The Occupation uproots 180 olive trees and destroys retaining walls in Deir Istiya/ Salfit governorate

The Occupation uproots 180 olive trees and destroys retaining walls in Deir Istiya/ Salfit governorate

 

  • Violation: the occupation forces uprooted 180 olive trees.
  • Location : Deir Istiya town / North west Salfit
  • Date: July 21st 2020.
  • Perpetrator: The Israeli Occupation Forces.
  • Victims: Citizen Hussain Zidan.

Description:

Tuesday, the Israeli occupation forces raided Qata’an Aj-Jame’a area west Deir Istiya and carried on ravaging an olive grove , on the pretext of using an “Israeli government Property”.

Reportedly, the bulldozer destroyed 180 olive trees aging 17 years old , and 700 m of retaining walls on a 18 dunums olive grove that belong to citizen Hussain Zidan (73) from Deir Istiya.

Photos 1-5: the remains of the demolition

Hussain Zidan (72) told LRC the following:

“The targeted plot provides a subside source of income for my family , I have been planting the plot with wheat for years , and each season I cultivated it and took care of it , 7 years ago I planted it with olive trees , I used to check on the land daily and I opened a road to facilitate accessing it. About one year ago , the occupation gave me an eviction order on the pretext of using a governmental property , this was followed by a mass ravaging operation the occupation implemented in my plot.”

The government properties department – The Israeli Occupation civil administration have already notified several locations of eviction since the beginning of 2020 on the pretext of using governmental properties , the targeted are is located between (Yakir) and (Nofim).

Deir Istiya village: [1]

10 km north Salfit , Deir Istiya is surrounded by Ematin , Jinsafut and Kafr Laqif (north), Azzun and Kafar Thulth (west), Zita, Jama’en and Kafl Haris (east), Haris and Qaraqwat Bani Hyssan (south)

Deir Istiya has a population of (3,696) people in 2017 census. The town has a total area of 34,125, of which 640 dunums are a built up area.  The Israeli occupation confiscated (4,257) dunums for the following purposes:

Settlement name

Establishment year

Area in dunums

Number of settlers 2018

Revava

1991

167

2,664

Yakir

1981

757

2,341

Ginat Shomron

1985

944

NA

Karnei Shomron

1978

540

8,388

Novim

1986

663

867

Immanuel

1981

879

4,220

Ma’ale Shomron

1980

52

1,002

Al-Matan

1981

22

NA

  • Bypass roads 55 and 5066 devoured 118 dunums.
  • The segregation wall (1,148 m ate up115 dunums , in case its construction plan was completed it will isolate 8,408 dunums and eat up 160 dunums.

Oslo accords classified Deir Istiya as the following :

  • B area : 6,132 dunums.
  • C area 27,993 dunums.

[1] GIS-LRC

 

Categories: Agriculture