Violation: colonists set wheat fields alight.
Date: June 19, 2012.
Perpetrators: colonists.
Victims: 3 Palestinian families.
Location: the southern and eastern parts of the village.
Details:
On June 10, 2012, a group of radical colonists broke into the eastern part of As Sawiya and set some wheat fields alight before moving to the southern parts and did the same. The Israeli Army interfered later and provided the colonists with protection while they fled.
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Picture 1: harvest in As Sawiya
The attack damaged around 1 dunum of the village lands. Table 1: inflicted damage:
Victim | Family members | Children | Scorched earth |
Miflih Zahran | 9 | 4 | 600 |
Zaheeda Zahran | 5 | 2 | 500 |
Ismael Suwwan | 7 | 5 | 800 |
total | 21 | 11 | 1900 |
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Picture 2: Miflih Zahran field
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Picture 3: the remains of Zaheeda’s field
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Picture 4: Ibrahim Suwwan plot
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 wheta, cotton, vegetables, and olives.
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Picture 5: As Sawiya
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.
