[News] Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (05 – 11 July 2018)
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PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (05 – 11 July 2018)
July 12, 2018
*_Shooting:_*
Israeli forces continued to use lethal force against Palestinian
civilians, who participated in peaceful demonstrations organized within
the activities of the “Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege” in
the Gaza Strip, which witnessed for the 15^th week in a row peaceful
demonstrations along the eastern and northern Gaza Strip border area.
During the reporting period in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli forces killed
one Palestinian civilian. Moreover, the Israeli forces wounded 141
others, including 29 children, 12 women, a journalist and 5 paramedics.
Seven of those wounded sustained serious wounds. In the West Bank, the
Israeli forces wounded a Palestinian civilian in Nablus.
In the Gaza Strip, on 06 July 2018, Israeli forces killed Mohamed Abu
Halimah (22), from al-Shuja’iyah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, during
his participation in the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege
activities that were organized for the 15^th consecutive Friday.
Mohammed was hit with a live bullet to the chest, resulting in killing
him immediately.
During the reporting period, while using the excessive force against the
peaceful protesters along the Gaza Strip borders, the Israeli forces
wounded 141 Palestinian civilians, including 29 children, 12 women, 5
paramedics and a journalist. Seven of those wounded sustained serious
wounds.
*_Incursions:_*
During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted at least 65
military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 5
similar ones into Jerusalem and its suburbs. During those incursions,
Israeli forces arrested at least 59 Palestinians in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, 11 other civilians, including 6 children, were arrested in
Jerusalem and its suburbs. Among the arrestees was Wasfi ‘Ezzat Qabha
(59), Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs in the 10^th Palestinian
Government, who was arrested from his house in Jenin on 05 July 2018.
In the Gaza Strip, on 09 July 2018, the Israeli forces moved 100 meters
into eastern al-Buraij in the central Gaza Strip. They levelled lands
adjacent to the fence heading to the north to eastern al-Sheja’eyah
neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, before redeploying along the border
fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel.
On 11 July 2018, the Israeli forces carried out 2 limited incursions in
the southern and northern Gaza Strip. They leveled the lands and then
redeployed along the border fence.
*_Israeli Forces Continued their Measures to Create a Jewish Majority in
occupied East Jerusalem_*
As part of demolishing houses and civilian facilities, on 05 July 2018,
the Israeli municipality vehicles demolished 4 glasshouses nurseries, a
petrol station and a carwash in Hezmah village, northeast of East
Jerusalem under the pretext of building without a license. These
nurseries belonging to Malek al-Khatib, Mohammed ‘Afif, Hani ‘Asaker and
Samer Sewari; the petrol station belonging to Ghaleb Salah Eden and the
carwash belonging to Nader Salah Eden. The Israeli forces also leveled a
180-sqaure-meter land belonging to Nader Salah Eden.
As part of its projects, which aim at expelling the Palestinian Bedouin
from their Communities deployed in the eastern borders of occupied
Jerusalem and gathering them in one area in favor of implementing their
settlement projects in the area, the Israeli authorities set up caravans
in Palestinian civilians’ lands, east of Abu Dis village, east of
occupied Jerusalem, in order to displace the Bedouin residents to these
caravans. Hani Halabiyia, the Spokesperson of the Popular Resistance
Committees in Abu Dis village, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that the
Israeli authorities set 23 mobile houses in the abovementioned area.
On 11 July 2018, the Israeli vehicles the Israeli authorities
confiscated a mobile house “container” in Shu’fat village, north of East
Jerusalem under the pretext of building without a license. The container
included decks for workers in al-Qawasmi Cars’ Showroom.
*_Israeli Forces Continued their Measures to Create a Jewish Majority in
occupied East Jerusalem_*
On 05 July 2018, the Israeli forces confiscated a residential tent in Um
Nir area near Susiya village, south of Yatta, south of Hebron. The tent,
which was established about 3 weeks ago, was inhabited by Farid Jabour
(37) and his family comprised of his wife and 3 children. After the
Israeli forces confiscated the tent, Farid refused to leave the land,
and have been staying along with his family under the trees since then.
On the same day, Israeli forces dismantled pillars of a barrack built of
tin plates in Kherbit al-Mofaqarah area, east of Yatta. The
abovementioned barrack belongs to Qasem Mahmoud Hamamdah and was used
for grazing sheep. It should be noted that It should be noted that the
Israeli forces dismantled the tin plates 2 weeks ago and left the
pillars in the area.
On 11 July 2018, the Israeli forces confiscated 2 mobile houses in
Khelat al-Dabe’a area, east of Yatta, south of Hebron. The 2 houses were
built to accommodate 13 students from area, which lacks services. The
mobile houses were brought from al-Hathalin area after a school of
concrete was built there.
*As part of Settlement activities and attacks by settlers against
Palestinian civilians and property*
On 05 July 2018, Israeli settlers from /“Neve Daniel”/ settlement
established in Palestinian civilians’ lands, south of Bethlehem,
uprooted with an electric saw 350 grape trees from a plot of land
belonging to Islam ‘Ali Jaber Ghunaim. The land’s owner said that while
he was heading to his plot of land in Thaghrit Hammad area in al-Khadir
village, which is located near the abovementioned settlement, he was
surprised with uprooting the grape trees planted 5 years ago.
in the same context, on 06 July 2018, a group of Israeli settlers from
“Yitzhar” settlement established in /“Orif”/ village’s lands, south of
Nablus, attacked al-Marrah and al-Safafeer areas under the Israeli
forces’ protection. The settlers set fire to trees and damaged their
twigs. The number of trees, which were burnt and damaged, were 166,
including 141 olive trees, 22 almond trees, and 3 grapevines.
On 07 July 2018, a group of Israeli settler from /“Neve
Daniel”/ settlement established in Palestinian civilians’ lands, south
of Bethlehem, uprooted with an electric saw 250 grape trees from a plot
of land belonging to Hasan Isma’il ‘Esaa. Hasan said that he was waiting
for several days to harvest the grape trees, which crops was estimated
at 7 tons. As a result, Hasan’s family was deprived of the trees’
financial returns.
*_Use of Force against Demonstrations in Protest against the U.S.
President’s Decision to Recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel:_*
Continuing the demonstrations in protest against the U.S. President
Donald Trump’s declaration to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of
Israel and move the U.S. Embassy to it, Palestinian civilians organized
protests for the 15^th Friday against the decision throughout the West
Bank and Gaza Strip. They further organized peaceful demonstrations that
were launched on 30 March 2018, where ten thousands of civilians
participated on the 42^nd Anniversary of the Land Day in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip. The demonstrations were named as “The Great March of
Return and Breaking the Siege.” The demonstrations were as follows
during the reporting period:
*_Gaza Strip:_*
At approximately 16:00 on Friday 06 July 2018, thousands of civilians
swarmed to the Return encampments established by the Supreme National
Authority for the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege, east of
Malakah intersection, east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City
in the 15^th consecutive Friday. The activities included raising flags,
chanting national slogans, setting fire to tires and flying kites.
Though the demonstrations were fully peaceful, Israeli forces stationed
behind the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel deliberately
and randomly fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at
them. As a result, Mohammed Jamal ‘Elyan Abu Halimah (22), from
al-Shuja’iyah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, was hit with a live
bullet to the chest, causing his immediate death. Moreover, 62
civilians, including 10 children and 9 women, were hit with live bullets
and its shrapnel and tear gas canisters.
* Around the same time, hundreds of Palestinians swarmed to the Return
encampments, east of Khuza’ah village, east of Khan Younis in the
southern Gaza Strip to participate in the demonstrations organized
by Supreme National Authority for the Great March of Return and
Breaking Siege. The number of protestors increased at approximately
16:30, as the participants gathered inside the encampments yard and
organized a memorial service for Yasser Amjad Abu Naja (12), who was
killed by the Israeli forces on last Friday. Moreover, hundreds of
civilians gathered outside the camp’s yard, raised flags, chanted
national slogans and flew dozens of kites as dozens of them
approached the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel and
set fire. A number of them attempted to throw stones at Israeli
forces and remove the barbed wire fence established by those forces
on the Palestinian lands 30-50 meters away from the main border
fence. The Israeli forces stationed behind hills, sand barriers,
military vehicles and their vicinity sporadically opened fire and
fired tear gas canisters at the protestors and at the area behind
them. An Israeli drone also fired tear gas canisters amidst the
protestors and near the area where the ambulances were stationed,
250 meters away from the border fence. The shooting continued until
approximately 20:00. As a result, 27 civilians, including 4
children, 2 women and 2 paramedics, were hit with live bullets and
tear gas canisters. The wounded civilians were taken to the field
hospital and then transferred to Nasser, Gaza European and Algerian
Hospitals in Khan Younis.
* At approximately 16:30 on the same day, thousands of civilians
swarmed to the Return encampments established by the Supreme
National Authority for the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege,
400 meters away from the border fence between the Gaza Strip and
Israel, east of al-Buraij in the central Gaza Strip. Dozens of them
approached the border fence, set fire to tires and threw stones at
Israeli soldiers stationed behind the border fence. The soldiers
fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the
participants. The clashes continued until the evening hours. As a
result, 18 civilians, including 3 children, a paramedic and a
journalist, were wounded. Twelve of them were hit with live bullets
and its shrapnel and 6 were directly hit with tear gas canisters.
The wounded civilians were transferred via PRCS ambulances to
al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah. Doctors classified the injury of
3 civilians as serious. One of them immediately entered the surgery
room while the 2 others were transferred to al-Shifa Hospital in
Gaza City. The other civilians’ injuries were classified between
minor and moderate. The Israeli forces targeted the civilians’
gathering in camps and the field hospital belonging to the Ministry
of Health. As a result, a number of medical staffers and dozens of
civilians suffered tear gas inhalation. Some of them received
medical treatment on the spot while others were taken to al-Aqsa
Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
* At approximately 17:00, hundreds of Palestinian swarmed to the
Return encampments established by the Supreme National Authority for
the Great March of Return, east of Abu Safiyah Hill, northeast of
Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. The protestors raised
Palestinian flags, chanted national slogans and set fire to tires.
Dozens of them approached the border fence between the Gaza Strip
and Israel and threw stones at Israeli soldiers stationed behind the
border fence. The Israeli forces deliberately and randomly fired
live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at them. the clashes
continued until approximately 20:30 on the same day. As a result, 23
civilians, including 8 children and a paramedic, were wounded.
Seventeen of them were hit with live bullets and its shrapnel while
6 of them were hit with tear gas canisters. The wounded civilians
were transferred via PRCS ambulances, Medical Services, General
Union Committee and the Ministry of Health to the Indonesian and
al-Awda Hospitals. Doctors classified the injury of 2 civilians as
serious. The wounded paramedic was identified as Mahmoud Hasan Abu
‘Aitah (26), a volunteer at PRCS was hit with a tear gas canister to
the left leg.
* Around the same time, on the same Friday, thousands of Palestinian
protestors swarmed to the encampments established by the Supreme
National Authority for the Great March of Return, 300 meters away
from the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of
east of al-Shawkah village, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza
Strip. A number of them approached the border fence, flew kites, set
fire to tires and threw stones at Israeli soldiers stationed behind
sand barriers along the border fence. The soldiers fired live
bullets and tear gas canisters at them. The clashes continued until
approximately 20:00. As a result, 11 civilians, including 4
children, a woman and a paramedic, were wounded. Five of them were
hit with live bullets and its shrapnel and 6 others were directly
hit with tear gas canisters. The wounded civilians were taken to the
field hospital in the Return camp and then transferred to Abu Yusuf
al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah. Doctors classified the injury of 2
civilians as serious. The wounded paramedic was identified as ‘Ali
Mohammed al-‘Aloul (24).
*_West Bank:_*
* At approximately 11:00 on Saturday, 07 July 2018, dozens of
Palestinian civilians, and Israeli and international human rights
defenders organized a peaceful demonstration in al-Hamra area, east
of Bani Na’im village, east of Hebron, demanding the Israeli forces
to deport the settlers of the land belonging to D’ais family. The
20-dunum land, which is adjacent to “Bani Hefer” settlement, was
overtaken by the Israeli settlers since a month and half. The
protestors raised flags and chanted national slogans. An Israeli
force immediately arrived at the area and the soldiers surrounded
the protestors, prevented the media crews from covering the
incidents and then announced the area as military closed zone. After
verbal clashes, a number of the participants were arrested,
including Eyad Abdul Hafeth al-Hashlamun (28), a photographer at
Palestine TV Channel, and Bade’a Ismail al-Duwaik (45) and a number
of foreign and Israel activists. The arrestees were transferred to
an investigation center in /“Kiryat Arba”/ settlement, east of
Hebron. In the evening hours, the arrestees were released and the
Israeli forces prevented them from returning to the area for 15 days
while the foreigners were deported from the West Bank for 15 days.
*_Arresting Participants on Board of Breaking Siege Ship By Israeli
Gunboats_*
* At approximately 10:00 on Tuesday, 10 July 2018, the Supreme
National Authority for the Great March of Return and Breaking
Siege declared in a crowded festival established in Gaza Seaport,
west of Gaza City, the kicking off ” Freedom and Breaking Siege Ship
2″ as part of the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege
activities. This March was launched from the Gaza Strip on 30 March
2018 to challenge the Israeli closure imposed on the Gaza Strip and
to facilitate the travelling of patients, university students and
holders of residence visas in countries abroad. According to PCHR’s
fieldworker’s observations of the activities of kicking off the
ship, at approximately 11:30 on Tuesday, a ship, which was manned by
8 civilians, a ship, kicked off from Gaza Seaport to Cyprus. The
persons, who were on the ship board, were identified as: Mahmoud
Jehad Abu ‘Atayiah, Raied Khalil Diyab and Ayman Mohamed al-Louh (
all of them were wounded); ‘Aliyan Kamel al-Louh (hepatic patient);
Mohamed Ibrahim al-‘Arow and ‘Ali Hisham Abu ‘Atayiah ( Both of them
are students), and Khaled al-Hesi and his nephew Mohamed al-Hesi
(ship’s captain). The Israeli gunboats stationed offshore began to
approach the ship that was sailing within 6 nautical miles and
intercepted its way when it was sailing within 12 nautical miles
offshore. The connection with the participants on the shop was cut
off and they were arrested and taken to Ashdod Seaport in Israel. At
approximately 22:00, the Israeli forces released all the ship’s
passengers, except the captain, Khaled Mohamed al-Hesi, via Beit
Hanoun (Erez) Crossing, north of the Gaza Strip.
*_A Car Confiscated On Nablus-Ramallah Road_*
* At approximately 22:00 on Saturday, 07 July 2018, Israeli forces,
who established a checkpoint near ‘Oyoun Haramiyah area on
Nablus-Ramallah Road, confiscated a car for selling fruits belonging
to Suleiman Ahmed Nabhan Saqer (25), from ‘Asker Camp, east of
Nablus. Suleiman said to PCHR’s fieldworker that: “At approximately
16:30 on Saturday, 07 July 2018, my father and I were returning from
Ramallah to Nablus. I was surprised with a checkpoint established
near ‘Oyoun Haramiyah area, where a large number of vehicles were
parking and Israeli soldiers were checking the passengers’ IDs. I
was driving my car and carrying a fruit box. When I arrived at the
checkpoint, the soldiers ordered us to show our IDs in order to
check them. They then got my father out of the car and asked me to
park the car and then step out of it. They then put each of us on
different sides of the checkpoint. After an argument erupted between
my father and the soldiers, then put us together and informed us
that an officer will come and talk with us. At approximately 22:00
on the same day, an officer came and gave me a list of a confiscated
item, claiming that the car was bought by terrorist funds. After
that, we returned to our house by cars passing on the road.
*_House Demolitions and Notices:_*
* On Thursday, 05 July 2018, Israeli Municipality bulldozer
accompanied with military vehicles demolished 4
glasshouse nurseries, a petrol station, and a carwash in Tablas area
in Hizmah village, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, under the
pretext of non-licensing. One of the glasshouse nurseries owners,
Malek al-Khatib, said that the Israeli forces moved into the area
and then demolished 4 glasshouse nurseries belonging to Mohamed
‘Afeef, Hani ‘Askar and Samer Siwery. He added that the Israeli
forces demolished a petrol station belonging to Ghaleb Salah al-Deen
and a carwash belonging to Nader Salah al-Deen. He also said that
that the Israeli forces damaged a large number of seedling
,confiscated tools used for cleaning cars, and leveled a
180-square-meter plot of land belonging to Nader Salah al-Deen. He
pointed out that the Israeli forces deployed in the area while
conducting demolition, attacked civilians present in the area, and
prevented press staff from covering the demolition.
* In the framework of its projects, which aim at expelling the
Palestinian Bedouin from their Communities deployed in the eastern
borders of occupied Jerusalem and gathering them in one area in
favor of implementing their settlement projects in the area, the
Israeli authorities set up caravans in Palestinian civilians’ lands,
east of Abu Dis village, east of occupied Jerusalem, in order to
displace the Bedouin residents to these caravans.
Hani Halabiyia, the Spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committees
in Abu Dis village, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that, on Sunday, 08 July
2018, the Israeli Civil Administration staff accompanied with Israeli
trucks carrying caravans raided a plot of land belonging to Palestinian
civilians, east of Abu Dis village, east of occupied East Jerusalem
under the Israeli forces protection. The Israeli trucks then got the
caravans down into the area. This coincided with the Israeli forces’
declaration that the area in a closed military zone and surrounded it
with over dozens patrols in order to prevent Palestinian civilians from
approaching. He said that 10 caravans were put on the same day while 13
other were put next day on Monday, 09 July 2018. Halabiyia expected
that the displacing is not only for Khan al-Ahmer Community, but also
for Abu Nawwar Bedouin Community. It should be noted that on 04 July
2018, the Israeli forces demolished 10 mobile houses and 9 barracks used
for breeding livestock in Abu Nawwar Bedouin Community near
al-‘Izzariyia village, east of the city. As a result, around 60
civilians became homeless.
On 24 May 2018, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a decision that grants
the Israeli authorities the right to demolish the houses of Khan
al-Ahmar Bedouin Community and expelling them from their houses to what
so-called “Jerusalem Gate” in al-‘Izzariyia village, east of occupied
East Jerusalem. On 04 July 2018, the Israeli forces moved into Khan
al-Ahmar Community, cut wires and removed the gate leading to it as a
prelude to enter military vehicles that would demolish the community.
After that, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission filed a
petition to the Israeli Supreme Court by its lawyer. On 09 July 2018,
the commission was able to issue a precautionary order that prevents the
Israeli authorities from demolishing the community. The court gave the
Israeli authorities until 16 July 2018 to response the petition.
* On Wednesday, 11 July 2018, the Israeli authorities imposed a
partial curfew on Khan al-Ahmar Community residents and other human
rights activists, in solidarity with residents of al-Khan al-Ahmar
Bedouin Community, east of occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext
that this area is a closed military zone. Dawoud Jahaleen said that
the Israeli Civil Administration vehicles did not stop building
roads from the last week in Khan al-Ahmar Community and its
surrounding as a prelude to conduct the demolition. He added that
the Israeli forces daily imposed a full curfew on the residents from
08:00 to 16:00.
* At approximately 11:00 on Wednesday, 11 July 2018, Israeli
authorities confiscated a container from Shu’fat village, north of
occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of non-licensing. Ameer
al-Qemirey said that the Israeli Municipality staff along with the
Israeli forces raided al-Qawasmi car showroom in Shu’fat
neighborhood and confiscated a container, which includes desks for
the car showroom‘s workers. During last June, the Israeli vehicles
demolished 15 residential and commercial buildings in Jerusalem
while the Israeli Municipality forced 3 civilians to self-demolish
their facilities.
*_Settlement activities and attacks by settlers against Palestinian
civilians and property_*
*_ Israeli forces’ attacks_*
* At approximately 09:00 on Thursday, 05 July 2018, Israeli forces
backed up with 2 military vehicles and accompanied with 3 vehicles
of the Israeli Civil Administration and a mounted-crane truck moved
into Um Nir area near Sosiyia village, south of Yatta, south of
Hebron. The Israeli soldiers deployed in a plot of land belonging to
al-Jabour Family and confiscated a tent belonging to Fareed Ahmed
Za’al Jabour (37), under the pretext of non-licensing. It should be
noted that Fareed established the tent 3 weeks ago in a plot of land
and he was living in it with his wife and their 3 children. After
confiscating the tent, he refused to leave and lives with his family
under trees. It should be noted that the Israeli authorities
established a park years ago near Kherbit Um Nir and conducted an
archaeological excavation for some ancient Roman temples and
surrounded them with stone walls, where many tours are organized for
Israeli settlers.
* Following that, the Israeli forces headed to Kherbit al-Mofaqarah,
east of Yatta, where the Israeli Civil Administration Staff
dismantled pillars of a barrack built of tin plates and used for
breeding livestock. The abovementioned barrack belongs to Qasem
Mahmoud Hamamdah. It should be noted that the Israeli forces
dismantled the tin plates 2 weeks ago and left the pillars in the area.
* At approximately 09:30 on Tuesday, 10 July 2018, Israeli forces
accompanied with 2 military vehicles and a vehicle of the Israeli
Civil Administration moved into Khelet al-Farra area, west of Yatta,
south of Hebron. The Israeli Civil Administration officer handed
Fawzi Hammad Taim Abu Tabeikh 3 notices to stop construction works
in 3 houses and a livestock barn under the pretext of non-licensing.
The Israeli Civil Administration officer gave Fawzi 20 days to
change the legal status.
* At approximately 11:00 on Wednesday, 11 July 2018, Israeli forces
accompanied with military vehicles, a vehicle of the Israeli Civil
Administration, a bulldozer, and a mounted-crane truck moved into
Khelet al-Dabie’ area, east of Yatta, south of Hebron. The Israeli
forces deployed in the vicinity of a school, which was built a month
ago for 13 students from the village’s residents. The school is
comprised of 2 caravans brought from al-Hathaleen area. The Civil
Administration officers dismantled the caravans’ walls before
confiscating them while the bulldozer demolished the caravans’ floor
built with concrete.
*_ Israeli settlers’ attacks_*
* On Thursday, 05 July 2018, Israeli settlers from “/Neve Daniel/”
settlement established in Palestinian civilians’ lands, south of
Bethlehem, uprooted with an electric saw 350 grape trees from a plot
of land belonging to Islam ‘Ali Jaber Ghunaim. The land’s owner said
that while he was heading to his plot of land in Thaghrit Hammad
area in al-Khadir village, which is located near the abovementioned
settlement, he was surprised with uprooting the grape trees planted
5 years ago. He also said that the Israeli authorities established
before many months a Talmudic School, which includes dozens of
students. Islam pointed out that he submitted a complaint to the
Israeli authorities, which as usual respond slowly to the complaints
and without achieving any results.
* At approximately 15:00 on Friday, 06 July 2018, a group of Israeli
settlers from “/Yitzhar”/settlement established in ‘Oreef village’s
lands, south of Nablus, attacked al-Marrah and al-Safafeer areas
under the Israeli forces’ protection. The settlers set fire to trees
and damaged their twigs. Meanwhile, a group of the village residents
gathered and threw stones and empty bottles at them. The Israeli
forces fired tear gas canisters, sound bombs, and rubber-coated
metal bullets at them. As a result, a 22-year-old male was hit with
a rubber bullet to the head and was then taken to Rafidia Hospital
in Nablus to receive medical treatment. Doctors classified his
health condition as stable. The number of trees, which were burnt
and damaged, were 166, including 141 olive trees, 22 almond trees,
and 3 grapevines. The damages were as follows:
1. Forty olive trees, which belong to ‘Esam Najeh Shareef al-Safadi and
were planted 4 years ago, were damaged.
2. Sixty-two olive trees, which belong to Mohamed Ahmed Khalil Shehadah
and were planted 4 years ago, were burnt and damaged.
3. 7 olive trees, 9 almond trees and 3 grapevines, which belong to
Sameer Mohamed Mohamed Sawalmah and were planted 12 years ago, were
burnt.
4. 10 olive trees and 2 almond trees, which belong to Raied Mahmoud
Ahmed Sabbah and were planted 4 years ago, were damaged.
5. 10 olive trees and 4 almond trees, which belong to Najeh Abdullah
Dieb Shehadah, were damaged.
6. 12 olive trees, 6 almond trees and a pomegranate tree, which belong
to Shaher Abed al-Hafiz Khalil Shehadah, were burnt.
* On Saturday, 07 July 2018, a group of Israeli settler from “/Neve
Daniel/” settlement established in Palestinian civilians’ lands,
south of Bethlehem, uprooted with an electric saw 250 grape trees
from a plot of land belonging to Hasan Isma’il ‘Isaa. Hasan said
that on Saturday afternoon, he went to his plot of land in ‘Ain
al-‘Asafeer area in al-Khadir village and was surprised that Israeli
settlers cut around 250 grape trees from his land. He said that he
was waiting for several days to harvest the grape trees, which crops
was estimated at 7 tons. As a result, Hasan’s family was deprived of
the trees’ financial returns.
*Recommendations to the International Community*
PCHR warns of the escalating settlement construction in the West Bank,
the attempts to legitimize settlement outposts established on
Palestinian lands in the West Bank and the continued summary executions
of Palestinian civilians under the pretext that they pose a security
threat to the Israeli forces. PCHR reminds the international community
that thousands of Palestinian civilians have been rendered homeless and
lived in caravans under tragic circumstances due to the latest Israeli
offensive on the Gaza Strip that has been under a tight closure for
almost 11 years. PCHR welcomes the UN Security Council’s Resolution No.
2334, which states that settlements are a blatant violation of the
Geneva Conventions and calls upon Israel to stop them and not to
recognize any demographic change in the oPt since 1967. PCHR hopes this
resolution will pave the way for eliminating the settlement crime and
bring to justice those responsible for it. PCHR further reiterates that
the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are still
under Israeli occupation in spite of Israel’s unilateral disengagement
plan of 2005. PCHR emphasizes that there is international recognition
of Israel’s obligation to respect international human rights instruments
and international humanitarian law. Israel is bound to apply
international human rights law and the law of war, sometimes
reciprocally and other times in parallel, in a way that achieves the
best protection for civilians and remedy for the victims.
1. PCHR calls upon the international community to respect the Security
Council’s Resolution No. 2334 and to ensure that Israel respects it
as well, in particular point 5 which obliges Israel not to deal with
settlements as if they were part of Israel.
2. PCHR calls upon the ICC this year to open an investigation into
Israeli crimes committed in the oPt, particularly the settlement
crimes and the 2014 offensive on the Gaza Strip.
3. PCHR Calls upon the European Union (EU) and all international bodies
to boycott settlements and ban working and investing in them in
application of their obligations according to international human
rights law and international humanitarian law considering
settlements as a war crime.
4. PCHR calls upon the international community to use all available
means to allow the Palestinian people to enjoy their right to
self-determination through the establishment of the Palestinian
State, which was recognized by the UN General Assembly with a vast
majority, using all international legal mechanisms, including
sanctions to end the occupation of the State of Palestine.
5. PCHR calls upon the international community and United Nations to
take all necessary measures to stop Israeli policies aimed at
creating a Jewish demographic majority in Jerusalem and at voiding
Palestine from its original inhabitants through deportations and
house demolitions as a collective punishment, which violates
international humanitarian law, amounting to a crime against humanity.
6. PCHR calls upon the international community to condemn summary
executions carried out by Israeli forces against Palestinians and to
pressurize Israel to stop them.
7. PCHR calls upon the States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC to
work hard to hold Israeli war criminals accountable.
8. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva
Conventions to fulfill their obligations under article (1) of the
Convention to ensure respect for the Conventions under all
circumstances, and under articles (146) and (147) to search for and
prosecute those responsible for committing grave breaches of the
Geneva Conventions to ensure justice and remedy for Palestinian
victims, especially in light of the almost complete denial of
justice for them before the Israeli judiciary.
9. PCHR calls upon the international community to speed up the
reconstruction process necessary because of the destruction
inflicted by the Israeli offensive on Gaza.
10. PCHR calls for a prompt intervention to compel the Israeli
authorities to lift the closure that obstructs the freedom of
movement of goods and 1.8 million civilians that experience
unprecedented economic, social, political and cultural hardships due
to collective punishment policies and retaliatory action against
civilians.
11. PCHR calls upon the European Union to apply human rights standards
embedded in the EU-Israel Association Agreement and to respect its
obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights when
dealing with Israel.
12. PCHR calls upon the international community, especially states that
import Israeli weapons and military services, to meet their moral
and legal responsibility not to allow Israel to use the offensive in
Gaza to test new weapons and not accept training services based on
the field experience in Gaza in order to avoid turning Palestinian
civilians in Gaza into testing objects for Israeli weapons and
military tactics.
13. PCHR calls upon the parties to international human rights
instruments, especially the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), to pressurize Israel to comply
with its provisions in the oPt and to compel it to incorporate the
human rights situation in the oPt in its reports submitted to the
relevant committees.
14. PCHR calls upon the EU and international human rights bodies to
pressurize the Israeli forces to stop their attacks against
Palestinian fishermen and farmers, mainly in the border area.
/Fully detailed document available at the official webist for the
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)./
<http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=11043>
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