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Corona Times Report: Deir al Ghusun

Place: Deir al-Ghusun CP (623)
Tags: Updates during Corona
Observers: Mickey F transfers a phone report. Tal H (translator)
Mar-30-2020
| Morning

B. of the village council says that the council house is open daily, but no one comes. There were two Corona virus-infected men who were quarantined immediately. People are getting by. There are no problems with the Israeli army or settler-colonists because the village is relatively isolated, and the army does not frequent it lately anyway.  People tend to follow instructions and stay indoors. There is no possibility of moving from village to village, only with special permission of the Palestinian Authority.

 

  • Deir al-Ghusun CP (623)

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    • Deir al-Ghusun  CP (623) and 'Atil (609) Here these ‘gates’  agricultural checkpoints - are open all year round, 3 times a day,  so the village farmers cross them to reach their 2,200 dunams that were separated by the Separation Fence and left in the seam-zone. the Fence itself grabbed 300 more dunams of their land. Depending on opening times, the area’s farmers use these checkpoints alternately. The Israeli army has threatened with the closure of these checkpoints as collective punishment if any breaks of the fence or climbing over it were detected. The main complaints of the Palestinians here are about not being issued sufficient permits for farmworkers in spite of the large farmlands behind the fence. We have documented several cases of miserable conduct: a fire broke out in one of the storage areas, but firefighters were not allowed to reach it in time. another example: During olive harvest for a few days it is open for all day, but at the same time, they placed concrete blocks against vehicles, prevent basic agricultural work.
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