Al-Walaja: Defending Palestinian Land From Bulldozers
April 26, 2010 - A sit-in protest was organised in the West Bank village of Al-Walaja (south of Bethlehem) on Sunday against the ongoing construction of the Wall, which was resumed last Thursday. Approximately 200 Palestinian, Israel and international demonstrators tried to block bulldozers uprooting an olive grove, sitting in the place where the bulldozers staged. Israeli soldiers attacked demonstrators: among them, Dr Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative who declared that "despite the attempt of Israeli authorities to weaken and interrupt the protest, the non-violent struggle will continue weekly rallies to stop the construction of the Apartheid Wall". Here what’s happened...
Al-Walaja: Defending Palestinian Land From Bulldozers
Palestine Monitor
April 26, 2010
A sit-in protest was organised in the West Bank village of Al-Walaja (south of Bethlehem) on Sunday against the ongoing construction of the Wall, which was resumed last Thursday.
Approximately 200 Palestinian, Israel and international demonstrators tried to block bulldozers uprooting an olive grove, sitting in the place where the bulldozers staged.
Israeli soldiers attacked demonstrators: among them, Dr Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative who declared that "despite the attempt of Israeli authorities to weaken and interrupt the protest, the non-violent struggle will continue weekly rallies to stop the construction of the Apartheid Wall".
Here what’s happened.
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Photo: Palestine Monitor
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Photo: Palestine Monitor
Photo: Palestine Monitor
Photo: Palestine Monitor
Photo: Palestine Monitor
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Photo: Palestine Monitor
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Photo: Palestine Monitor
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Photo: Palestine Monitor
Photo: Palestine Monitor
Photo: Palestine Monitor
Photo: Palestine Monitor
Photo: Palestine Monitor
Photo: Palestine Monitor
Photo: Palestine Monitor
Palestine Monitor
A FOCUS ON AL-WALAJA
Al-Walaja is an agrarian village of about 2,000 people, located south of Jerusalem and West of Bethlehem. Following the 1967 Occupation of the West Bank and the redrawing of the Jerusalem municipal boundaries, roughly half the village was annexed by Israel and included in the Jerusalem municipal area. The village’s residents, however did not receive Israeli residency or citizenship, and are considered illegal in their own homes.
Once completed, the path of the Wall is designed to encircle the village’s built-up area entirely, separating the residents from both Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and almost all their lands - roughly 5,000 dunams. Previously, Israeli authorities have already confiscated approximately half of the village’s lands for the building of the Har Gilo and Gilo settlements, and closed off areas to the south and west of it. The town’s inhabitants have also experienced the cutting down of fruit orchards and house demolition due to the absence of building permits in Area C.
According to a military confiscation order handed to the villagers, the path of the Wall will stretch over 4890 meters between Beit Jala and alWallaja, affecting 35 families, whose homes may be slated for demolition.
Beit Jala is a predominantly Christian town located 10 km south of Jerusalem, on the western side of the Hebron road, opposite Bethlehem. Once completed, the Wall will Isolate 3,200 Dunams of the town’s lands, including almost 3,000 Dunams of olive groves and the only recreational forest in the area, the Cremisan monastery and the Cremisan Cellars winery.
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