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340 residents of Susya face deportation: An ongoing story of injustice
• The Palestinian village of Susya in the West Bank is an ancient historic village. Its residents lived in ancient caves for decades before the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
• 30 years ago the IDF evicted the village residents in favor of an archaeological site and expropriated their land. The expropriation was illegal and not really needed.
• The residents moved to their private land where they survived for 30 years without infrastructure for electricity and water.
• In 2001, the army destroyed the caves at the present site and tried to evict the residents. The High Court of Justice ordered the army to stop the eviction. After the caves were destroyed, not having a roof over their heads, the residents were forced to erect tents and sheds to survive.
• The unauthorized construction in Palestinian Susya is neither criminal nor “an attempt to seize land.” It is being done on private land out of lack of choice.
• All of the residents’ attempts over the years to obtain building permits were rejected by the army. Neither appeals nor requests for clemency helped.
• The only solution is to legalize planning for the village. The residents raised large amounts of money, hired experts and submitted outline plans to the army. The plans were rejected on the basis of discriminatory reasons and unequal criteria.
• The State raised no security arguments nor did it argue against the petitioners’ ownership of their land. The only basis for erasing the village is supposedly planning claims but in fact it is a political decision.
• Now the State wishes to destroy the 100 flimsy structures and sheds the evicted residents built on their private farming land after their caves were destroyed, and to throw the residents into the desert.
• The residents petitioned the HCJ against the rejection of the plan and requested an interim order to freeze demolitions until the petition was heard. Expulsion of the village residents would be a grave breach international law. The High Court of Justice refused to grant an interim order. This means the army can destroy the village at any moment.
• Destruction of the village would create a severe humanitarian crisis. 340 people, including 140 children, would be thrown out without any social or public network to absorb them.
• Evicting the residents from their agricultural land will facilitate the settlers’ takeover of their land, as already happened on about 400 dunams of agricultural land surrounding the Jewish settlement of Susiya.
• Demolition of the village is part of a larger initiative to squeeze Palestinians out of Area C and into areas A and B.
Palestinians suffer from daily human rights abuses inflicted
on them by Israeli Colonial Settlers and Israeli Occupation Forces.
Israeli settlers frequently uproot Palestinian farmers' olive trees
and set their crops on fire. They have also been attacking
Palestinian civilians, at times murdering them, as in the case of
the Dawabsheh family.
Most of the abuses go un-noticed by international media;
prompting some Palestinian villagers to record these incidents on
their mobile phones. All they want is for the world to bear witness
to their plight. Many villagers do not have the resources to
purchase good cameras and smartphones to capture & share their
experiences.
The money I'll be raising is to purchase cameras and phones
and distribute them in different villages that are under constant
attack by the settlers. The funds will also cover travel costs for
volunteers to train the villagers on how to use their equipment and
upload their content onto social media platforms in order to share
their stories with the rest of the world. By helping Palestinian
villagers do this, you will be protecting their livelihood and maybe
saving their lives in the process.
As a journalist, I've dedicated a good portion of my life to
sharing the narrative of the poor and the disempowered. Please help
me continue shining the spotlight on issues that most corporate
media outlets avoid. No contribution is too small. I'll be very
thankful if you can help.
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