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Violation : Establishment of a New Colonial Outpost 

Location : Wadi al Faw, Tubas governorate 

Date : February, 2025 

Perpetrating Party : Settlers 

Victims : Bedouins communities at the area 

Details : 

 In the early days of February, 2025, a group of settlers, with protection of the Israeli occupation forces, established a new colonial outpost on the lands of ‘’ Faw’’ area, located north the Jordan valley, within Wadi Al Malih area. 

It is worth mentioning that the Bedouin community living in the area were surprised in the morning to find the settlers had seized a high hilltop, west of the bypass road known as ‘’ Alon ‘’ colonial road. 

 In the following day, the settlers set up two tents at the site. Followed by development of an agricultural road, linking ‘Alon’ bypass road to a new colonial outpost. In addition to establishing permanent building there, this led to their control at about 6 dunams from the pastoral lands. Which is classified as ‘’state land’’.

Above picture The outpost that established by the settlers

A new outpost is located just 300 meters from another pastoral outpost that established since 6 years ago in ‘Wadi Al Faw’ area. It is also a few meters away from Bedouin gathering. consisting of 3 families from Abu Aram family. 

Outpost established in 2019 

Mr. Mahdi Daraghmeh, the head of Bedouin community, confirmed that what the settlers are doing is part of a systematic policy, aimed at taking control of vast areas of land, and completely closing them off in an attempt to displace the remining Bedouins in Jordan valley. 

Daraghmeh added :

There is an aggressive campaign aimed at seizing the land of Jordan valley, what has happened is a real threat to the Bedouin community at the area. It is means to steal agricultural lands, judaize them, and completely changing their features, if this situation continues, the entire area will be emptied of its Bedouin population.

The Palestinian Jordan valley suffers from the occupations policy, which aims to Judaize vast areas of land through the establishment of colonial outposts and tightening the pressure on the residents, in an attempt to empty the area of its original inhabitants. This raises alarm and threatened the implementation of the annexation of the Jordan valley plan, through which the occupation seeks to gain full of control over the valley and impose a new colonial reality. 

United Nations General Assembly Resolutions Regarding Settlement : 

• UN General Assembly Resolution dated 20/12/1972: This resolution called on Israel to cease a number of actions and practices, including building Israeli settlements in occupied Arab territories and transferring Israeli civilians to these territories.
• UN General Assembly Resolution dated 15/12/1972: The General Assembly urged Israel to stop annexing any part of the occupied Arab territories and establishing settlements there, as well as transferring populations to those territories.
• UN General Assembly Resolution dated 07/12/1973: This resolution expressed deep concern over Israel's violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and all actions taken by Israel to alter the features of occupied lands or their demographic composition, considering these actions as violations of international law.
• UN General Assembly Resolution dated 29/11/1974: The General Assembly expressed grave concern over Israel's annexation of parts of occupied lands, the establishment of settlements, and the transfer of populations to those areas.
• UN General Assembly Resolution dated 15/12/1975: This resolution, consisting of four sections, condemned Israel's actions in the occupied territories, describing these practices as serious violations of the UN Charter and an obstacle to achieving a lasting and just peace in the region. It emphasized that these actions were null and void and had no legal basis.
• UN General Assembly Resolution dated 28/10/1977: This resolution affirmed in its first section that all measures and actions taken by Israel in Palestinian territories and other Arab lands occupied since 1967 are legally invalid, and represent a severe obstruction to efforts aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. The General Assembly strongly regretted Israel's continued implementation of these measures, especially the establishment of settlements in the occupied Arab territories.

مشروع: حماية الحقوق البيئية الفلسطينية في مناطق "ج" SPERAC IV   - FCDO

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