On Wednesday, many illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers attacked Palestinian shepherds and installed tents to establish a new outpost in the Al-Minya wilderness area, southeast of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Zayed Kawazba, the head of the Al-Minya Village Council, stated that the colonizers assaulted Palestinian shepherds and forced them out of the village’s grazing area.
Kawazba added that the colonizers then brought their livestock into the area and installed two tents in the At-Teena and Hajjar areas in Al-Minya.
It is worth mentioning that the colonizers have escalated their violations against the Palestinian farmers and shepherds in Al-Minya, including stealing wheat, barley, and several sheep.
On Tuesday, an illegal Israeli colonizer stabbed a Palestinian shepherd while he was grazing his livestock in the Khirbet Ibziq area, north of Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that the occupying power [Israel] is forbidden from transferring any part of its civilian population onto the land on which it occupies [Palestine].
All of 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 in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Humanitarian Law.
