BETHLEHEM, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Tuesday morning seized an agricultural mobile home in al-Walja village, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, said a local activist.
Ibraheem Awadallah, a local activist, told WAFA that several Israeli military vehicles raided al-Thaher area and seized the mobile home belonging Walid Abu Ali.
He explained that the agricultural mobile home was installed in front of Walid’s house, near the section of Israel’s apartheid wall and Har Gilo settlement.
Israeli forces have frequently demolished Palestinian houses in al-Walaja and handed demolition orders for other.
Last week, Israeli authorities handed orders regarding the impending demolition of tents and animal barns in the village of Rashaydeh, east of Bethlehem.
More than 97 percent of al-Walaja’s 5000 dunums, mainly agricultural land, were considered Area C, according to the Oslo accords signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel in 1994, which means under full Israeli control where residents cannot build to develop without Israeli army permission. The remaining 2.6 percent, or the inhabited area, was classified Area B, under Palestinian civilian administration but Israeli military control.
Since its occupation in 1967, along with the rest of the West Bank, Israel had seized most of Al Walaja land to build two settlements, Gilo, and Har Gilo. Israel later built the annexation wall on village land, further separating the agricultural land from the rest of the village, making them difficult to reach and harvest.
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