Violation: Construction work started in order to build a colonial road
Location: Wad Qana- Salfit governorate
Date: August 2013
Perpetrators: Israeli colonies council
Victims: People of Deiristiya
Details:
The Israeli occupation authorities embarked on building a new colonial road that is expected to be 2 km long and connect Immanuel colony with a bypass road. According to the blueprint, the new bypass road is expected to isolate no less than 500 agricultural dunums between Emanuel and the other bypass. The Israeli authorities -in synchronization with the start of building the road that destroyed no less than 100 olive trees-distributed orders to remove 100 olive trees in Wad Qana that belong to 30 farmers of Deiristiya under the pretext that their existence is a violation to the law of Israeli nature.
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There are seven colonies in Wad Qana:
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No.
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Colony
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Year of construction
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Built-up area
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Total area
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No. of colonists (2004)
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1
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Karne Shomron
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1978
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1351
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7339
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6170
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2
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Maale Shomron
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1980
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216
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1903
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549
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3
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Yakir
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1881
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342
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1364
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960
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4
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Immanuel
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1982
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328
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1909
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2585
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5
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Ginnot Shomron
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1985
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484
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6
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Nofim
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1989
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248
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331
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414
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7
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Oramin Nofim
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1991
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153
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Total
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3122
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1746
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10678
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*Source: Geographical Information System- Land Research Centre (LRC).
