Burin - soldiers fail in trying to drive Palestinians from their land
Report in Corona days
Today Doha sent a recording and pictures from yesterday.
Doha was on her land which is next to Huwwara, she, her husband and their son when soldiers came to them and asked them: “what are you doing here?”. They told them that they had come to spray the weeds and clean the area. The soldiers asked for IDs and when they gave them the IDs them told them to throw them on the ground and did not touch them. Doha d not remain silent and told them: “You are afraid of Corona. We don’t have any. Go to Yitzhar and Har Beracha, where there is Corona.”
The soldiers demanded that they leave and return home
They did not agree and said that they were on their land and not disturbing anyone. The soldiers walked around for a few minutes in the field. Then they told us that they would come back shortly and remove us with force if we do not leave. But they continued to work and the soldiers left and did not return.
Burin (Yitzhar)
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Burin (Yitzhar)
This is a Palestinian village in the Nablus governorate, a little south of Nablus, on the main road passing through the West Bank. The settlements: Yitzhar and Har Bracha, settled in locations that surrounded the village, placed fences so it is cut off the main road.
There are around 4000 inhabitants. Most of them are engaged in agriculture and pasture, although many graduates of the two secondary schools continue to study at the university. Academic positions are hardly available, they find work as builderd, or leave for the Gulf countries.
The village lands were appropriated several times for the establishment of Israeli settlements and military bases, and as a result, Burin's land and water resources dwindled. lSince 1982, more than 2,000 dunams of village land have been declared "state land" and then transferred to Har Bracha settlement.
Over the past few years and more so since 2017, the villagers have been terrorized by the residents of Yitzhar and Har Bracha, the Givat Ronen outpost and others. Despite the close proximity of soldiers to an IDF base close to one of the village's schools, residents are suffering from numerous stone-throwing events, vehicle and fire arson, also reported in the press.
In 2023, the prevention of the olive harvest in the village plot was more violent than ever. Soldiers and settlers walked with drawn weapons between the houses of the village and demanded that people stop harvesting in the village itself and in the private plots outside the village. The settlers from Yitzhar and Giv'at Roned raided the olive groves and stole crops. 300 olive trees belonging to the residents of Burin, near Yitzhar, were uprooted. The loss of livelihood from the olives causes long-term economic damage to the farmers' families, bringing them to the point of starvation.
(updated for November 2023)
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