2012 Most Formidable: ’Israel’ Confiscates 28000 Dunums, Demolishes 600 homes

Local Editor

The Palestinian Land Research Center confirmed that "over the past year [2012], the "Israeli" occupation have stepped up significantly the confiscation and demolition policies in the West Bank."

According to the center, the Zionist entity confiscated 28 thousand dunums [1dunum=1000 square meters] and destroyed 600 homes.
"2012 was the most formidable in terms of seizing land and uprooting, burning, and bulldozing trees," it added, and noted that " it was the most formidable in terms of demolishing Palestinian houses and terrorize and displace their owners."
The center has documented the confiscation of about 28 thousand dunums (2,800 Hectares) of Palestinian land for "Israeli" settlement, an increase to more than double the area of land confiscated in 2011. Most of the confiscation took place in occupied al-Quds.

In parallel, the center documented the demolition of around 600 Palestinian homes and properties in the West Bank, including about 106 in al-Quds, 121 in al-Khalil, an increase of 12 per cent over the year 2011.
"The demolition orders have increased by about 60 per cent compared to 2011," it added.

According to the center, 37 thousand trees were burned or uprooted, including about 31 thousand olive trees, an increase of about 85 per cent compared to 2011, including 5600 trees in al-Khalil, 500 trees in occupied al-Quds, and 10260 trees in Nablus.

The "Israeli" occupation further demolished more than 60 wells in the West Bank, including 6 in al-Quds, 31 in al-Khalil, while new demolition orders were issued for about 47 wells, about seventy per cent of them in al-Khalil, while confiscating 21 water tankers concentrated in the northern Jordan Valley.


Source: Palestine-info, Edited by moqawama.org