Tag Archive for Area C

Israel’s gov’t in danger of collapse over Arab land grabs in Judea & Samaria

Mere days before being officially sworn in after 4 turbulent elections, MK Ze’ev Elkin [New Hope] warns Defense Minister Gantz [Blue & White] that new gov’t must stop and end all the illegal Arab construction in ‘Area C’, or he will topple gov’t forcing a 5th election (in less than 2 years).

By Arutz Sheva Staff ,

 

A senior member of the rightist New Hope party has demanded that Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Blue and White) form a special administration for land in Judea and Samaria, aimed at curbing illegal Arab land grabs.

Example of unlawful squatting, with Illegal Palestinian building, in Area C of Judea.

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Arabs from illegal outpost try to prevent construction of security fence

Shortly after Israel’s High Court of Justice allowed the town of Shaked to construct a security fence, Arabs of an illegal neighboring compound, and with the assistance of the Palestinian Authority, entered the area of the Jewish town with a tractor in a cynical attempt to plow additional land in a land-grab of Area C.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Dozens of residents of the illegal Arab village of Dahar al-Malek in Samaria tried Wednesday to prevent the construction of a security fence around the community of Shaked.

The construction began after the High Court of Justice rejected a petition filed by the residents of the village with the assistance of the Palestinian Authority. Continue Reading »

Regavim petitions High Court to stop Palestinian smugglers’ road in IDF firing range

 

This new road was made under the IDF’s nose, going straight through a military firing range and is exploited by bandits & car thieves, illegal migrants, drugs & weapons smugglers.

By Efrat Forsher

 

Infiltrating Israel via the South Hebron Hills has never been easier: Under the nose of the Israel Defense Forces, Palestinians in recent months have paved a new road straight through army firing range 918.

The PA smuggling road on Israeli state land. – Photo courtesy- Regavim

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Netanyahu allows 5 Palestinian cities to expand into Israeli controlled territory

 

Right-wing politicians are up in arms over allowed expansion from ‘Area A’ into ‘Area C’ for 5 Palestinian cities as Jewish construction in ‘Area C’ remains stifled.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF, GIL HOFFMAN, HERB KEINON

 

 

Israel notified the Palestinian Authority that five Palestinian cities – Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarem, Jenin and Kalkilya – would be allowed to expand from Area A into Area C, MK Ahmed Tibi (Joint List) told Army Radio on Thursday night.

Tibi spoke prior to the anticipated return of US envoy Jason Greenblatt to the region, who was last here two weeks ago to speak with Israelis and Palestinians about US President Donald Trump’s peace efforts.

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With 32 global crises, Israel blasts EU for being ‘obsessed’ with demolition of illegal structures

 

Jerusalem accuses the E.U. for being ‘obsessed’ with Israel’s court sanctioned demolitions of illegal structures, instead of focusing on any of the 32 humanitarian crises around the world.

By i24NEWS

 

In a sharp criticism of the European Union on Tuesday, Israel’s Foreign Ministry accused Europe of focusing more time and energy on Israel’s West Bank demolition plans, than the mass of humanitarian crises happening all around the world, reported Haaretz.

Israel demolished illegal structures in the West Bank’s Area C, August 9, 2016 – Photo: COGAT Spokesperson

“There are 32 humanitarian crises around the world, but the EU chooses to disproportionately focus only on what is done in Area C of the West Bank, which are most definitely not suffering a humanitarian crisis,” the Foreign Ministry’s EU department director Avivit Bar-Ilan reportedly said, adding that she was “astounded” at the EU’s obsession with the demolitions in Area C, which is the part of the West Bank wholly under Israel’s control. Continue Reading »

Haaretz reports: Israel to allow Palestinian construction in ‘Arae C’

 

Israel’s Hebrew daily, reports U.S. President Trump has asked PM Netanyahu to extend some goodwill gestures to the Palestinians, to demonstrate unequivocally that Jerusalem is serious about the peace process.

By i24NEWS

 

US President Donald Trump has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend some goodwill gestures to the Palestinians to show that Jerusalem is serious about the peace process, the Haaretz daily reported Sunday.

According to the report, Netanyahu stated in the weekly security cabinet meeting on Thursday that he intends to comply with the request and has already begun planning the tokens of goodwill which would include both the West Bank and Gaza. Continue Reading »

Israel High Court of Justice rules gov’t policy should suffice on fate of illegal EU structures

 

High Court of Justice rules state should have wide discretion to decide whether demolition orders issued against illegally built European Union-financed structures east of Jerusalem should be executed or not.

By Yair Altman

 

Israeli authorities should not be forced to implement demolition orders that were issued for European Union-built structures east of Jerusalem, the High Court of Justice said on Monday.

Construction along Highway 1 has been contested by local Jewish communities – Photo: Courtesy of the Regavim organization

The Kfar Adumim community and the Regavim movement had asked the court to order the implementation of the demolition orders for more than a dozen structures in Kfar Adumim’s municipal boundaries, claiming that the state was shirking its duty to enforce the law. Continue Reading »

British Report: EU using taxpayers’ money on illegal Palestinian construction, ‘meddling’ in Area C

 

view videoBritish daily reports the EU has used taxpayer’s aid money to ‘meddle’ in a foreign territorial dispute by building over 1,000 illegal structures for Arab squatters in areas of Judea & Samaria, that under the 1993 Oslo Accords, fall under full Israeli jurisdiction.

By Eli Leon, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The European Union has funded the construction of over 1,000 buildings across Area C in Judea and Samaria, giving ownership of them to the Palestinians, the British Daily Mail reported Tuesday.

The EU is reportedly using aid money to “‘meddle’ in a foreign territorial dispute” [Illustrative] – Screenshot

Under the 1993 Oslo Accords, Area C, which makes up some 60% of Judea and Samaria, is under full Israeli control. Continue Reading »

Israel demolishes illegal Palestinian structures

 

Among the illegal structures demolished, were 14 funded by the EU, including houses, storage spaces & several temporary structures.

By Elisha Ben Kimon

 

Israel’s Civil Administration has demolished dozens of illegal Palestinian structures in the West Bank since the beginning of 2016, at least 14 of which were funded by the European Union.

Illegal EU funded Palestinian structures in the area of Kfar Adumim.

The demolitions were done in the area between Mount Hebron and the Jordan Valley as well as in E1, an area near the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim. 

Among the structures demolished were houses, storage spaces and several temporary structures, leaving some of the residents there homeless.  Continue Reading »

EU continues to fund illegal Palestinian Authority construction on Israeli public land

 

Knesset Member Moti Yogev claims illegal Palestinian construction in Judea & Samaria is organized by PA and covertly funded by EU nations in direct violation to local & international laws.
• Yogev accuses Civil Administration of “inaction, incompetence, irresponsibility & abandonment” in Area C.

By Gideon Allon & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Grave findings regarding illegal Palestinian construction in Area C (the part of Judea & Samaria that’s under full Israeli military & civil control, according to the Oslo Accords) were presented on Wednesday at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee’s Subcommittee on Judea and Samaria. Continue Reading »

EU charged in court for funding illegal Palestinian construction

 

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

Settlers on Monday asked the High Court of Justice to order the demolition of 15 Palestinian homes in Area C of the West Bank, which they say are illegal and funded by the European Union.

The modular structures with cement floors located within the boundaries of the Kfar Adumim settlement were built in 2015 and house Palestinian Beduin.

Illegal EU funded Palestinian structures in the area of Kfar Adumim.

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IDF demolishes 14 illegal Palestinian shacks & huts on public land in Ma’aleh Adumim

Pro-Palestinian NGO cries ‘foul’ at the IDF’s demolition of illegal, unsafe and unlicensed structures built by Bedouin squatters on state land in Ma’aleh Adumim’s city limits.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

The Civil Administration early Monday morning demolished 17 illegal shacks and tents in three different Palestinian Beduin communities located within the municipal boundaries of the Ma’aleh Adumim settlement.

Demolitions in a-Sa'idi community today. - Photo: 'Amer 'Aruri, B'Tselem

Demolitions in a-Sa’idi community today. – Photo: ‘Amer ‘Aruri, B’Tselem

The NGO B’Tselem charged that the temporary structures in the herding communities housed 14 families who are now homeless and have no shelter from the harsh sun.

But the NGO Regavim which monitors illegal Palestinian construction, said that none of the structures which were razed had housed families. Continue Reading »

Susya: Palestinian squatters in land-grab from Israel financed by the Europeans

view videoWATCH: The Palestinian Authority is swallowing up a huge area of the southern Hevron Hills with financing from the European Union in violation of the Oslo Accords and with total disrespect of local & int’l laws.

By KARNI ELDAD

 

Everybody knows that the settlements beyond the Green Line receive extensive subsidies and incentives. For example, a small community south of Hebron receives wind turbines to produce free electricity, it gets free mobile homes, free air conditioners, free toilets, free water tanks, a free library, free agricultural sheds, a free mobile clinic and free health care, and even basic food items, completely for free. Continue Reading »

Israel demolishes illegal EU structures also built in violation of Oslo Accords

EU condemns demolition of prefab buildings illegally erected on outskirts of Arab neighborhood of Issawiya, inhabited by Bedouin communities on state land.

By AFP

 

Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished an EU-funded shelter in Arab east Jerusalem, the European Union said, denouncing the move.

The blue EU logo seen on new modular structures in an illegal Bedouin encampment in the Judean hills outside the Ma’alen Adumim settlement.

“We condemn today’s demolition of temporary shelters funded by the European Union… as part of its response to the needs of the affected communities,” an EU statement said.

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EU funds have helped to pay for some 200 temporary buildings used as shelters in villages inhabited by Bedouin communities in the West Bank, just outside Arab east Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

EU illegally building hundreds of Palestinians structures in Area C in violation of Oslo Accords

 

The NGO, Regavim reports: EU trying to establish “facts on the ground” contrary to Israeli law & Oslo II Agreement.
EU justifies provocative actions saying it is providing “humanitarian assistance.”

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