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Israeli Forces Destroy Palestinian Homes: More than 500 Left Homeless
Occupied Jerusalem: July 3, 2001 (Al-Haq News Update) - Israeli forces
destroyed the dwellings of at least 500 Palestinians today in retaliation
for the killing of an Israeli settler. Last night Yair Har-Sinai (51)
from the Settlement of Sussia was killed outside of the settlement.
Har-Sinai worked as a shepherd, and was shot while watching his flocks.
In response to this killing Israeli Forces in the Hebron district
destroyed the homes of many of the residents of this area.
The settlement of Sussia is one of a group of seven settlements that
include Yatah, Maoun, Beit Yatir, Lasefer, Adnael, and Carmael. The
villages of Wad Rakhaim, Karbet al-Nabi, Kharbet al-Sussia, Imnaizel, and
al-Shatneh are located between these settlements. In 1982 an area of
86,000 dunums, including the area on which these villages and the
settlements are located, was declared a closed military zone by the Israeli
government. All civilians, including the Palestinians residing in the
area, were forbidden from living in the area. The residents of the
villages named above refused to leave, but much of their land was
confiscated, and was later turned over to Israeli civilians by the Israeli
government for use in building settlements. For years the Israeli
government and settlers in this region have been attempting to expel the
residents of the district from their homes. Most of the Palestinians in
this area live in caves that have been used by their families for
generations.
On March 29, 2000 the Israeli military expelled most of the
residents of this area, but 82 of the families expelled fought the
expulsion order and the Supreme Court eventually ordered that they be
allowed to return to their homes. This morning the Israeli military
entered into these villages and blew up all of the caves in which most of
the residents live. They also filled in the villages wells. The families
living in these caves have dwelled in these locations for hundreds of years
and have no alternative places to live now that their homes have been
destroyed. In addition to those left homeless at least 30 men were
arrested. No final count on the number of homes destroyed and the number
of men arrested is currently available, but al-Haq is following up on this
case and will have more complete information in the coming days.
The Israeli militarys actions are a violation of the basic rights of the
Palestinian residents of these villages. The actions being taken
constitute collective punishment, and qualify as a grave breach of the
Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 under Article 147, which states that,
grave breaches to which the preceding Article relates shall be those
involving any of the following acts
extensive destruction and
appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried
out unlawfully and wantonly. The international community should thus take
immediate action to stop Israels grave violations of Palestinians rights,
and should immediately demand that Israeli forces halt their destruction of
civilian Palestinian property.
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