After the agreement to form a unified government, Israel rushed to implement the terms of the "American Century deal" by imposing its sovereignty on areas in the West Bank, starting next July, in light of the world´s preoccupation with confronting Corona virus.
In the context of supporting the agreement to form a unified Israeli government, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the decision to annex lands in the occupied West Bank is ultimately up to Israel, which is considered a green light for the Netanyahu-Gantz government to move forward with the arrangements agreed upon between them to start By imposing Israeli sovereignty over lands in the West Bank as soon as the American-Israeli crew finish mapping, which allows the Israeli government to directly implement the "Deal of the Century".
In international reactions, the United Nations coordinator for the peace process Nikolai Meladinov warned that any possible annexation of Palestinian lands to Israel would be a devastating blow to the principle of a two-state solution. Meanwhile, the High Representative for the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell stressed that the European Union does not recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank and that the position of the European Union on the status of the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 has not changed.
The agreement to impose "Israeli sovereignty" on areas in the West Bank met with European and Russian condemnation, while the United States defended the decision by its UN ambassador, Sherrett Norman Shalit, during a session of the UN Security Council in New York.
Shalit said that in light of the recent steps taken to form a national emergency government, Israel knows that it can count on the steadfast support of the United States, because Israel has no better friend than the United States, according to its claim.
At the same time, the majority of the members of the Security Council confirmed their rejection of these plans or the recognition of any unilateral changes that seek to undermine the borders of June 4. Russia has expressed concern about plans for unilateral implementation of the so-called "Deal of the Century". Irish Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coffinie stressed the danger of any step such as annexation of lands in the West Bank, because it is part of the occupied Palestinian territories, and that international law prohibits the annexation of lands by force.
In the context of the policy of Judaization and the continuation of settlement plans, the Attorney General of the Occupation Government, Avichai Mendelblit, approved a decision to seize the lands of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron and use them for Judaizing and settlement projects under the pretext of development and expansion.
Mandelblit´s endorsement of the seizure of land areas in the vicinity of the sanctuary and managed by the Awqaf Department, in order to "modernize" the place and its suitability for people with special needs, including settlers, Jews and foreign tourists. This was discussed in cooperation with the Civil Administration (affiliated with the Occupation Army) and the legal advisor, after the settler organization "B´Tselemo" went to the Israeli "Minister of Security" Naftali Bennett, and demanded to proceed with the modernization work.
It is noteworthy that the Prime Minister of Benjamin Netanyahu, during his storming of the Ibrahimi Mosque, expressed his approval to seize the lands of the Haram from the Islamic Endowments Department, for the sake of the paths project and projects to promote settlement in the Haram area and the old city of Hebron.
On the ground, the settlers began, with the guarding of the Israeli army, to raze the lands of the citizens of the villages of Yasuf and Iskaka, east of Salfit, in the Bab al-Sirb area, which is adjacent to the "Neve Nehemia" settlement, which is adjacent to the lands of the citizens south of Yasuf and east of Iskaka, on the pretext that it is adjacent to the settlement, while the settlers rebuilt buildings in the outpost. It is named "Kumi Uri" near the Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus, after 6 buildings were demolished.
According to the Israeli Arabic-language Makan channel, the settlers in the outpost have rebuilt a number of buildings, after the Israeli Civil Administration demolished the outposts of the outpost of 6 buildings. And extracting a judicial and governmental decision to demolish that outpost is not because of the seizure of lands belonging to the Palestinians, but rather to repeat the attacking Israeli soldiers and throwing fire bombs at them.
The residents of Salfit and Qalqilya governorate fear the flow of wastewater from the settlements in the two governorates in light of the Corona pandemic, and the fear has become that the virus will be transmitted through the water that flows in the Palestinian valleys a distance of eight kilometers and more, as is the case in the town of Kafr Al-Deek and Burkin in Salfit governorate, as well as in Qalqilya Governorate, near the settlement of "Shaaryat", coming from "Ariel, Barkan, Amanuel and Adirat factories", which pumps polluted, untreated water to the lands of the neighboring village, which led to damage to olive trees and soil pollution in the area, and contamination of the reservoir of groundwater, soil and crops.
And the Palestinian Environmental Quality Authority asserts that in light of the spread of corona in settlements and the flow of its streams in the valleys and near residential gatherings, fears increased about the danger of spreading and spreading the virus, especially as research has proven that the stool of infected people can be a cause of transmission of the disease.
The settlers are taking advantage of the "Corona" crisis to seize lands throughout the West Bank with the support of the occupation army, as settler violence has worsened since the emergence of signs of the spread of the Corona virus, despite restrictions on movement, closures and a series of severe social isolation measures taken by Israel.
The scourge of settler violence, according to a recent report by the B´Tselem Center organization, is pervading all parts of the West Bank, and it is particularly prominent in the area adjacent to the "Mazoun Maoun" farm in the recently expanded hills of South Hebron; the "Sheila" area and the block of outposts surrounding it that attack the settlers´ attacks Palestinian villages: Mughair, Turmus´ayya, Qaryut, Qusra, and other areas adjacent to the settlement of "Halamish", near which a new settlement was recently established, and in the Jordan Valley areas near the settlements of Rimonim and Kochav Hashahar.
In addition, settlers market their herds of cows and sheep for grazing in agricultural fields that Palestinians, especially in the Aghwar region, can cultivate in light of the absolute support that the Occupying Power gives to settler violence, where soldiers protect aggressive settlers, and sometimes actually participate in these attacks, and this is what happened in several areas where settlers launched attacks on Qasra, Qaryut and the Sheikhs, and let the army settlers launch attacks on Palestinians in these areas and destroy their property without any deterrence.
Settlers, under the protection of the occupation soldiers, attacked farmers in Khirbet Al-Kharuba while harvesting their crops, in Musafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and the activists of the Protection and Resilience Committee in Musafer Yatta were beaten, before they seized cameras that they used to document the occupation´s attacks on citizens in the area.
The settlers of Khirbet Mughir Al-Abed in Misfir Yatta attacked and prevented Karmi Tzur settlers located on the lands of citizens in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, and with the protection of the occupation army, farmers from working on their lands and reclaiming them in the Bouira area, which has an area of ​​about 25 dunums, and warned them against returning To the area.
In the weekly violations documented by the National Office for the Defense of the Earth, they were as follows:
- Jerusalem: The occupation police stormed the homes of about 50 young people in Jerusalem, and handed them violations for the value of each offense, 5,000 shekels, on the pretext that they had a wedding related to the distribution of the holy light during the Holy Easter. The occupation forces also stormed the village of Kafr Aqab and removed signs written on the state of Palestine.
- Hebron: The occupation authorities notified the removal of a residential tent in Musafir Yatta, and delivered the citizen Jamal Rubai, a notice to remove a residential tent that he set up to house his family of 6 members.
The settler also famously exposed the child to Ahmed Al-Qaoud, verbally abused him, and threatened him with death, while playing football with a group of other children in the Al-Sahla neighborhood of the Old City, in the sight and hearing of the Israeli soldiers stationed on the so-called “resting” military barrier near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Bethlehem: Settlers began planting seedlings in lands in Khallet Al-Qatn, near Artas village, belonging to Zainab Abu Seneina, south of Bethlehem. The occupation seized the lands of Khlet Al-Qatn in 2004 and considered them state lands.
The Israeli occupation forces notified Saleh Mohammed Al-Mahsiri of the demolition of his under-construction home in the Umm Rukba area of ​​Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem within 96 hours, on the pretext of not licensing, and they also demolished two inhabited homes in the Umm Rukba area, also in the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem. Within 96 hours, they will return to the citizens of Muhammad Ya`qub Da`du` and Muhammad Ibrahim Da`du, on the pretext of not licensing.
Mustafa Muhammad Abu Amous, from the town of Al-Khader, extracted a decision from an Israeli court to stop the demolition of his house, after he received a notification of the administrative demolition of his house, located in the Shoshla area, south of Al-Khader.
An Israeli settler opened fire from his pistol near a Palestinian checkpoint on the outskirts of Kisan village, about 20 km east of Bethlehem, with the aim of terrorizing activists from the emergency committee standing to supervise the checkpoint.
Salfit: Dozens of settlers (Haredi) suspected of being infected with the Coruna virus stormed the town of Kafel, the guardian of the city of Salfit, and performed Talmudic rituals in the historic graves area of ​​the town, without being prevented by the occupation forces, who imposed restrictions on the movement of citizens claiming to face Corona.
Nablus: Settlers from "Rahalim" settlement cut some 33 olive trees in Al-Sawiya town, south of Nablus, owned by Hamad Saleh Jazi.
The occupation forces also demolished two facilities in the villages of Sebastia and Burqa, northwest of Nablus. Then, the force went to the Al-Masoudia area of ​​Burqah village, and demolished a caravan belonging to Mushir Saif, whose occupation was demolished by his house last year and his agricultural facility in the same place months ago.
Aghwar: The IOF notified the suspension of work in a mosque under construction in the village of Kardala in the northern Jordan Valley until the fourth of next month, under the pretext of not licensing, knowing that the mosque is built of bricks and consists of two floors, on an area of ​​250 square meters.
Dozens of dunums of agricultural land in Khirbet Homs in the northern Jordan Valley were devastated by the fire, as a result of the occupation training. And prevented the continuation of construction work in the homes of a citizen.
