rib’i | 9 |
3 | Ali Rib’i | 6 |
4 | Mafthi Rib’i | 1 |
5 | Jaser Rib’i | 8 |
6 | Juma Rib’i | 1 |
Total | 27 | |
Source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Team – LRC
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