Violation: demolishing 22 structures, including 7 residents.
Location: Wadi al Maleh and Himsa, eastern Tubas.
Date: March 26, 2012.
Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Army.
Victims: 7 families (57 people including 33 children).
Preface:
A number of Israeli plans have been put in place to ethnically cleanse the Jordan Valley area and to serve future colonization projects; accordingly, the Israeli Occupation Army has been demolishing structures and evicting Palestinians since the occupation of the West Bank in 1967. The Jordan Valley has been one of the most targeted areas which clearly reflect the Israeli policies.
The lands in the Jordan Valley are being gradually overtaken by turning some into military zones, the spread of mine fields, constructing colonies, bypasses, and the segregation wall, and demolishing and capturing Palestinian properties.
Details:
On March 26, 2012, Israeli dozers broke into the Bedouin dwellings in the northern part of the Jordan Valley and commenced a large-scale demolition campaign. The campaign resulted in the destruction of 7 residences, 12 barns, and 3 kitchen rooms. In addition, 7 families were evicted as a result of the attack.
Table 1: victims:
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Victim
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Location
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Family members
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Children
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Damage
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Remarks
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picture
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Residence
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Shed
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others
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Abed Rabbo Bani Odeh
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Al Himma
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7
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3
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2
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3
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2
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Suffered previous demolitions
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|
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Mahmoud Araysha
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Al Himma
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11
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8
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1
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1
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1
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Suffered previous demolitions
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|
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Majed Darghma
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Al Himma
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9
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5
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2
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1
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0
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Suffered previous demolitions
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|
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Naji Dabak
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Al Himma
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9
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6
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2
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Bee hive
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0
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Suffered previous demolitions
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|
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Ali abu Muhsen
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Al Farisiyya
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3
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1
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0
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2
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0
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Suffered previous demolitions
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|
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Husein Muhsen
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Al Farisiyya
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10
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6
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0
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2
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0
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Suffered previous demolitions
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|
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Suleiman Bsharat
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Himsa
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8
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4
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0
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2
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0
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Suffered previous demolitions
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|
|
|
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57
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33
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7
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12
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3
|
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Source: field Research – Israeli violations of Human Rights Monitoring Unit – Land Research Center
It must be noted that the Israeli Authorities intends to ‘cleanse’ the Jordan Valley area by deporting Palestinians in an attempt to imbalance the area demographically. Throughout the years, several Palestinian communities were fully or partially evicted from their dwellings to serves the colonial expansion projects in the area..
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
The Land Research Center
LRC
