Yesterday, the people of Ein Samiya (on the outskirts of Ramallah), following severe and repeated settler attacks had to leave their homes. The entire community consisting of 37 households (roughly 172 people, including 78 children) were forcibly transferred through coercion.
Violence, directed at #Palestinian persons and property, is inherent to #Israeli settlements. From their establishment to their expansion through outposts, settlements exteriorize harassment and violence against Palestinians in their path, as the heat map shows.
The International Criminal Tribunal on Yugoslavia (ICTY), and later the @IntlCrimCourt, held that the term “forcibly” in relation to forcible transfer is not restricted to physical force, but may include threat of force or coercion, such as that caused by fear of violence,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
On 20 April 2023, #Israeli High Court withdrew the injunction order protecting the Ein Samiya school and rejected a petition filed against vacating the essential structure, after which it would be demolished at any time.
During this period, settler attacks on the community… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
As often is the case, harm comes to Palestinians in the halls of Israeli courts in tandem with the violence they endure from settlements.
Settlers - transferred to the area by the #Israeli government - were quick to assume responsibility for the forcible transfer of #Palestinians from Ein Samiya: "Thank God through extensive Jewish presence in the area and Jewish shepherds reoccupying it, the bedouins are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Ein Samiya, a herding community shown here on the @ochaopt rendered map, is wedged between Israeli-declared "live-fire training zones" (in grey) and "natural reserves" (in red), neither serve as such nor declared in good faith and developed urban areas (in brown). It is encircled… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The EU is appalled to learn that the Palestinian community of Ein Samiya in the occupied West Bank, which comprises 172 people, including 78 children, was forced to leave their homes permanently, as a result of repeated settler attacks and demolition orders. The EU firmly… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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