Violation: demolishing 3 agricultural shacks and 2 residential structures.
Location: wadi al Maleh, Al Farisiyya, and al Himma, Northern Jordan Valley.
Date: October 6, 2011.
Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Army.
Victims: 5 Palestinian families (45 people including 22 children).
Details:
At 07:00 on October 6, 2011, 2 Israeli dozers accompanied by 7 army vehicles broke into Al Farisiyya. The dozers, without any warning, demolished Khayri abu Muhsen residence as well as Kamel Dababat agricultural shack.
Picture 1-3: demolitions in al Farisiyya
Soon afterward, the Israeli force moved to al Himma village to the east; the dozers leveled 2 agricultural shacks that were a donation from the FAO.The shacks were the property of Ghaleb Ibrahim and Mahmoud Ayyub.Subsequently, they moved west to ‘Hammamat al Maleh’ area where they demolished a residential tent; property of Khalil Zawahra.
Picture 4-6: demolitions in Al Maleh and al Himma.
The Israelis justified the operation by claiming that the structures were built in border areas were construction is prohibited.
Table 1: demolished structures:
|
Victim
|
Structures
|
Family members
|
Children
|
Damage
|
Remarks
|
|
Khairy Abu Mehsen
|
1
|
8
|
4
|
Residence and kitchen
|
Lost a house to demolition earlier
|
|
Kamel Dababt
|
1
|
13
|
7
|
Agricultural shack
|
|
|
Ghaleb Ahmad
|
1
|
9
|
5
|
Agricultural shack, donation of FAO
|
Lost a house to demolition earlier
|
|
Mahmoud Ayyub
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
Agricultural shack, donation of FAO
|
Lost a house to demolition earlier
|
|
Khalil Zawahra
|
1
|
10
|
4
|
Residence and a kitchen
|
Lost a house to demolition earlier
|
|
|
5
|
45
|
22
|
|
|
It must be noted that the Israeli Government conducted large-scale demolition campaigns that targeted 90 demolitions in the Northern Jordan Valley area; rendering 107 people, including 52 children, homeless.In addition, the Israeli Occupation Authorities issued 112 demolition and eviction orders since the beginning of 2010.The Israeli orders spared neither an educational nor a religious institute.
Recently, the Israelis issued a number of orders in Al Aqaba targeting a mosque, a clinic, a kindergarten, and a school.The Israeli Authorities have also dismantled entire communities in an attempt to create a demographic gap to smooth the progress of the Israeli colonial plans.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
The Land Research Center
LRC
