Jewish settlers continue their attacks on Palestinian properties

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During the week, Jewish settlers set fire to agricultural lands in
Turmusaya, village in Ramallah district, and Burin and Awarta villages in
Nablus district destroying 400 almond and olive trees. Furthermore, they
attacked firemen in Burin as they were trying to extinguish the fire.

Date : 5/8/2011
Israeli warplanes attack poultry farms in Gaza

GS - Israeli warplanes have targeted 3 poultry farms, 2 of them were
empty, located to the east of Dair Al Balah, considered at the center of
Gaza. The two empty farms were completely destroyed while the third one was partially destroyed resulting the loss of 500 chickens.
In the same day, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at houses and
agricultural land in Al Dhenia and Al Shokeh villages, east of Rafah in the
southern Gaza Strip.
According to witnesses, IOF has set fire at Palestinian houses adjacent to
borders as well as they targeted Palestinian farmers working on their land at random in surprise attack which pushed Palestinian farmers to leave their farm land in searching on safety.

Date : 6/8/2011
Israeli forces open fire on Southern Gaza Strip

GS - Israeli soldiers stationed on observation towers around Karem Abu
Salem crossing, in the east of Rafah city, opened fire at civilians’ houses
and agricultural lands in the areas of Aldhena and Asshoka.
According to witnesses, Israeli military towers built on the Palestinian
territories started shooting at Palestinian houses close to the borders and also at farmers who were working in their fields without injuries reported.
Witnesses added that many Palestinian farmers were forced to leave their fields in order not to be hurt by Israeli intensive fire.
Israeli forces used to cross its borders with the besieged Gaza Strip and
conduct provocative actions that risk the lives of hundreds of Palestinians
who have lived in that region.

Date : 8/8/2011
Israeli bulldozers raze 190 dunums near Hebron

WB – Israeli occupation bulldozers started Monday razing operations to
190 dunums of agricultural lands and confiscated irrigation networks and
farming equipments in Al Baqa Al Sharqiya area to the east of Hebron.
Ata Jaber, a Palestinian farmer said that Israeli forces escorted by the so
called Israeli administration, border guards, and Israeli police razed 190
dunums of Al Baqa Al Sharqiya planted with vegetables causing great
financial losses.
He added that Israeli authorities bulldozed those lands for the second time
in a row for the purpose of expanding the two settlements of Kiryat Arba’
and Kharsina after forcing Palestinians ton evict the area.
Jabber noted that Israeli authorities handed a demolition order to a
Palestinian farmer to demolish a pool used to irrigate his fields.
It’s worth mentioning that Al Baqa area is one of the most fertile lands in
Hebron that support several Palestinian families in their livelihood.

Date : 11/8/2011
Israeli’s water war continues on the Jordan Valley

WB - Israeli occupation forces served a notice to a Palestinian farmer in
Nuwaima village, Jericho district, that his water well would be razed
under pretext that it was built without permit in area “C” of the West
Bank.
Local sources charged that the notice fell in line with the Israeli occupation
authorities’ war against the Palestinian’s water resources in the West Bank
in general and in Jericho in particular.
They said that the Israeli occupation authorities seek to turn the
Palestinian land into land not fit for cultivation and thus force its owners
to desert it.
Zuhair Manasra, the head of the society of palm growers in Jericho,
refused the Israeli occupation authority claim that the water well was
located in area “C”, adding that it was located in area “A”.
Mr. Manasra also said that the Israeli occupation authorities’ decision
would lead to the death of palm trees in the entire area, noting that it
contains 4000 trees.
The Israeli occupation authorities seek to redirect all water resources in the
Jordan Valley to serve 30 Jewish settlements there inhabited by 9500
settlers who consume double the consumption of the entire Palestinian
population in the West Bank.

Date : 16/8/2011
Settlers torch dozens of dunums near Homesh former settlement in
Nablus

WB - Group of armed Israeli settlers torched on Tuesday evening dozens
of dunums of farmlands near the Homesh former settlement, north Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Ghassan Douglas, a Palestinian official in charge of settlements file in the
northern part of the West Bank, stated that the settlers set ablaze all tree planted around the evacuated settlement and that the fire consumed hundreds of almond trees and evergreens.
He added that the trees belong to local Palestinian residents, and that the attack was carried out just as the residents were preparing to break their fast as the Muslims are making the holy month of Ramadan.

Date : 21/8/2011
Settlers uproot 80 olive seedlings near Nablus

WB – settlers from the illegal settlement of Eish Kodash uprooted 80 newly planted olive seedlings in the south of Al Masara village, southeast of the northern west bank city of Nablus.
Gassan Duglos, a Palestinian official in charge of settlements’ file in the
northern part of the West Bank, said that Jewish settlers invaded the
village and started uprooting 80 olive seedlings planted by local families.
Doglus added that Palestinian citizens shocked Sunday morning when
they saw the trees destroyed.
Residents appealed all human rights institution to intervene to stop Israeli recent escalation against their properties.