Violation: closing a village's entrance
Location: Beitillu village–Ramallah
Date: July 22, 2017
Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Forces
Victims: residents of the village
Details:
At early hours of Sunday, July 22, 2017 a force from the Israeli occupation army set up a metal gate at the eastern entrance of Beitillu village as to impose a full closure on the area.
Reportedly, the closure had a negative impact on the area's inhabitants and others in the neighboring villages namely ( Deir Ammar, Al-Janyyeh, Ras Karkar and Jamala). As a result, movement got tightly restricted and human services got stumbled.
Israeli Occupation Authorities continue on utilizing the collective punishment against Palestinians everywhere, it affects economic growth and disconnects geographical unity amongst communities and cities.
It should be noted that Israel started the closure policy after the war of 1967.
Beitillu – an overview:
Beitillu is located 19 km to the north west of Ramallah and is considered the largest village in the region, area wise. It is edged by several Palestinian villages besides the armistice line to the west; the village also incubates a number of water springs. The village total area is 13419 dunums, including 5825 dunums used for irrigated farming and 2500 dunums of olive fields.
It is inhabited by around 4500 people; the youth rates are very high in the village. The village, with more than 2000 dunums of open fields suitable for cultivation, is reputable for its olive, prunes, fig, and citrus production.
Land Research Center sees that the policy of roads closures as a collective punishment to limit down Palestinians' movement.
International conventions and laws regarding freedom of movement which Israel unabatedly violates:
- Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person”.
- Article 5: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”.
- Article 9: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile”.
- Article 13: Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
- Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.”
- Article 9: “Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention. No one shall be deprived of his liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedure as are established by law.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
