Violation: cutting 112 olive trees.
Location: Eastern side of As Sawiya – Nablus.
Date: March 8, 2013.
Perpetrators: colonists of Rehalim.
Details:
On March 8, 2013, a group of radical colonists embarked on cutting 112 olive trees, aged 40 to 60, in Krom al Shamali area in the eastern side of the village. The targeted plots are 2 km away from the village built-up area. The colonists used axes and saws for cutting the trees.
Table 1: victims:
No. | Victim | Family members | Trees | Area (dunum) | remarks |
1 | Imad Arar | 6 | 36 | 2.5 | |
2 | Hamad Jazi | 8 | 57 | 6 | The second attack in less than 6 months |
3 | Mohammad Jazi | 5 | 19 | 1.5 | |
Total | 19 | 112 | 10 | ||
*source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Team – LRC
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Picture 1-5: scenes of the attack
Previous violations:
On November 7, 2012, a group of colonists sneaked into the northern side of As Sawiya, known as Kaffet al Wa’r, where they cut and uprooted 98 olive trees (aged 7-30) using saws and axes.
As Sawiya
It is located 20 km to the south of Nablus. It has a total area of 11380 dunums of which 340 dunums are included in the organizational plan. The organizational plan of the village consisted of 50 dunums before it was expanded in 1993; not any other expansion happened since which limited the village development. Around 3000 dunums of the village total area are planted with wheat, cotton, vegetables, and olives.
As Sawiya is targeted by the Israeli Occupation Army; so far, 65 structures have received military orders due to ‘unlicensed construction’. The village is inhabited by around 2500 people. 32 % of the village total area is subjected to colonial expansion as the village is surrounded by the Israeli colonies of Rehalim and Eli.
