A-Tuwani: Settlers and the army mistreat the local people

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Observers: 
Muhammad (driver, photography), Daphna (reporting Translation: Naomi Halsted
Oct-10-2024
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Morning

Meitar checkpoint: Almost completely deserted. A few trucks enter the checkpoint and there is very little traffic on the road.

It’s the period of Jewish holidays so the Palestinians are under curfew. People leaving and entering the villages are also being inspected. At the entrances, mainly in the morning and afternoon, soldiers/settlers stop cars, confiscate and break things, and disappear with the car keys for a few hours. That’s the daily practice.

 

We came to see Nasser from at-Tuwani. This is the list of abuses they have recently been subjected to:

In the first picture, a teacher who came by car to pick up his wife, is stopped at the entrance to at-Tuwani. They broke it and gave him a flat tire. He came to us for a meeting. A neighbor told us that he began to burn his garbage because they hardly ever collect it. The military security coordinator from Havat Maon saw what he was doing and called the army. Burning is forbidden. Why? Because it is!

 

Beside the school in the village, there’s a storage room that was being tidied up and renovated. It’s legal! The settlers photographed the activity and called the army. The army came and arrested three of the workers. They bound them and blindfolded them and took them to their base in Susiya. It was night when they came home.

 

Two weeks later, same story. The settlers once again stop the workers and confiscate equipment. When the officer is asked why, after all the Palestinians haven’t broken the law, he replies “It’s my job!” Is it? They were released, once again without their equipment. They were given a document confirming that the equipment taken will be returned later. The soldiers don’t usually get involved, but the officer is evidently a settler.

 

About a week ago, in the middle of the day, five donkeys were stolen from the village. Young men from the village went after them, but the army stopped them and told them they would make sure that the donkeys were returned to them. The young men returned to the village. They don’t want trouble. Until now the donkeys haven’t been returned. Until now, the donkeys are at Havat Maon.

 

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