Israeli Violations in Occupied Jerusalem during the month of January 2011

House Demolition:

Table 1: Owners of houses demolished during January, 2011:

Scenes of Destruction:

Pic 1:Syam house rubble

Pic 2: Remains of Oweida building

Table 2: landlords of aggressed houses:

Name	Location	Aggression	Residences	remarks
Saleh Sleiman	Beit hanina	Isolation by the segregation wall	1	The family needs special permits specifiying certain passages and times to reach their houses
Fakhri abu Dyab	Al Bustan – Silwan	Raiding the house and arresting one of the children	1
‘Abbas Qara’een	Batin al Hawa – Silwan	Throwing a smoke grenade into the house	1	Caused flames to erupt damaging furniture and injuring a boy
Total			3

Picture 3: The pointed out residence is Suleiman’s family residenc

Demolition Threats:

Table 3: Owners of houses threatened with demolition during January, 2011:

Victims	Location	Date	Residences	remarks
Al Bustan Neighborhood residents	Al bustan – Silwan	25/1/2011	88	The Israeli Judical system insists to confirm the demolition of the neighborhood
Nidal Said	Beit hanina	25/1/2011	4	Under construction houses
Fawwaz Zyada	Shu’fat	25/1/2011	1	inhabited
			93

Picture 4: endangered neighborhood

Table 4: endangered Structures:

Victims	Location	Date	Structures	Structure type	remarks
Tawfiq abu Sbeitan	At Tur	25/1/2011	1	Barn (15 goats and a number of chickens and ducks)	An 8-member-family benefit from it
Ramadan Shabana	At tur	25/1/2011	1	10-m2-room used by him as a guard room	An 11-member-family benefit from it
Prophet Samuel students	Prophet Samuel	27/1/2011	1	Educational tent
Abdul Salam family	Al Shahabi square – Old City	9/1/2011	1	Two-storey-house	The Israeli Occupation Ministry of Antiques removed the iron pillars supporting the structure
Kamal family	Al Shahabi square – Old City	9/1/2011	1	residence
Maman Allah Cemetery	Maman Allah	19/1/2011	1	220 graves are about to be dug	The Israeli Magistrate Court rejected the Al Aqsa Institution appeal to stop the diggings in the cemetery
Total			7

Picture5: Ramadan Shabana standing in the endangered room

Picture6: Al Shahabi square

Plowing and Demolitions:

Table 5: plowed and bulldozed lands:

Victims	Date	Location	Structure type	Number of demolished structures	Area (dunum)	Number of trees	remarks
Al Huseini Family	9/1/2011	Al Sheikh Jarrah	Amin Al Huseini Palace – the shepherd Hotel	1	—	—	The first phase of the construction of 90 colonial units started with 20 units
Maher abu Sbeitan	10/1/2011	As Suwwana – At Tur	Barn	1	—	—	After the destruction of the barn, the Israeli EPA announced the area as its own with a sign saying so
‘Asem Idqeidek	10/1/2011	As Suwwana – At Tur	Farm and a residential shack	2	—	—	The farm is used as a horse farm
Abdul ‘Aziz al Khatib	10/1/2011	Hizma	Car wash, two garages, and a construction materials shop	4	—	—	Estimated loss: 200,000 NIS. More than 40 people benefit from the shops
Zyad Mustapha	18/1/2011	Shu’fat	Water well and a shack	2	—	—	The shack is used to raise goats
Muhyi ad Din Rasheed	18/1/2011	Al ‘Isawiyya	—	1	10	—	Agricultural fields + retaining walls
;Atiyya Hilala	18/1/2011	Al ‘Isawiyya	—	1	6	—	Agricultural fields + retaining walls
Hani al ‘Isawi, Zyad Mustapha, and others	18/1/2011	Al ‘Isawiyya	—	—	19	350	300 olive seedlings and 50 two years old ones
Digging a tunnel	24/1/2011	Silwan	—	—	—	—	A 600-meter long-tunnel connecting Silwan well with Al Buraq wall
Total				12	35	350

Destruction Scenes:

Picture 7: bulldozers leveling the palace

Picture 8: ‘Asem Idqeidek Structure

Picture 9: Basem’s demolished structure

Picture 10: a plate saying: no trespassing

Confiscation and Colonization:

Table 6: Confiscated Lands:

Date	Location	Area (dunum)	Objective	Victims	Perpetrators	remarks
January, 2011	Beir Ayyub –Silwan	45	Public interest	Beir Ayyub residents	Local Organization and Construction Committee, the Israeli Occupation Municipality	The order was signed by Nir Barakat, the Governor, and dated 3/8/2010 with objection period of two months, it was recently published
January, 2011	Lifta	455	Announcing public auction to sell lands for a new colonial plan	Lifta people	Israeli land agency	The colonial compound will be built over Lifta’s ruins
January, 2011	Beit Hanina	85	Connecting Begen 4 road with 20 road (connecting Pizgat Ze’ev with Neve Jacob)	Jaber, Ameen, Suleiman, Abu Zahriyya, Abu Libda families	The Israeli Ministry of local affairs	Plan 13456 is being carried out
January, 2011	Islamic Waqf	11.5	The Israeli Land dept. announced a colonial plan for the designated area		The Israeli Land Dept.	Claiming ownership of the land using phony documents
total		560.5

Seige and Blockades:

Table 7: violations occurred in Israeli checkpoints:

Location	Date	Violation	Perpetrators	victims
Checkpoint Shu’fat – ‘Anata	20/1/2011	Spraying them with gas and beating them badly; one of them was sent to hospital	Israeli troops	Maher ‘Alqam and two others
Shu’fat crossover	22,23/1/2011	The closure of the crossover rendered students unable to get to their schools	Israeli troops
Shu’fat crossover	28/1/2011	The closure of the crossover forced many Palestinians to use an alternative way, 15 km longer than the normal path. A number of Palestinians were arrested	Israeli troops	Incarcerated: Abdullah ‘Alqam, Karim Jarayes, Fadi abu Shkheidem, Zahir abu Hidwan. They were released the next day

Picture 11: Shu’fat crossover

Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC