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Khirbat Tana: Settlers drove out the shepherds along with the herds at midnight

Place: Beit Furik checkpoint
Tags: Deportation Swords of Iron War
Observers: Fathiya Akfa (phone report by Munir)
Nov-09-2023
| Morning

Yesterday, Wednesday, at midnight, settlers accompanied by soldiers and Kobi, the current military security coordinator, known to the Palestinians, went down to Khirbet Tana, east to Beit Furik.

The people there live in caves. They make a living by raising animals: herds of sheep, cattle and goats.

The settlers drove them out with their herds in the middle of the night to Beit Furik.

Khirbet Tana is 6 km from Beit Furik and the road there is very narrow – less than two meters wide. On one side is a wadi and on the other side there are mountains.

I was there a few years ago and saw how they live.

 

  • Beit Furik checkpoint

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    • One of the three internal checkpoints that closed on the city of Nablus - Beit Furik to the east, Hawara to the south, Beit Iba to the west. The checkpoint is located at the junction of Roads 557 (an apartheid road that was forbidden for Palestinians), leading to the Itamar and Alon Morea settlements and Road 5487. The checkpoint was established in 2001 for pedestrians and vehicles; The opening hours were short and the transition was slow and very problematic.
      Allegedly, the checkpoint is intended to monitor the movement to and from Nablus of the residents of Beit Furik and Beit Dajan, being the only opening outside their villages. Since May 2009 the checkpoint is open 24 hours a day, the military presence is limited, vehicles can pass through it without inspections, except for random inspections. (Updated April 2010)
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