Bruqin, Kufr alDik, Wed 12.6.13, Morning
Translation: Suzanne O.
On the way, before Brokin Junction, there was a long queue of cars reaching up to Ariel Junction. It wasn't clear whether this was a roadblock or an accident. We weren't able to find out before we branched off.
A little before 10:00 a.m., we reached Chanan's club in Kafr A-Dik. A quite large group of women and children awaited us, ready for the activities. There were a lot of children because they had already broken up from school for the summer.
We had brought coloured paper, crayons, paint and stickers. Ruti asked them to close their eyes and imagine their hopes. Then she asked them to draw their dreams. The children co-operated and appeared to enjoy the activity very much.
We worked with the women on a variety of handicrafts.
We left at about 12:30 p.m., and drove via Brokin this time. From the road which winds through the village (parallel to the main road) it is easier to see the Bruchin settlement all along the ridge and to the north. At the northern exit from Bruchin (on the Ariel side) there was a snap roadblock. An IDF jeep was parked at the side of the road and three armed soldiers stood beside it. They stopped two Palestinian vehicles and allowed us to pass without being checked.
Bruqin
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Bruqin is a village of about 4,000 residents in Salfit County. 600 dunams of the village's land were expropriated in 1984 for the establishment of the Barkan industrial zone. Small sewage treatment plant This area is regularly flooded. The sewage flows into Baruchin and pollutes the streets of the village. In 1999, the Bruchin settlement was established. The barrier of separation and harassment Settlers keep the villagers away from 30% of their lands (about 4,000 dunams). About half of the village lands are in Area C, on which Israel prevents construction.
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Kufr a-Dik
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Kufr a-Dik This is a Palestinian village in the Salfit district of the West Bank, located 8 kilometers east of the Green Line. The village population numbers 4,494 (as of 2007). 14.5% of the village were included in Area B (supposedly under Palestinian civil control) and 86% categorized as Area C – meaning both civil and military Israeli control, which severely affects the state of the village and its inhabitants. Over the years Israel has robbed 1,448 dunams from the village’s farmlands for the sake of building the settler-colonies of Penuel, Alei Zahav, Yoezer, Har Alei Zahav, and the industrial zone next to Penuel. Lands were also sequestered for the paving of Road 446 whose length stretches over 4 kilometers and includes a buffer zone 75-meters wide on both its sides. Following the paving of the road, the village has suffered not only landgrab but home demolitions and the destruction of water wells as well. Rates of unemployment in both the private and the public sectors reach 60%. In the years 2010-2013 creative activity was held by members of MachsomWatch and women of the village. For further information: http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/pdfs/vprofile/Kafr%20ad%20Dik_tp_en.pdf
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