On Monday, Israeli soldiers confiscated fourteen Dunams of Palestinian lands in ‘Aboud village, northwest of Ramallah, in the central West Bank.
The head of the Documentation and Publication department at the Wall & Colonization Resistance Committee, Amir Daoud, said the army invaded the village and confiscated the lands privately owned by Palestinians from the village.
Daoud added that the orders stated that the army confiscated the 14 Dunams and would continue to control them until the end of 2027 and said that the order is subject to renewal for an indefinite number of years, similar to previous illegal Israeli military orders.
Previous similar instances resulted in the illegal Israeli colonizers taking control of the Palestinian lands to build their outposts and colonies on the stolen lands.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the Ma’in community in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and demolished a Palestinian home and a tent.
The soldiers also demolished an under-construction home in Um Safa village, northwest of Ramallah, in the central part of the occupied West Bank.
Israel’s illegal home demolition policy is internationally prohibited; according to Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, “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 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.”
