NABLUS, May 21, 2015 (WAFA) – The
Israeli army closed late Wednesday night the entrance to the village of Burin,
south of Nablus, with cubic cements and declared it a closed military zone,
according to local sources.
Head of the village’s council,
Ehab Najjar, said Israeli soldiers closed all roads leading to Burin and denied
vehicles and residents entry and exit to the village.
Several human rights reports
have reveled that Israel’s roadblocks continue to hinder movement and normal
life for Palestinians.
B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center
for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, said that Israel imposes
restrictions on Palestinian travel within the West Bank, obstructs access to
areas where it seeks greater control, and prevents travel between the Gaza
Strip and the West Bank.
It said that “Israel's policy results in
real hardships and constant uncertainty in people's daily lives in terms of
everyday tasks such as getting to work or school or visiting relatives. It also
reflects the view that freedom of movement is not an inalienable right but a
privilege that Israel can choose to bestow or withhold.”
Two days ago, settlers from the
nearby illegal settlement Yitzhar set up a caravan near the village’s school,
which is seemingly a prelude to expand the settlement at the expense of the
village’s land, reported Najjar.
Meanwhile, Israeli army broke
into the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, and proceeded to raze a
Palestinian owned land, reported the village’s head of council, Hassan
Hamamreh.
He said the Israeli measure aims
only at expanding the nearby illegal settlement of Beitar Illit.
The villages of Burin, Madama and Asir al-Qibliya are a frequent target of attacks carried out
by settlers of Yitzhar, a
nearby settlement with a predominantly ultra-orthodox Jewish population. These attacks mainly
involve stone-throwing, night raids on vulnerable homes, property arson and
intentional damage.
Settlement activities in the
West Bank and Jerusalem are illegal in international law, despite of which
Israel continues to construct and expand more settlement homes in the occupied
territory.
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