During some months since, the issue of settlements was at the top of the agenda generally, with Israeli politics in turmoil before the talks between the Israeli government envoy of President of United States Barak Obama for a "freezing" of construction in the settlements of the West Bank and East Jerusalem at the same time, members of Knesset have been around the outposts and settlements in the West Bank, issuing statements on the legality or illegality of the places visitati.In from their view of the intense ongoing discussion, both locally and internationally, it is important to remember that the question of "legality" of the colonies is not simply a transient technique that can be solved with the stroke of a pen. Meanwhile, according to international law all settlements and outposts in the West Bank are illegal. But even the Israeli legislation in its most basic view, prohibiting some of the initiatives that have been put in place to "legalize" these communities. The confiscation of Palestinian land is a crucial issue, one that highlights the contradiction of Israel, which claims to be a state that operates in accordance with the rules of law that respects individual rights and protects the weak from the violence of the sfruttamento.Fin first start of the colonization, more than forty years ago, Israel has expropriated the lands of the West Bank by a method well-designed, systematic and violent. The victims of this mechanism lose their farmland and thereby also the opportunity to lead a normal life. Their source of income is compromised, so much so that often lead to the spread of poverty and stenti.Le ongoing operations in the last ten years, for example, with which the settlers of Eli, north of Ramallah, took possession of a certain number of hills that surround the original colonial core, have seriously damaged the ability of Palestinians in the neighboring villages of Qaryut, Luban al-Sharqiyah and Al-Sawiyah to reach the thousands of dunums of land of which they own and which they depend for their livelihood. Even if they still have even a slightest possibility of access (usually for two or three days a year, during the olive harvest) their products are ruined, the farmers are physically attacked and they are simply unable to deal adequately their raccolti.Contrariamente the impression created in Israel by the world press reported by the media, such accidents that occur only in the vicinity of the colonies that have a reputation for being particularly radical or extremist, are not isolated and unrelated. Rather, it is a well-coordinated campaign, which takes place simultaneously throughout the West Bank, from Hebron in the south to Nablus in the north. If you look at a map of all locations where there have been incidents of this type, it becomes obvious the general strategy: the transfer of Palestinians who remained from the C (as defined by the Oslo Accords), which is 60% of the West Bank and which is under total control of Israele.In recent years, Yesh Din volunteers have collected the testimonies of dozens of Palestinians who were prevented from reaching their land next to some settlements and outposts by means other than single separation barrier.
Their reports do show that in many occasions, Palestinian farmers are driven out of power. In other cases, they may succeed in reaching their crops unharmed, only to discover that their crops were burned, uprooted or damaged in some other way by coloni.Questi abuse may not represent the official policy of Israel, but the state does little to prevent them. In the immense majority of cases in which victims of violence have filed complaints, the police - who, after all, in many cases is made up of Israeli Jews who sometimes are themselves residents of colonies - close the case without indictments issued and, in many cases, even without conducting inquiries with accurate and comprehensive. This leads to an obvious conclusion: the systematic confiscation of lands and violations of law occur because the legal authorities turned away and allow such incidents accadano.Il problem starts with the soldiers in the field, that do not hold violent criminals, and ends with the prosecution of the police and the state who are unable to apply the full force of the law to repress colpevoli.Nella West Bank, you are creating an infrastructure of Jewish terrorism. Through a policy that they have nicknamed the "ticket price", the settlers said they had the intention of attacking innocent Palestinians in response to any perceived threat to a colony or an outpost, whether verbal or physical. All this represents only the extreme conclusion, anecdotal and uncompromising, this infrastructure. Pursuing the intimidation and systematic violations of the law, the ultimate goal of the settlers who apply this policy is usurping more and more land. In turn, this damages the livelihood, property and welfare of tens of thousands of palestinesi.Quei defenders of the settler movement who argue that in a democracy, the Jews should be able to live everywhere in the Land of Israel, not fail to recognize that the state is allowing you sbriciolino the fundamental principles of democracy to put in the hands of violent fundamentalists. You should implement the defense of private property as absolute norm and therefore not on, without stooping to support the usurpation of land by gangster.Roi Maor is CEO of Yesh Din: Volunteers for Human Rights UmaniDror Etkes is director of the Project Lands Yesh Din
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