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Update: For the third time in a week Havat Ma’on settlers chased away palestinian minors, At-Tuwani, Southern Hebron hills

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At-Tuwani, 2012-07-31

On July 31st at around 10:45 a.m. according to the witnesses one masked settler came out from Havat Ma’on outpost and started throw stones towards 7 minors (5,6,10,11,11,14,17 years old) while they were harvesting figs in Humra valley, nearby At-Tuwani village. The children ran away scared on the opposite side of the valley where their parents were working. The family is the owner of the land and live in Yatta. In the last week this is the third time that settlers coming from Havat Ma’on outpost attack palestinian children. On the 24^th of July, at 6 pm, three Palestinian shepherds, one of whom is 15 years old, the other two are 9 and 13 years old, were attacked by 4 adult settlers coming from Havat Ma’on outpost near Tuba village. On the 28th of July at 5 pm a palestinian child was chased by settlers in Humra valley, one relative of the child told to Operation Dove members that the victim went to hospital for anxiety disturb connected to the attack.

Photos of the incident: http://snipurl.com/24i1prt

Coloni di Havat Ma’on attaccano bambini palestinesi per la terza volta in una settimana, At Tuwani, colline a sud di Hebron

At-Tuwani, 2012-07-31

Il 31luglio alle 10:45 del mattino secondo testimonianze dei presenti un colono mascherato dell’avamposto di Havat Ma’on ha iniziato a lanciare sassi verso 7 minorenni (di 5,6,10,11,11,14,17 anni) che stavano raccogliendo fichi nella valle di Humra, adiacente al villaggio di At-Tuwani. I bambini sono scappati impauriti sul versante opposto della valle, dove i loro genitori stavano lavorando. La famiglia è proprietaria della terra e vive nella città palestinese di Yatta. Nell’ultima settimana questa è la terza volta in cui coloni provenienti da Havat Ma’on attaccano bambini palestinesi nel corso delle loro attività quotidiane. Il 24 luglio, alle 6 del pomeriggio, 4 coloni di Havat Ma’on hanno attaccato 3 minori palestinesi mentre pascolavano le greggi vicino al villaggio di Tuba. Il 28 Luglio alle 5 del pomeriggio un bambino palestinese è stato attaccato dai coloni nella valle di Humra; un parente del bambino ha informato i volontari di Operazione Colomba che la vittima è stato visitato in ospedale per disturbi d’ansia connessi all’attacco.

Foto dell’incidente: http://snipurl.com/24i1prt

Israel’s high court says state has responsibility to find alternative for the 27 families living in the West Bank village of Zanuta in the southern Hebron Hills.

By Chaim Levinson | Jul.30, 2012 | 11:51 AM | 2

Residents of Zanuta are in danger of losing their homes to Israeli policies. Photo by Jamila Biso, ACRI

Israel’s High Court ruled on Monday that the state has 30 days to provide a solution for residents of the West Bank village of Zanuta, which is scheduled for demolition because it was built on an archeological site. 

The village in the southern Hebron Hills is the home of 27 families. In 2007, the residents filed a joint petition to the High Court of Justice with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel requesting that the Civil Administration complete a detailed construction plan for them, and received an interim order from the court.

In a hearing that took place on Monday, the residents’ legal representative Nira Shalev said, “The residents have been in this place since before 1967, and it is the duty of the army to regularize construction in this location.”

A state legal representative, Yitzhak Bar, said that there is no possibility of regularizing buildings in the village, because it is built on an archeological site. Judge Hanan Meltzer said that the state has a responsibility to find an alternative solution. He said it was not as simple as demolishing, “but we don’t know where they will go.”

“The role of a military governor is to find a solution.” he said.

Judge Edna Arbel added, “It is advisable to think in advance where they will go, not afterwards.”

The state representative responded saying that it was not the responsibility of the military authority to find a solution. At the end of the hearing, the judges ordered the state to announce a solution within 30 days, and to announce whether or not they were planning to regularize building on the site.

HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have closed several roads in the south Hebron hills, after Israel ordered the demolition of eight villages in the area to use the land for military training, local official said.
Israeli troops closed roads leading to Khirbet al-Majaz, Khirbet al-Tabban, Khirbet al-Fakheit, Halaweh, Mirkez, Jinba and Kharoubeh, a spokesman for Yatta municipality Abed Abu Fannar told Ma’an.

Abu Fannar said Israeli military bulldozers were closing the entrances to all the villages. He added that he was detained by Israeli soldiers while inspecting the area and warned not to return.

Israeli troops have informed residents of the villages that the region is a closed military zone, Abu Fannar said, and military vehicles are deployed throughout the area.

Israel’s High Court of Justice heard Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s plans to demolish the villages on Sunday, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

Residents of the south Hebron villages will be allowed to access their land for farming on weekends and Jewish holidays, and during two one-month periods each year, when the Israeli army is not training in the area, Haaretz reported.

Israel regards the 1,500 residents of the villages as squatters, although the villages predate the establishment of the state of Israel by over 100 years, Haaretz said.

Previous evacuation orders issued against the villages were frozen by Israel’s High Court of Justice.

Link:  http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=507622

Il 20 luglio un pastore proveniente dal piccolo villaggio di Am Dirit, nelle colline a sud di Hebron, a pochi metri dall’avamposto di Avigayil, è stato arrestato. Da due mesi a questa parte lo accompagniamo a pascolare a qualche metro dall’avamposto, sorto nel 2001. Z. ha 23 anni e durante la stagione estiva, in mancanza di nutrimento per le sue pecore, si spinge fino alle porte di Avigayil

At around 4:45 pm Operation Dove volunteers were called by a palestinian shepherd from Maghayir Al Abeed village who ask to them to look at one child that was coming to Al-Karmil from Maghayir Al Abeed. When Operation Dove volunteers arrived in Humra valley they found 5 masked settlers that started to throw rocks against them, also with slingshot. One palestinian told to the internationals that the settlers chased the child before their arrival. After, the settlers attacked the volunteers and stopped just when some palestinians came from At-Tuwani. The settlers returned inside Havat Ma’on woods. One relative of the chased child told to Operation Dove members that the victim went to hospital for anxiety disturb connected to the attack.

Pictures of the incident:  http://snipurl.com/24h2fa4

Settlers from Havat Ma’on attacked three palestinian minors nearby the palestinian village of Tuba, South Hebron Hills

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July 26th, 2012

At-Tuwani- South Hebron Hills

On the 24^th of July, at 6 pm, three Palestinian shepherds, one of whom is 15 years old, the other two are 9 and 13 years old, were attacked by 4 adult settlers coming from Havat Ma’on outpost.

According to the witnesses, the shepherds were grazing close to the Palestinian village of Tuba, when the 4 settlers approched them threateningly, throwing stones and running after them, forcing them to leave.

Ha’aretz 23 July 2012

Amira Hass

Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the demolition of eight Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills because the territory is needed for Israel Defense Forces training exercises, the state told the High Court of Justice on Sunday.

The residents of the targeted villages will be moved to the town of Yatta and its environs; the state claims, based on information it obtained from local informers, that most of these people have permanent homes in that area.

The state will allow the residents to work their lands and graze their flocks there when the IDF is not training — on weekends and Jewish holidays – and during two other periods of one month each during the year. Barak agreed to leave four villages that are in the northernmost part of the area, even though this would reduce the dimensions of training area and prevent the use of live fire.

The villages slated for demolition are the larger villages in the region: Majaz, Tabban, Sfai, Fakheit, Halaweh, Mirkez, Jinba, and Kharuba, which have a total of 1,500 residents. The villages to be spared are Tuba, Mufaqara, Sarura and Megheir al-Abeid, which have a total of 300 residents.

2012-07-20

At around 12.30 p.m. four Operation Dove volunteers were accompanying a palestinian man while he was crossing Humra valley going towards At-Tuwan villagei. Suddenly two young settlers masked came out from Havat ma’on outpost and attacked the four volunteers and the palestinian man with slingshots until they reached a safe place, then they returned back and tried to damage an olive tree that belong to a palestinian family. After that, they returned inside the outpost.

At around 4.00 p.m. four Operation Dove volunteers were accompanying the same palestinian man while he was returning back home, crossing Humra valley in the direction of his village. When all of them arrived on Kharrouba hill, two masked settlers came out from Havat ma’on and tried to attack the group. The internationals distracted the attention of the settlers towards them, thus the palestinian went home without problems. One settler launched some stones towards the volunteers, the other one ran after them with a stick.

Pictures of the incidents: http://snipurl.com/24e36ll