Violation: establishing new colonial neighborhood
Location: Qalqiliya governorate
Date: November 03, 2017
Perpetrators: Israeli Occupation Forces
Victims: owners of lands
Details:
According to Israeli media resources, Israeli Occupation Forces have identified the locations of 2200 landmines to be removed in favor of establishing new colonial neighborhood that accommodates 1200 residential units in Karnei Shamron colony.
Israeli Occupation Forces contracted with a private company to dismantle the landmines, which are planted in lands relative to Jeinsafout and Kfar Laqif that were confiscated in 1967 and later declared as "closed military zones".
Fifty years later, the occupation authorities intend to dismantle the landmines in preparation to transfer the lands for colonial expansion interest.
Photos 1-2: Karnei Shomron
About Karni Shomron1:
The colony was established in 1978 with a total land area of 7339 dunums including 1351 dunums of built-up area. It is inhabited by 6170 colonists (2004).
It should be marked that this colony is given much attention from Israel’s governments since it is the linking point with colonies and outposts of the nearby in addition for it accommodating a religious school and a synagogue.
The colony is regarded as a developmental area due to the services it got and privileges provided to it. Thus the occupation’s government works hard to expand this colony.
Land Research Center sees Israel continuous expansion on colonies in the West Bank and Jerusalem at the expense of Palestinian and lands a flagrant violation of Human Rights and all international laws and conventions, which prohibit disposition of public properties in occupied countries.
UN Security Council resolutions in regard to Israeli colonies:
UN Security Council resolution 446, article 3 " Calls once more upon Israel, as the occupying Power, to abide scrupulously by the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, to rescind its previous measures and to desist from taking any action which would result in changing the legal status and geographical nature and materially affecting the demographic composition of the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and, in particular, not to transfer parts of its own civilian population into the occupied Arab territories;"
- Un Security Council resolution 452, article 3"Calls upon the Government and people of Israel to cease, on an urgent basis, the establishment, construction and planning of settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem;"
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Un Security Council resolution 465, Strongly deplores the continuation and persistence of Israel in pursuing those policies and practices and calls upon the Government and people of Israel to rescind those measures, to dismantle the existing settlements and in particular to cease, on an urgent basis, the establishment, construction and planning of settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem;
Calls upon all States not to provide Israel with any assistance to be used specifically in connexion with settlements in the occupied territories;
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