On Tuesday, 24 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer at the community of al-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished two agricultural structures belonging to a family from the village.
On Tuesday, 24 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer and a truck at the village in a-Tuwani in the Shafa Yatta area of the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished an agricultural structure belonging to a family from Khirbet al-Fakhit whose house had been demolished about two weeks earlier, along with the homes of two other families, as well as other structures.
24 May 2022عرب الرماضين الجنوبي, Arab a-Ramadin al-Janubi, 'Arab a-Ramadin al-Janubi
On Tuesday, 25 May 2022, at around 6:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers at the village of ‘Arab a-Ramadin al-Janubi in Qalqiliyah District and demolished a mosque under construction.
23 May 2022عين الديوك التحتا, Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, 'Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta
On Monday, 23 May 2022, at around 7:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers at the village in ‘Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta in the Jordan Valley. The forces demolished two homes under construction owned by a family from the ‘Aqbat Jaber Refugee Camp in Jericho that were intended to serve as vacation homes for rent.
16 May 2022عين الديوك التحتا, Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, 'Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta
On Monday, 16 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer at the village of ‘Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, west of Jericho. The forces demolished a vacatation house belonging to a family from East Jerusalem, as well as a water container and solar panels.
On Monday, 16 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., soldiers arrived at the southern part of the village of al-’Auja, which lies north of Jericho, and dismantled a watermelon stand by Route 90. The operation of the stand supported a family of six.
15 May 2022خ. المالح, خ. ام الجمال, Kh. al-Malih, Kh. Um al-Jmal, Kh. al-Malih (Hamamat al-Malih), Kh. Um al-Jamal
On Sunday, 15 May 2022, at around 1:00 P.M., Jordan Valley Settlement Council employees arrived with a military escort to fields near the communities of Khirbet al-Malih and Khirbet Um al-Jamal while Palestinian farmers were harvesting their crops. The forces confiscated a harvesting machine used by the farmers and a vehicle belonging to one of the farmers for three hours to prevent them from continuing their work. The force then returned the harvesting machine to its owner but ordered the farmer whose vehicle had been confiscated to drive it to a military post near Khirbet Samrah.
On Thursday, 12 May 2022, Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer to Marj Na’jah in the Jordan Valley and demolished an agricultural pool lined with plastic sheets containing about 1,000 cubic meters of water intended for irrigation. The irrigation water stored in the pool had gone to waste.
On Wednesday morning, 11 May 22, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers at the village of a-Tuwani in the Safa Yatta area, where they demolished a house under construction intended for a family of nine, including seven minors. The forces then continued to Khirbet al-Fakhit in Masafer Yatta and demolished six structures the residents had rebuilt after the Civil Administration demolished them in January: the homes of three families numbering 24 people in total, including 15 minors, as well as two livestock enclosures and a storage shed. After that, the forces continued to Khirbet al-Markez, also in Masafer Yatta, where they demolished five structures: the homes of four families from one extended family, numbering 14 people in total, including four minors, as well as a livestock enclosure. On 4 May 22, Israel’s High Court of Justice approved the forcible transfer of more than 1,000 residents of Masafer Yatta whose area of residence was declared “Firing Zone 918” by the military.
On Monday, 9 May 2022, Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer to the community of Khirbet ‘Einun, east of Tubas. The forces a house intended as a seasonal home for a family from Tubas by power of Military Order 1797. From there, the forces continued south to Furush Beit Dajan, where they destroyed a greenhouse, also by power of Military Order 1797.
2 May 2022العوجا, العقبة, al-A'uja, al-'Aqabah, al-'Auja, al-'Aqabah
On Monday, 2 May 2022, Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and equipped with a bulldozer to the village of al-‘Auja in the Jordan valley. The forces demolished a house under construction intended to house a family of eight, including four minors, and destroyed the access road leading to it. The forces then continued north to the village of al-‘Aqabah, where at 10:00 A.M., they delivered demolition orders pursuant to Military Order 1797 for two newly completed homes intended to house two families numbering 12 people in total, including eight minors. The forces also delivered a demolition order for a kilometer-long agricultural road.
12 April 2022بردلة, Bardalah, Cardalah, Bardalah, Cardalah
On the morning of Tuesday, 12 April 2022, personnel from the Israel National Water Company, Mekorot, arrived at the village of Bardalah in the northern Jordan Valley with armed security guards and a bulldozer. They searched for irrigation pipes Palestinian farmers had connected to Mekorot water infrastructure, found four, and disconnected them. Drilling by Mekorot has dried out Palestinian wells in the Jordan Valley. While the company does supply water to the villages of Bardalah and Kardalah, the supply falls short of agricultural needs. Mekorot uses the same wells to provide settlers with enough water for intensive cultivation.
Confiscation of the tractor in the community of a-Rakeez. Photo by Neomi-Nur Zahor, 15 Dec. 2021
On Wednesday, 1 December 2021, the Civil Administration confiscated six tractors, four water containers, and five private vehicles in the Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar area in the northern Jordan Valley.
On Sunday, 5 December 2021, on the first day of military training in the northern Jordan Valley, the Civil Administration confiscated a tractor used by a resident of ‘Aqaba to perform agricultural work in the area.
On Monday, 14 December 2021, at 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers to the land of the community of Khalet al-Furn in the South Hebron Hills. The forces raked agricultural land in a 4-dunam area, and demolished a cistern owned by a family from East Jerusalem by the power of Military Order 1797.
On Wednesday, 15 December 2021, Mahmoud Hamamdeh, a farmer from Khirbet al-Mufaqarah, plowed his plot of land in the Khirbet a-Rakeez area about a kilometer east of which the settlement of Avigail was established. A settler who noticed the work summoned the Civil Administration, who came to the scene accompanied by a military jeep and confiscated the tractor and a digger on the pretext that it was used for work on state land.
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Confiscation of the tractor near the community of She’b al-Batem. Photo by Itai Feitelson, 16 Dec. 2021
On Thursday, 16 December 2021, farmer Sa’id ‘Awad from the community of Um Lasafa plowed his land near the community of She’b al-Batem in the South Hebron Hills using a tractor and a digger. The work was coordinated with the Civil Administration (C.A.), and one of its representatives was present on the ground along with soldiers who accompanied him. At around 11:00 A.M., About six settlers came to the land. The settlers spoke with the representative of the C.A., and after a few minutes, the latter forbade the farmer to plow all his lands and ordered him to settle for part of it. The farmer moved to a nearby plow he owns, where the military does not require him to coordinate his work, and began plowing it. However, the C.A. representative and the soldiers then confiscated the tractor and the plow he used on the pretext that it was state land.
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A resident of al-Farisiyah forced to transport milk by donkey after the confiscation of the tractor. Photo by ‘Aref Daraghmeh, B’Tselem, 19 Dec. 2021