Following the demolitions and evictions in East Jerusalem and the Jordan
Valley yesterday, this morning the Civil Administration accompanied by
large Army and Border Police forces demolished a mosque in the Jordan
Valley and several structures in the South Hebron Hills.
Yesterday the Ministry of Interior demolished a Palestinian home in A
Thuri, East Jerusalem, displacing a family of 7 including 4 children.
The family had been living in their 60m/sq home for more than 8 years
and were unsuccessful in years of court battles to resist the
demolition. Settlers moved into another Palestinian home close-by on the
Mount of Olives after a Palestinian family lost court battles to remain
in their home and were evicted from the premises 3 years ago. A new
court ruling this week gave the green-light to the settler take-over.
Today Civil Administration representatives along with armed border
police forces destroyed a mosque in the East Tubas Bedouin village in
the Jordan Valley, following the demolition of 4 structures displacing a
family of 12 yesterday in the neighbouring village of Abu Al Ajaj. The
recent escalation in the Jordan Valley comes after a spate of settler
aggression over the last month amid attempts by the Massu’a settlement
to annex adjacent lands from the Abu Al Ajaj community, in the Al
Jiftlik area.
Jordan Valley Solidarity have requested volunteer assistance both
with recovery and salvage from the recent demolitions, as well as to
provide accompaniment for local communities at risk of settler violence.
For further details visit Jordan Valley Solidarity.
Earlier this week a Palestinian family was forcibly evicted from
their home by settlers in Jabal Mukabber, East Jerusalem, and the
Bedouin village of Al Arakib in the Negev was demolished for the seventh
time.
