Israeli settlers force displacement of 15 Palestinian families in West Bank area

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Israeli authorities have ordered 15 Palestinian families from the al-Malih Village in the Jordan Valley to dismantle their homes and depart. Mahdi Daraghmeh, head of the village council, confirmed this information to Wafa news agency on Tuesday.

Additionally, seven families from the nearby Maita community were forced to leave several days earlier following similar settler attacks and threats. In a separate incident, settlers assaulted men from Nabi Samwil village, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, injuring one person who was taken to a hospital with bruises.

According to reports, Israeli forces have increased their presence in various areas across the occupied West Bank, including raids and demolitions in Nablus, Al Khader, and Salfit on Tuesday. The Israeli government has implemented several measures aimed at solidifying its control over the territory, including changes to land ownership laws and the registration of Palestinian land as Israeli state land.

The Israeli government has also approved a plan to designate large areas of the occupied West Bank as “state property”, shifting the burden of proof to Palestinians to establish ownership of their land. This move has been criticized by Palestinians, who warn that it could pave the way for formal annexation of the territory and undermine their prospects for a Palestinian state.

A joint statement from foreign ministers of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt condemned the Israeli decision as “a grave escalation aimed at accelerating illegal settlement activity, land confiscation, entrenching Israeli control, and applying unlawful Israeli sovereignty over the Occupied Palestinian Territory”.

According to official Palestinian data, at least 1,114 Palestinians have been killed, about 11,500 wounded, and some 22,000 arrested in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October 2023.

Source: Al Jazeera