On Wednesday, a group of illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers invaded Palestinian land near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, seized a well, and installed a pool.
Zayed Kawazba, head of the Al-Minya Village Council, reported that the colonizers took control of a Palestinian well in the Wad Al-Abyad area, which local residents rely on for drinking water and daily use.
Kawazba added that the well and surrounding land belong to Palestinian families from the Abu An-Nour community. The colonizers installed a pool and used the well’s water to fill it.
Israeli colonizers have intensified their assaults and violations against Palestinians across the West Bank, including physical attacks on residents, destruction of property, uprooting and bulldozing farmlands, and theft of livestock.
These ongoing violations further threaten Palestinian communities and their resources.
On Monday, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers invaded the al-Mu’arrajat Bedouin community northwest of Jericho, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, and attempted to burn a home and a tractor.
Last Month, the colonizers carried out various violations, include incidents of property destruction, such as burning agricultural lands and demolishing residential structures, In the Arab Al-Mleihat Bedouin community.
In the Ein Al-Hilwa area, in the Northern Plains, the colonizers burned residential tents, stole livestock, and attacked Bedouin families.
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 Law.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power [Israel] shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies [Palestine].” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory”.
