• Violation: Writing hatred inciting slogans and slashing car tires.
• Location: Deir Dibwan village / North east Ramallah.
• Date: February 3^rd 2020.
• Perpetrator: Racist price tag gang.
• Victims: number of families from the village.

Description:

In the early morning hours of Monday February 3^rd 2020 a group of colonists belong to the price tag gang raided As-Soba area in Deir Dibwan close to bypass 60 , and took advantage of the night quietness to write hatred inciting slogans on houses and slash car tires.

Noting that Deir Dibwan during the last two years witnessed five attacks of this kind , one of them targeted Al-Marah mosque; fanatic colonists tried to set it on fire in 2019.

Deir Dibwan village council head Mansour Masnour told LRC the following:

“We complained to the occupation police and the Israeli liaison office, they showed up at the location  , took security cameras, and recorded testimonies , but nothing was done on the ground to stop these attacks from reoccurring.”

The following table shows more information about the damages:

Owner / victim	losses
Abdul Jawad Sarma	Slashing tires of a Land Cruiser 2008 + writing hatred inciting slogans on the house
Mahmoud ‘Awawdeh	Slashing tires of a Fan 2014, Slashing tires of a Nissan Jeep 2010.
Hamdi Sarma	Slashing tires of a Hyundai Jeep 2016.
Rabhi Sarma	Slashing tires of a public bus 2012 + slashing tires of a Getz 2010 + Slashing the tires of a Nissan car 2010 + writing hatred inciting slogans on one of the busses.
Njah Nassar	Slashing the tires of a Ford 2010 + Slashing the tires of a Mazda 2006 + Slashing the tires of a Mitsubishi tender 2000+ slashing the tires of a Vacuum truck Volvo 2004 + writing hatred inciting slogans on house walls.
Tawfeeq Sarma	Slashing tires of a Mitsubishi 2006
Majeed Nassar	Slashing tires of a Chevrolet 2004
Meri ‘Awawda	Slashing tires of a Mitsubishi 2004
Majeed Nassar	Slashing tires of a Chevrolet 2007
‘Abed ‘Uwais	Slashing tires of a public bus Mercedes (2010) , in addition to tires of Mercedes vehicles 2012+2013+2015
‘Alaa Al-Hadsi	Slashing tires of a Hyundai 20017
‘Omar Sarmeh	Slashing tires of a Mazda 2004
Nazeeh Sarma	Slashing tires of a Mazda 2006
Munther Sarma	Slashing tires of a Peugeot 2018 +  Peugeot 2014
‘Aqel ‘Awad	Slashing tires of a Chevrolet 2010
Habas Sarma	Slashing tires of a Honda 2006 + Mazda 2010
Maher Ghanam	Writing hatred inciting slogans on house walls
Mahmoud ‘Awawdeh	Writing hatred inciting slogans on house walls
total	27 vehicles + 27 houses

Sources : Firsthand field observation – Israeli Violations Monitoring Section – Land Research Centre , February 2020

One of the victims Najah Sarme told LRC the following:

“Fanatic colonists slashed all the tires of three private cars (each one of the tires costs 500 Shekels), in addition to tires of two trucks (each one of the tires costs 2000) . Noteworthy, these vehicles are used for transportation services, and provide jobs for many people.”

Photos 1- 4: Photos of Some of the targeted cars

About Deir Dibwan:

5 kilometer east Ramallah, Ramallah is surrounded by Ramon and Ein Yabrud (north), Beitin (west), Al-Nuwe’ma and Ein Dyuk Al-Fuqa (east) , Anatta, Mikhmas. Burqa from the south.

Deir Dibwan has a total population of 4169 people according to statistics conducted in 2017. It has a total area of 74,285 of which 1,789 dunums are a built-up area of the village.  The occupation devoured (4121) dunums for the following purposes:

1: settlements confiscated 1346 dunums:

Settlement’s name	Establishing year	Area of confiscated land	Number of settlers
Kokhav Yaacov	1984	51.4	3,918
Mitzpe Danny	unavailable	87.7	unavailable
Neve Erez	1981	1.114	980
Maale Mikhmas	unavailable	62.7	unavailable

2: Bypass roads (458 and 457) devoured over (1,543) dunums.

3: Military camps devoured (1,232)dunums

According to Oslo conventions The areas are clarified in donums as following:

Area A (307) donums

AreaB (12,925) donums

Area C (61,052) donums .