The village of Ad Dik, Bruqin, Haris, Kif’l Haret’, Zeita, 5.6.13, Afternoon, E.
3 jeeps and a number of soldiers stand with aimed rifles in the middle of the village of Ad Dik at 10 in the morning. Some minutes after they saw us they got back on to the jeeps and disappeared. We had no time to film this.
09.30On the way to Bruqin and the village Ad Dik an armed army vehicle with antennas drove in front of us. The presence of the army in the village is a daily occurrence. In the club house 15 women were already waiting for us with pleasant faces and eager to get to work.
Ronit, Tammie and I were getting to go on our way when we were told that there was trouble in the village. We went to the centre of the village and at the tree next to the municipality building 12 soldiers were standing in a circle with pointed rifles. We went up to them and asked what they were doing there. They did not reply, got into the cars and disappeared. (Maybe just another routine way of causing fear?). Some villagers stood there, amongst them the head of the village. They seemed calm and said there were no problems.
10.30Kif'l Haret'. Most of the shops were closed. At the grave of Caleb ben Yefune rubbish was being removed, the domes were being painted and a lock was put on the
women’s section. The area of the graves is neglected. We went to our favorite clothing shop. They told us that the children were already on vacation which would continue till the end of August. 3 months without any social or educational program.
11.15 Zeita.We came to a meeting in the house of the organizer and another 3 women. We wished to make a program together for activities with the children in the vacation period. We decided to organize English lessons for girls and boys and to try to engage someone who would organize games and activities for the younger children. (We will be happy to have volunteers with suggestions).
12.30We went back to the village of Ad Dik to pick up Suzie and Ruthie at the women’s club. Today also there had been satisfactory results and as always the atmosphere had been pleasant.
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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Kifl Harith
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Kifl Harith
This is a Palestinian located north-west of the settler-colony town of Ariel, 18 kilometers south of the city of Nablus. It numbers 3, 206 inhabitants, as of 2007. 42% of the village lands lie in Area B, and 58% in Area C. In 1978, some hundreds of dunams of the village’s farmland was sequestered in order to found the settler-colony of Ariel – in total 5,184 dunams from the Palestinian communities of Salfit, Iscaqa, Marda, and Kifl Harith. Dozens of square kilometers were also confiscated for paving road no. 5 as well as road 505 and their buffer zones, and the Israeli electricity company’s power station. Over the years the village has suffered harassment by sometimes-armed settler-colonists, even casualties. In 1968 the army’s rabbinate ruled the maqam site Nabi Yanoun (sanctified grave of the Prophet Yanoun) is in fact the tomb of Joshua, Son of Nun. Another structure in the village, named Nabi Tul Kifl by the Palestinians, has been identified by the Israeli authorities as to the tomb of Caleb, Son of Yefuneh. These sites are located in the heart of the village, near the mosque, and at times of Jewish religious festivities and pilgrimages, the center of the village is illuminated by projectors and thousands of Jews arrive, protected by hundreds of Israeli soldiers. During such a period, a night curfew is imposed on the village and the villagers are forced to stay shut inside their homes.
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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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Zeta South (564)
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Zeta South (564) Agricultural checkpoint. Allows passage to farmers whose lands have been imprisoned beyond the Separation Barrier. The crossing is allowed for special permit holders, for three days a week: noon and afternoon for 15 minutes at a time. The Palestinians who need to pass are complaining about the short times and the few days they can work on their land.
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