On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in Furush Beit Dajan village, northeast of Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Local sources said several army jeeps and bulldozers invaded the village and surround a home after blocking all nearby streets.
They added that the soldiers demolish a brick home owned by Taiseer Abu Kabbash, displacing him and his family.
The army claimed the home was not licensed by the so-called “Civil Administration Office” of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, although it was licensed by the local council.
Israel’s illegal home demolition policy falls within the collective punishment policy against Palestinian civilians, protected by the Israeli judicial system.
This policy is internationally prohibited; according to Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which states: “No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and, likewise, all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited. Pillage is prohibited. Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited.”
While Israel continues to build and expand its illegal colonies, Palestinian communities and towns in occupied Jerusalem and various areas in the occupied West Bank continue to be denied the right to build homes and property under various allegations meant to prevent the expansion of Palestinian towns and neighborhoods.
Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory.”
