In the parallel to the economic plan presented by the American president´s adviser and brother-in-law at the economic workshop held in Manama, capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain last week, former Israeli mayor Nir Barkat presented a parallel economic plan based on the creation of 12 industrial zones that provide work according to his claim, to more than 200,000 Palestinians rather than 30,000 currently working in the industrial zones of the settlements and in the settlements themselves in Area C.
Barakat explained that the plan also aims to develop and expand 4 large industrial zones in the northern West Bank and the Ma´aleh Adumim and Tarqumiya areas near Hebron, and suggested that all of them be located on one contact line so as to provide relatively easy access for both Palestinian citizens and settlers, Jordan included the operation of 100 thousand people, the establishment of three industrial zones near Barta´a in Jenin governorate and some of the surrounding settlements to ensure the operation of 168 thousand people. Nir Barkat presented his plan to senior Israeli and American officials, indicating that it would double the average wages of workers and improve the standard of living of Palestinians. And that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the plan, along with Jason Greenblatt and Jared Kouchner of the US administration. Nir Barkat said that the plan would avoid settlement evacuation and that settlement leaders would welcome it.
The plan also includes the construction of 1,600 settlement units in Qalandiya (Atarot), north of the holy city, and linking it to a number of outposts in the West Bank, such as the Adam and Beit El settlements east of Ramallah. The plan is aimed at improving the economic situation in Jerusalem and the West Bank, In fact, control of the C areas is aimed at establishing economic and tourism projects. According to the plan, large areas of Palestinian land will be swallowed up and settlement expansion will be expanded to form a large settlement barrier parallel to the expansion that took place behind the wall in Samir Amis and the Qalandia area on the other side of the airport.
In addition, Israel´s plans for more control over the West Bank are becoming increasingly clear amid clear American encouragement. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli occupation will not withdraw from the Jordan Valley in the context of any future peace agreement with the Palestinians, including the American plan to settle the Palestinian issue, known as the "Deal of the Century", saying that "it will bring peace But it will bring more war and terrorism Netanyahu´s remarks were accompanied by US National Security Advisor John Bolton in the Jordan Valley. John Bolton, in his joint tour with Netanyahu in the Jordan Valley, said that US President Donald Trump would take into account the concerns expressed by Netanyahu B Clarity. These statements coincide with those of the mini-team that worked on drafting the American Century deal, including US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, asserting that Israel has the right to annex part of the West Bank . In this regard, Friedman expressed surprise at the controversy raised over his previous statements on this issue, and said that everyone knows that there is no scenario in which Israel withdraws from all areas of the West Bank and this view does not violate US policies.
As part of the ongoing occupation efforts to loot Palestinian land and to expand construction in the settlements, the so-called Central Region Commander recently signed legislative amendments aimed at organizing the "Kushan Claims" system. This move was initiated by Deputy Minister of Security Eli Ben Dahan (Jewish House) Land registrations since the Ottoman and British periods in the West Bank - by means of what is known as the "Kawashin" - with the recording of the land as it is today, so that eventually the recordings of land rights will be obtained.The amendment, which was signed by the commander of the Central Region, regulates the procedure and transfers the authority to implement it from the Land Registration Department of the Civil Administration, as is currently the case, to a quasi-judicial committee (Kushan is a Turkish-written paper, The Kushan documents are inaccurate, and the definition of boundaries identified by a prominent path on the ground - such as large rocks, wood, etc. - does not necessarily exist after a few years and does not constitute accurate measurements, such as coordinates.
In order to organize such measures and stop such claims that prevent progress in the development of land and settlements, Deputy Minister of Defense Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan, in cooperation with the Legal Counsel And the Ministry of Justice and Civil Administration and the Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Security, the decision of the district commander to allow for legislative amendments. The process of clarifying Kushan´s claims will be transferred to a quasi-judicial committee that examines the borders of Kushan from the Ottoman and British periods Rh Jordan), according to aerial photographs and existing data from previous years, and to identify the specific area in which it wrote. He said bin Alkohan paint: "
In order to promote the ongoing settlement and Judaization projects in Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Municipality approved a budget of 31 million shekels to start a light rail line connecting the town of Sur Baher to Qalandiya checkpoint as part of a plan to link settlements and settlement neighborhoods to the south of the city. Light train in occupied Jerusalem. The new line (brown) passes through most of the Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, Sur Baher, Jabal al-Mukaber, Silwan, Ras al-Amoud, the old town of Shafat, Beit Hanina, and the Qalandia checkpoint and the industrial area of ​​Atarot. A light rail line, called the Red Line, is now operating in the city of Jerusalem and the green and blue lines are being implemented. They are on most routes in West Jerusalem inside the Green Line, contrary to the expected route of the brown line.
The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Finance have confirmed that the Jerusalem light rail system will change the city´s public transport system and will cover Jerusalem by 2024 and that the construction of the light railway system known as the " Parking near some central stations and rearranging traffic patterns. According to the implementing company began last month of 2019 work in infrastructure in many neighborhoods of Jerusalem and its settlements, including "French Hill, Mount Almsharf, Givat Mordekhai and the intersection of Wadi al-Joz ..
In Jerusalem, as well as with American blessing, the Israel Antiquities Authority opens the so-called "Pilgrim´s Road" in Silwan for the settlement settlement of Elad, in the presence of US Ambassador David Friedman, White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt and Israeli cabinet ministers, a tunnel dug for years under houses The Palestinian citizens of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is presented as a road used during the Second Temple period as a way of pilgrimage to the Temple according to the novel of settlement associations and the Jewish religious narrative, and the tunnel is part of the Salem plan of Israeli governments To strengthen the settlement presence in the "Old City Basin" through intensive tourism development and archaeological excavations in Silwan and the old town. In this regard, the organization "Depth Shibah Israeli"
In a different context, Palestinian citizens complain about the impact of settlement waste and sewage on the Palestinian environment and the health of the Palestinian citizens. In this context, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced last week that about 1,000 Palestinians were infected with poisoning in the village of Marda, north of Salfit. Health Minister Mei Al-Kila said in a conference in Ramallah that the main cause of pollution was the existence of the Ariel settlement bloc on Salfit, Polluted water that is produced, along with spring water that supplies the villagers with potable water. Palestinian officials and experts say about 60 percent of the various Israeli waste is disposed of in the Palestinian territories, threatening the population, water and soil, in flagrant violation of international law and environmental protection laws.
On an international level, the United Nations Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs in the Occupied Territories expressed concern about the continued deterioration of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as a result of Israeli practices and policies. The Committee was particularly disturbed by the high rate of settlement expansion and settler violence, including targeting children and schools. The Committee was concerned about the deterioration of human rights in the H2 area of ​​the city of Hebron, which is under the direct control of Israel. And concern over the massive expansion of Israeli settlements. In 2018, the highest rate of approvals for construction of settlement housing units since 2002, and the link with settlement expansion, was the rapid pace of demolition of Palestinian homes, particularly in East Jerusalem
The weekly violations documented by the National Office for the Defense of the Earth were as follows in the reporting period:
The Israeli occupation forces demolished a gas filling station in the town of Anata, northeast of Jerusalem, which is located on 3 donums of land at the entrance to the northern town. It belongs to Mohammed Ibrahim Helwa, claiming that it is located in Area C without warning. The sit-in tent, erected by the residents of the Wadi Yasol neighborhood in the town of Silwan in the occupied city of Jerusalem, was also demolished in protest against their homes threatened with demolition. At the same time, municipal staff distributed and suspended demolition orders for 5 buildings and 11 houses in various neighborhoods of Jerusalem, especially in Beit Hanina in Wadi Al Dam, Al-Ashqariyah, Shu´fat, Al-Isawiya and Silwan. Israeli forces raided Wadi al-Homs area in the village of Sur Bahir, south of Jerusalem, and demolished the foundations of two buildings under construction, although the owners had not been informed of their intention to demolish them. Residential and commercial facilities and "Barksat" in the territory of Kafr Aqeb and the mountain area north of occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of non-licensing. The occupation authorities launched the Al-Anwar Al-Tawhidi Festival in Old Jerusalem in Bab Al-Amoud under the title "Octopus Park" with the support and support of the official authorities which lasts for one week.
Hebron: The Hebron Rehabilitation Committee said that one of the sites of religious settlers published on its pages a plan for the construction of a new settlement at the entrance to the Kasbah market in Hebron. In order to raise funds and raise funds for the construction of this settlement building, the wholesale market is located in the first Al-Hesba / Shaheen Market junction, where settlers erected tents and displayed pictures of their settlement plan. Regarding the aforementioned wholesale market, the former Minister of the Occupation army, Avigdor Burman, announced in November of last year, 2018, that he agreed to establish a new settlement building in the heart of the Old City. At the same time, a group of Israeli settlers attacked a number of houses in Wad al-Husain area, south of Hebron. The Israeli occupation forces confiscated a crane for electricity and a service car belonging to Beit Ummar municipality.
Bethlehem: Settlers bulldozed lands in the area of ​​Khallet al-Nahla, adjacent to the village of Wad Rahal, south of Bethlehem, belonging to Mohammed Yahya ´Ayish, with a total area of ​​300 dunums. With the aim of setting up mobile homes as "caravans" and setting up a settlement outpost called Givat Etam, the settlements of Efrat and Tikot reached each other in the context of isolating Bethlehem from its southern countryside and the southern West Bank with an E2 plan.
Nablus: Dozens of settlers attacked passing vehicles on Jenin-Nablus Street and carried out the ordeal, near the evacuated settlement of Homesh. They carried out acts of orgasm and directed insults and verbal abuse at pedestrians under the protection of the occupation army.
Israeli settlers attacked the town of Sinjil in the Ramallah governorate and damaged vehicles belonging to Palestinian citizens. They also sprayed slogans in Hebrew on walls in the town. Twelve vehicles were damaged. Settlers also sprayed assaults on Arabs and accused the residents of the town of "terrorists." Settlers wrote " Terrorist Village "and" Here the terrorists who throw stones "live. Alongside these slogans, the Star of David was painted.
Jenin: Settlers of Shaked and Tel Menashe settlements located on land north of Yabed area, south of Jenin, placed barbed wire on the land of the village of Ma´aleh al-Maleh, north of Yabad, which lies behind the wall of annexation and expansion. In the Israeli Supreme Court to prevent settlers from any illegal actions until the final decision is made. The Zionist occupation forces also confiscated construction equipment and agricultural tractors from Al-Tahadi School in the village in order to prevent the establishment of additions to the school of challenge, including health units and walls of the school.
Al-Aghwar: Settlers and their cows released wheat in the lands of the targeted citizens to be confiscated by the occupation authorities in the Umm al-Qaba area in the northern valley in a plot of land belonging to Ali Zuhdi Abu Mohsen planted with wheat. Abu Mohsen cultured about 150 dunums of wheat in that area, And was unable to harvest them because of the military exercises of the occupation army, and was surprised by the settlers to release their cows to graze.
