- Violation: Writing hatred inciting slogans and slashing car tires.
- Location: Deir Dibwan village / North east Ramallah.
- Date: February 3rd 2020.
- Perpetrator: Racist price tag gang.
- Victims: number of families from the village.
Description:
In the early morning hours of Monday February 3rd 2020 a group of colonists belong to the price tag gang raided As-Soba area in Deir Dibwan close to bypass 60 , and took advantage of the night quietness to write hatred inciting slogans on houses and slash car tires.
Noting that Deir Dibwan during the last two years witnessed five attacks of this kind , one of them targeted Al-Marah mosque; fanatic colonists tried to set it on fire in 2019.
Deir Dibwan village council head Mansour Masnour told LRC the following:
“We complained to the occupation police and the Israeli liaison office, they showed up at the location , took security cameras, and recorded testimonies , but nothing was done on the ground to stop these attacks from reoccurring.”
The following table shows more information about the damages:
|
Owner / victim |
losses |
|
Abdul Jawad Sarma |
Slashing tires of a Land Cruiser 2008 + writing hatred inciting slogans on the house |
|
Mahmoud ‘Awawdeh |
Slashing tires of a Fan 2014, Slashing tires of a Nissan Jeep 2010. |
|
Hamdi Sarma |
Slashing tires of a Hyundai Jeep 2016. |
|
Rabhi Sarma |
Slashing tires of a public bus 2012 + slashing tires of a Getz 2010 + Slashing the tires of a Nissan car 2010 + writing hatred inciting slogans on one of the busses. |
|
Njah Nassar |
Slashing the tires of a Ford 2010 + Slashing the tires of a Mazda 2006 + Slashing the tires of a Mitsubishi tender 2000+ slashing the tires of a Vacuum truck Volvo 2004 + writing hatred inciting slogans on house walls. |
|
Tawfeeq Sarma |
Slashing tires of a Mitsubishi 2006 |
|
Majeed Nassar |
Slashing tires of a Chevrolet 2004 |
|
Meri ‘Awawda |
Slashing tires of a Mitsubishi 2004 |
|
Majeed Nassar |
Slashing tires of a Chevrolet 2007 |
|
‘Abed ‘Uwais |
Slashing tires of a public bus Mercedes (2010) , in addition to tires of Mercedes vehicles 2012+2013+2015 |
|
‘Alaa Al-Hadsi |
Slashing tires of a Hyundai 20017 |
|
‘Omar Sarmeh |
Slashing tires of a Mazda 2004 |
|
Nazeeh Sarma |
Slashing tires of a Mazda 2006 |
|
Munther Sarma |
Slashing tires of a Peugeot 2018 + Peugeot 2014 |
|
‘Aqel ‘Awad |
Slashing tires of a Chevrolet 2010 |
|
Habas Sarma |
Slashing tires of a Honda 2006 + Mazda 2010 |
|
Maher Ghanam |
Writing hatred inciting slogans on house walls |
|
Mahmoud ‘Awawdeh |
Writing hatred inciting slogans on house walls |
|
total |
27 vehicles + 27 houses |
Sources : Firsthand field observation – Israeli Violations Monitoring Section – Land Research Centre , February 2020
One of the victims Najah Sarme told LRC the following:
“Fanatic colonists slashed all the tires of three private cars (each one of the tires costs 500 Shekels), in addition to tires of two trucks (each one of the tires costs 2000) . Noteworthy, these vehicles are used for transportation services, and provide jobs for many people.”
Photos 1- 4: Photos of Some of the targeted cars
About Deir Dibwan:
5 kilometer east Ramallah, Ramallah is surrounded by Ramon and Ein Yabrud (north), Beitin (west), Al-Nuwe’ma and Ein Dyuk Al-Fuqa (east) , Anatta, Mikhmas. Burqa from the south.
Deir Dibwan has a total population of 4169 people according to statistics conducted in 2017. It has a total area of 74,285 of which 1,789 dunums are a built-up area of the village. The occupation devoured (4121) dunums for the following purposes:
1: settlements confiscated 1346 dunums:
|
Settlement’s name |
Establishing year |
Area of confiscated land |
Number of settlers |
|
Kokhav Yaacov |
1984 |
51.4 |
3,918 |
|
Mitzpe Danny |
unavailable |
87.7 |
unavailable |
|
Neve Erez |
1981 |
1.114 |
980 |
|
Maale Mikhmas |
unavailable |
62.7 |
unavailable |
2: Bypass roads (458 and 457) devoured over (1,543) dunums.
3: Military camps devoured (1,232)dunums
According to Oslo conventions The areas are clarified in donums as following:
Area A (307) donums
AreaB (12,925) donums
Area C (61,052) donums .
