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<h1 class="reader-title">PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human
Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (05 –
11 July 2018)<br>
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<p><strong><u>Shooting:</u></strong></p>
<p>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<sup>th</sup> 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.</p>
<p>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<sup>th</sup> consecutive
Friday. Mohammed was hit with a live bullet to the
chest, resulting in killing him immediately.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong><u>Incursions:</u></strong></p>
<p>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<sup>th</sup>Palestinian
Government, who was arrested from his house in Jenin on
05 July 2018.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong><u>Israeli Forces Continued their Measures to
Create a Jewish Majority in occupied East Jerusalem</u></strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong><u>Israeli Forces Continued their Measures to
Create a Jewish Majority in occupied East Jerusalem</u></strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>As part of Settlement activities and attacks by
settlers against Palestinian civilians and property</strong></p>
<p>On 05 July 2018, Israeli settlers from <em>“Neve
Daniel”</em> 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.</p>
<p>in the same context, on 06 July 2018, a group of
Israeli settlers from “Yitzhar” settlement established
in <em>“Orif”</em> 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.</p>
<p>On 07 July 2018, a group of Israeli settler from <em>“Neve
Daniel”</em> 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.</p>
<p><strong><u>Use of Force against Demonstrations in
Protest against the U.S. President’s Decision to
Recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel:</u></strong></p>
<p>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<sup>th</sup> 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<sup>nd</sup>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:</p>
<p><strong><u>Gaza Strip:</u></strong></p>
<p>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<sup>th</sup> 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.</p>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>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).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><u>West Bank:</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>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 <em>“Kiryat Arba”</em> 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.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><u>Arresting Participants on Board of Breaking
Siege Ship By Israeli Gunboats</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><u>A Car Confiscated On Nablus-Ramallah Road</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><u>House Demolitions and Notices:</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><u>Settlement activities and attacks by
settlers against Palestinian civilians and property</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u> Israeli forces’ attacks</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><u> Israeli settlers’ attacks</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>On Thursday, 05 July 2018, Israeli settlers from “<em>Neve
Daniel</em>” 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.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 15:00 on Friday, 06 July 2018, a
group of Israeli settlers from “<em>Yitzhar”</em>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:</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li>Forty olive trees, which belong to ‘Esam Najeh
Shareef al-Safadi and were planted 4 years ago, were
damaged.</li>
<li>Sixty-two olive trees, which belong to Mohamed Ahmed
Khalil Shehadah and were planted 4 years ago, were
burnt and damaged.</li>
<li>7 olive trees, 9 almond trees and 3 grapevines,
which belong to Sameer Mohamed Mohamed Sawalmah and
were planted 12 years ago, were burnt.</li>
<li>10 olive trees and 2 almond trees, which belong to
Raied Mahmoud Ahmed Sabbah and were planted 4 years
ago, were damaged.</li>
<li>10 olive trees and 4 almond trees, which belong to
Najeh Abdullah Dieb Shehadah, were damaged.</li>
<li>12 olive trees, 6 almond trees and a pomegranate
tree, which belong to Shaher Abed al-Hafiz Khalil
Shehadah, were burnt.</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>On Saturday, 07 July 2018, a group of Israeli
settler from “<em>Neve Daniel</em>” 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.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Recommendations to the International Community</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<ol>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the international community to
condemn summary executions carried out by Israeli
forces against Palestinians and to pressurize Israel
to stop them.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the States Parties to the Rome
Statute of the ICC to work hard to hold Israeli war
criminals accountable.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the international community to speed
up the reconstruction process necessary because of the
destruction inflicted by the Israeli offensive on
Gaza.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
</ol>
<p><a href="http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=11043"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Fully detailed
document available at the official webist for the
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR).</em></a></p>
<p><em><strong>Search IMEMC: <a
href="http://imemc.org/?s=pchr" target="_blank"
rel="noopener">“PCHR”</a></strong></em></p>
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