Palestinian/Israeli update 09/19/2022..Security to be boosted in Jerusalem amid high holiday terror threats

Security to be boosted in Jerusalem amid high holiday terror threats

btselem reports Israeli settlers break into agricultural plot and steal equipment in Kisan, Bethlehem District

Israeli settlers break into agricultural plot and steal farming equipment; police bar owner from filing complaint in Kisan, Bethlehem District On 6 August 2022, Hassan Al-‘Abayat (49), a resident of Bethlehem and father of seven, arrived at his plot of land southeast of the village of Kisan. He discovered that the gate had been broken and farming equipment lying by the shed stolen.

Al-‘Abayat examined footage from security cameras he installed in the plot in November 2021. He found that on Monday, 1 August 2022, at 6:00 A.M., five settlers arrived in a white van, broke the gate, walked around the plot and the pergola in front of the shed, stole equipment, loaded it onto their car and left.

Al-‘Abayat went to the police station in the settlement of Beitar Illit to file a complaint, but the officers refused to accept it on the pretext that he had to first prove ownership of the plot. Only after he contacted the local council, which forwarded the video footage to human rights organizations and launched a campaign in his case, was Al-‘Abayat summoned to the police station on 14 August 2022, and this time his complaint was recorded.

Following the complaint, the police arrested a settler from the outpost of Ramat Migron. Six days later, he was granted a conditional release and put under house arrest for another five days.

btselem reports Demolitions in the Jerusalem area, August 2022: Authorities demolish 30 structures.

Demolitions in the Jerusalem area, August 2022: Authorities demolish 30 structures; 73 people, including 35 minors, lose their homes

Over the course of August 2022, 30 structures in East Jerusalem and nearby areas within the al-Quds District of the Palestinian Authority were demolished on the instructions of Israeli authorities. The demolished structures included 12 residential buildings, four of which were still vacant, and eight occupied. Sixty people, including 35 minors, were left homeless. Nine other homes were demolished by the owners on the instructions of the Jerusalem Municipality, and one additional home was partially demolished by the owner. In total 73 people, including 35 minors, lose their homes.

The authorities demolished 18 more non-residential structures, six of which supported the livelihoods of 18 families and 12 laborers.

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