The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission monitored that the Israeli occupation authorities and settlers carried out 492 attacks during the past May, which ranged from direct assaults on citizens, vandalizing and leveling lands, uprooting trees, seizing property, closings, barriers, and bodily injuries.
According to the commission´s monthly report, these attacks concentrated in the governorates of Nablus with 132 attacks, followed by Jenin governorate with 69 attacks, then Tulkarm governorate with 43 attacks.
The demolitions carried out by the Israeli occupation forces amounted to a total of 45 demolitions of homes, commercial establishments, and sources of livelihood, which caused the demolition of a total of 54 establishments and sources of livelihood, including the two demolitions in Bethlehem of the "Challenge 5" school.
While the number of attacks carried out by settlers reached 73, which included launching organized and dangerous attacks against Ya`bad, Burqa and Silwan, then targeting the village of Jalud in a scene reminiscent of the Hawara Holocaust, and targeting citizens´ vehicles at the entrance to Yasouf. The settlers´ attacks focused this month in Nablus governorate with 34 attacks .
The report documented that the Israeli occupation authorities issued 72 notices of demolition and halt of construction, and the eviction of Palestinian facilities, ranging from notices of demolition or halt of construction under the pretext of non-licensing, and eviction under the pretext of training .
While the report monitored, a total of 2,961 trees were subjected to cutting and uprooting, including 1,929 olive trees, in addition to 1,032 seedlings that varied between grapes, almonds, citrus fruits, and palm trees, at the hands of the colonizers ’ militias . uprooted 855 trees.
Muayad Shaaban, head of the authority, said, "The occupation authorities issued three seizure orders to seize a total of 152 dunums of citizens´ lands in the governorates of Qalqilya , Nablus, Jenin, and Ramallah under the name of "seizing," and another order targeted 14.5 dunums in favor of declaring it "state lands." in Qalqilya and Nablus governorates.
He added, "The occupation authorities deposited for subsequent approval 6 structural plans for settlements in the West Bank. These plans targeted a total of 882 dunums of citizens´ lands, through attempts to expand settlements on them. These plans aimed at building a total of 918 new settlement units."
Shaaban confirmed that a new settlement has been established in Salfit Governorate under the name "Ariel West" by starting to build 600 new settlement units, and indicated that the plan was approved in 1992, but it was launched recently, and it
