Violation: uprooting a number of grape trees for opening a road leading to Hanania colony.
Location: Ein Qisis in al Khader – Bethlehem.
Date: July 23, 2012.
Perpetrators: colonists of Hanania.
Victim: Ibrahim Sbeih.
Details:
On July 23, 2012, Israeli colonists uprooted over 50 grape trees to clear the way for opening a road leading to Hanania colony. The owner filed an official complaint against the colonists and assigned a lawyer to defend his case; he also presented all the documents needed to prove his ownership of the targeted plot.
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Picture 1-2: the official complaint
Al Khader:
Al Khader is located 5 km to the west of Bethlehem city; it is connected by a road to the main road, Jerusalem – Hebron road which connects it to the surrounding cities.
It is administered by a local council and is named after Saint George (Al Khader in Arabic). The village holds within a football stadium, a donation of the Portuguese Government; the work in the stadium started in 2000 through Bethlehem 2000 project, however, the construction stopped for a long time because of the second Intifada (uprising) events considering the location of the stadium near by-pass road (60). It was opened in 2007.
Area and Location:
Al Khader is 20100 dunums in area including 800 dunums of built-up area.
Previous violations:
The Israelis conquered 218 dunums of the village in 1948 and are trying to capture the rest of Al Khader fertile lands using the segregation wall. The Israeli authorities confiscated huge parts of Al Khader lands to construct Ezyon colony in 1967(4500 dunums in area inhabited by 461 colonists) and Daniel in 1983 (200 dunums in area).
