Sha'b al Butum - 70 dunams have been eaten by the sheep of the settlers
We went again to Sha‘b al Butum to find out how they are doing and also to photograph the children to whom Galia Oz spoke and the child whom she chose for her article.
The father of the family, Ishak Jabarin, told us that about 70 dunams of wheat and barley had been eaten by the sheep of the Mitzpe Yair settlers. Fortunately, he has enough from other areas to feed both man and beast.
Now they are harvesting (by hand, by the way) in plots far from the settlements, so it is relatively quiet for them. But he knows that when they get closer, conflicts are to be expected.
At At-Tuwani Nasser Adara tells us that they are continuing their struggle to pave the road.
On Friday they wanted to hold a demonstration, but cancelled because of the weather.
But they worked for about two hours until they were stopped again by a man named Saleh from the DCO. According to him they need to get permission from the Palestinian Authority and then they will be able to develop the whole road.
Nasser stopped the work and contacted the PA and will wait a week or two. Then, if nothing happens they will return to work on the remaining 1.5 km.
Mesafer Yatta
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This is happening in Fire Area 918 in the South Hebron Hills
On the eve of Remembrance Day (the day before Israel Independence Day), 4th May, 2022, the Israeli High Court decided on the transfer and expulsion of residents from 8 Palestinian communities in the area of Masafar Yata in the South Hebron Hills. Residents of the villages have been living under the threat of demolition, evacuation and expropriation since the IDF issued evacuation orders in 1999 based on the 1980s proclamation of their area of residence as a firing zone for IDF drills. None of the nearby settlements were included in this zone. The Masafer Yata Palestinian villages retain a special lifestyle and ancient agricultural culture. They also posess a clear historical documentation that testifies to a Palestinian settlement in this area, generations before the establishment of Israel, long ago in the caves and at later times outside them.
Evacuating residents from the area means destroying these historic villages and leaving entire families (about 2,000 people, children, adults, and the elderly) homeless. This is contrary to international law.
In June 2022, a firing drill started, and life became harder.
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