On Saturday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and handed demolition orders targeting homes, a restaurant that includes a park.
Mohammad Aziz, the acting head of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, said several military vehicles invaded the village and handed demolition orders for four homes; three inhabited and one empty, each of about 100 square meters.
Aziz added that the army also handed demolition orders targeting a restaurant with a park of about 5 Dunams.
The Israeli violations against al-Walaja started in the 1980s when Israel implemented its plans to annex the Palestinian lands to build its illegal colonies, by denying all construction permits filed by the Palestinians, in addition to dividing the lands, zoning and designating large areas as “green zones,” to prevent the Palestinians from using them, not to mention surrounding them with the illegal Annexation Wall.
Al-Walaja is already surrounded by the illegal colonies on Gilo, Har Gilo, Givat HaMatos, and Har Homa, which were all built on stolen Palestinian lands, in addition to the large areas of lands that were annexed when Israel paved roads leading to these colonies, installing railways and designating lands as natural reserves, off-limits to the Palestinians.
On Friday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded Kisan village, east of Bethlehem city in the occupied West Bank, and burnt a home, a car, and two barns.
