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Israeli Violationsʹ Activities in the oPt 9 January 2012

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.

Brutality of the Israeli Occupation Army

• The Israeli Occupation Army raided Meithalun, Al‐Judeida and Siris villages in Governorate and handed Hazem Saed Hassan Rbaiyʹa (31 years old) and Abd Islm Bassam Abu Ali (32 years old) notifications to interview the Israeli intelligence.

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• The Israeli Occupation Army arrested a Palestinian girl at Betunyia checkpoint west of Ramallah city under the pretext of trying to stab an Israeli solider at the checkpoint.

• The Israeli occupation authorities closed the only road leading to Khan al‐Ahmar elementary school, dubbed school of tires, northeast of Jerusalem city. The Israeli Army warned the Bedouin residents of the area from heading to the school and put up cement blocks and a fence higher than 150 cm to prevent students and vehicles from reaching it.

• Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked and threw stones at the house of Jodi Abdul Jawad house, and set fire into his car in Al‐Baqaʹa area east of Hebron. The Israeli settlers were divided into two groups; one set Abdul Jawad’s car on fire and the other attacked the house with stones to prevent Abdul Jawad from coming out to defend his property.

Erection of Israeli checkpoints

• The Israeli Occupation Army set up for the second day in row a military checkpoint at the eastern entrance of Yabʹad village northwest of Jenin preventing residents from going entering or exiting the village. The IOA searched Palestinian cars and checked their ID cards.

Others

• The Israeli Occupation Army dismantled 4 caravans (mobile homes) at Givat Gal Yoseph outpost established by Israeli settlers near Shilo settlement on the ‐ Ramallah road

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