Salfit district visit - Several villages received orders of various sizes of property seizure for the sake of "urgent security measures".

Place:

Bruqin

Iskaka

Kufr a-Dik

Tags:

Denying Palestinians access to their agricultural lands

Expropriation of Palestinian lands

Palestinian farmers

Passage Restrictions

Tours in villages in the West Bank

Observers:

Miki P., Karin L. (reporting and photography) trans. Judith Green

Nov-14-2019

Morning

Gate blocks road to the plantation

Photo:

Karin Lindner

Settlement Leshem, beyond the fence

Photo:

Karin Lindner

השפכים של ההתנחלויות בין המטעים של כפר א-דיכ

The wastewater of the settlements between the plantations of Kafr a-Dic

Photo:

Karin Lindner

Brukin map with the marking of "state lands"

Photo:

Karin Lindner

המפה של אזור קלקיליה עם סימון מקום התפיסה שנשלחה בטעות

Map of Qalqiliya area with marking of the wrongly sent expropriation

Photo:

Karin Lindner

Iskaka lands without access

Photo:

Karin Lindner

Location Description

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.

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

Iskaka

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Iskaka

A village of about 1,000 residents near Ariel. The land was expropriated for settler roads, a spring on their land became a mikvah and an area of 120 dunams was declared an archaeological site. No building permits are issued in the village. Water flow is not continuous. There is harassment during the olive harvest from Rachel's settlers. Two agricultural gates info-icon are available to the residents at limited dates and times.