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HEBRON: Settlers attack Palestinian home in Beqa’a Valley

CPTnet | 1 April 2011

On Monday 14 March, fifteen settlers from Harsina Settlement attacked the Jaber home in the Beqa’a Valley, adjacent to Hebron.  At the initial attack during the day, the Israeli military stopped the settlers, but they returned at 6:30 p.m. and stoned the house for one hour with no interference by the military.

The Jaber home sits below the settlement of Givat Ha Harsina and houses several families—seventeen people in all, with twelve children.  This family has lost most of its land to the Harsina settlement over the years, land for which it has deeds dating back to the time of the Ottoman Empire.

Surrounding homes in the Beqa’a Valley have likewise suffered tremendous pressure from the settlers and Israeli military.  Within the last year alone, the Israeli military destroyed thirteen water cisterns in the valley, cut irrigation pipes to the grape vineyards, occupied a home during increased settler activity, allowed the building of at least four more houses in Harsina Settlement during the so called “Settlement Freeze,” and permitted visiting settlers to plant 1000 trees on Palestinian land in this valley.

One of the Jaber brothers who lives across the road from Givat Ha Harsina—now living in his third home after the military destroyed his first two homes—said he was so worried that he wondered whether he should move his family to one of his cousins’ homes for safety.  He told CPTers he cannot fall asleep until 1:30 or 2:30 a.m. at night.

For photo coverage of previous acts of destruction in the Beqa’a see http://cpt.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=20652

April 2, 2011 - Posted by | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Illegal Occupation

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