[ARIJ DAILY REPORT] JUNE 2020

Israeli Violations' Activities in the occupied 3 June 2020

The daily report highlights the violations behind Israeli home demolitions and demolition threats The Violations are based on in the occupied Palestinian territory, the reports provided by field workers confiscation and razing of lands, the uprooting and\or news sources. and destruction of fruit trees, the expansion of The text is not quoted directly settlements and erection of outposts, the brutality from the sources but is edited for of the Israeli Occupation Army, the Israeli settlers clarity. violence against Palestinian civilians and properties, the erection of checkpoints, the The daily report does not construction of the Israeli segregation wall and necessarily reflect ARIJ’s opinion. the issuance of military orders for the various Israeli purposes.

This DAILY REPORT is prepared as part of the project entitled ASSESSING THE IMPEDIMENTS BEFORE THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION which is financially supported by the EU. However, the content of this presentation is the sole responsibility of ARIJ & LRC and does not necessarily reflect those of the donors.

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Violations of the Israeli occupation Army

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) burned vast tracts of agricultural and pastoral land during live fire exercises in the Jordan Valley, north of the . About 180 dunums of land planted with wheat, barley and other crops and about 8200 dunums of pastures in and around the hamlets of Hamsa al-Baqi’ah and Hamsa al-Farsha were set alight during Israeli army training in the area. The IOA used live ammunition during the drills with no regard for the safety of the local residents and their property in the area.(PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained three Palestinian citizens from their homes in Tubas province. ( PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • In Nablus, I Israeli occupation Army (IOA) at the Za’atara crossing detained a young man called Hisham Bashkar, a resident of Askar refugee camp, as he was on his way to hand out invitations to his wedding, which was to be held in three days. (PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained two during IOA campaigns in Qatanna village, northwest of Jerusalem, and Ramallah city. (PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed Shu’afat refugee camp in east Jerusalem and carried out widespread raids on homes and property. (PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • In in the southern West Bank, violent clashes broke out overnight between Israeli occupation Army (IOA) and local youths near the military watchtower at the main entrance to al-Arroub refugee camp. Many Palestinian citizens and young protesters suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes during the events. ( PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained 20 Palestinian citizens from the West Bank, including a child. Five citizens were detained from several towns in the city of Nablus; Ahmed Youssef Awad, Dawood Khaled Saleh, Ayoub Asida from Tal, Karam Issa Dawood from Beita and Luay Tayseer Dwaikat from Beita. From Jenin, the IOA detained five citizens; Muhammad Azmi Al-Nasharti from Jenin camp, Imad Jamal Abu Al- Haija from Jenin camp, Fathi Muhammad Al-Atoum from Jenin camp, Muhammad Al-Nabhan from Jenin camp, and Sheikh Khaled Suleiman. Meanwhile, three citizens from several towns in the Ramallah district of 2

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Al-Bireh were detained; they were identified as Ahed Hazim Al-Rimawi, from the town of Beit Rima, Khaldoun Al-Barghouthi from the town of Koper, and Qusai Omar Kharaz, from Silwad. From Jerusalem, the following were detained: Mohammed Badr from the town of Abu Dis, Rouhi Al-Jabbar, from al-‘Isawiya, Dhiaa Ayman Obaid from al-‘Isawiya and Hussam Sidr, arrested from the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Added to the detainees are citizens; Khalil Fouad Yaqoub, from the town of Kafel Haris in Salfit governorate, Ali Mahmoud Al-Qaq, from the town of Kafel Haris and Fathi Ahmed Harsha, from the town of Qaffin in Tulkarem. (IMEMC 3 June 2020)

Israeli Settler Violence

• A group of Jewish settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque and desecrated its courtyard under police escort following similar break-ins in the morning by dozens of them. 35 settlers toured the Mosque’s courtyards after the Israeli occupation police allowed them to enter the holy site through al- Maghariba gate and provided them with protection. Earlier in the morning, different groups of 142 settlers defiled the Mosque. 25 of them were identified as students of right-wing Jewish institutes. (PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • An armed Jewish settler bulldozed a swath of land in the Palestinian community of Arab al-Malihat in the northwest of Jericho in order to build a separation wall for his outpost. An armed settler bulldozed about 350 dunums of land on the eastern side on the Kaabana High School in order to build a wall separating his outpost from the community. • A group of Israeli settlers expelled, under military protection, Palestinian farmers from their own lands in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem. The settlers from the settlements of Ma’ale Amos and its nearby outpost Ibei Hanahal brutalized and expelled local farmers from their own land as they were plowing them. Ghazal added that the settlers claimed that the farmers’ presence in the area needed special permits.( PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • Jewish settlers seized a long swath of Palestinian land and bulldozed it near the villages of Tell and Immatain, southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Settlers used bulldozers to build a road for

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them in the area of Karm Shuqair, which is part of Tell and Immatain villages, adding that the road leads to the settlement of Havat Gilad. ( PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020)

Home Demolition & Demolition threats

• The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forced a Palestinian citizen in the Jerusalem town of Beit Hanina to dismantle a wooden house he had built for his son, whose wedding was to be held soon. Naim Farrah, the owner, said that the IOA had demolished his own house 19 years ago and imposed exorbitant fines on him, which had forced later to build a small house to accommodate 11 members of his family. (PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • In Hebron in the southern West Bank, the Israeli occupation army (IOA) notified a citizen called Saddam ash-Shawamreh of its intent to demolish his home in Deir al-Asal al-Fauqa village, southwest of the city. The homeowner said the house threatened with demolition had been built recently and was located in a populated area. (PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • The Israeli occupation army (IOA)demolished five residential structures and two animal sheds in Deir Hajle Bedouin community to the east of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho. The IOA raided the area and demolished the seven structures that belong to a local resident and his four sons.( WAFA 3 June 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) escorted a bulldozer to Khirbet al- Mafqara community in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, where the heavy machinery tore down a tin-and-brick house besides to a tent, purportedly for being built without a permit. The structure owner was identified as Ahamd Hamamra, who together with his family are now homeless. (WAFA 3 June 2020)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) tore down three tin-sheet structures in al-Marekz community besides to a tent in al-Fakhit community. (WAFA 3 June 2020)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed Maghayer al-Abeed community, where they destroyed a tin-sheet structure. (WAFA 3 June 2020)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) demolished 5 Palestinian-owned residential structures as well as two animal sheds in Deir Hajle, east of the

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occupied West Bank city of Jericho. The IOA stormed the area and demolished seven structures belonging to a local Palestinian resident and his four sons. All structures of the Palestinian Bedouin community, displacing eight families. The IOA failed to deliver demolition orders, so residents were shocked to see the Israeli army invading the community to demolish their shelters. The IOA demolished 11 structures, including residential structures that provided shelter for several Palestinian civilians, in addition to sheep sheds for livestock. (IMEMC 3 June 2020)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) delivered a demolition order for Palestinian-owned home in Deir al-Asal al-Foqa village, near Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. Owner of the under construction home, Sadam al-Shwamreh, stated that the IOA handed him a notice for the demolition of his 120-square-meter house. (IMEMC 3 June 2020)

Confiscation & Razing of lands

• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) bulldozed Palestinian-owned olive groves in Huwara town, south of Nablus, in order to build a road for Jewish settlers.( PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • An Israeli settler, razed lands in the Palestinian Bedouin community al- Malihat area, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho. An armed settler leveled 350 dunams of Palestinian-owned lands, to build a separation wall for a nearby outpost.

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