Palestinian settlement
Palestinian settlement is a neologism used to refer a settlement built by Palestinians (often with external support) in areas of the West Bank under Israeli rule, in violation of the Oslo Accords or Israeli military/civilian law.The purpose of the settlements is political and often they are not used as permanent residences.
Illegal Palestinian settlements[edit]
The relatively new phenomenon of building Palestinian settlements is a political and media-driven counter effort to counter the Israeli settlement movement.[1][2] Jacob Høigilt describes the Palestinian settlements as "resistance villages" describing them as "a kind of Palestinian 'settlement' on Palestinian land occupied by Israel.... These villages are a way of asserting ownership of the land.[3] Other sources describe this type of settlement as "protest villages."[4][5]
A Palestinian settlement in the West Bank, defined by Israel as "illegal" was built in January 2013 on E1 territory East of Jerusalem. The settlement which was named "Bab al-Shams" consisted of about 20 tents, constructed by the Popular Struggle Co-ordination Committee.[6][7] The settlement was supported by teh Palestinian government as a way to counter the building of Israeli settlements, ""Fatah on Saturday called on its members to head to the hill (Bab a-Shams) and fight 'the monster and the cancer that devour Palestinian land through settlements' (by building a tent encampment)... PA dailies lauded the first Palestinian settlement drive as..."[8] A few days after the evacuation, a Palestinian settlement was erected in the village of Beit Iksa near the planned Israeli West Bank barrier by activists who claimed that it would confiscate Palestinian land. It was named "Bab al-Karama".[9] A Palestinian settlement named Ein Hijleh was constructed neer Jericho in February 2014, and demolished a week later by Israeli forces.[4][5][3]
In February 2013, a Palestinian outpost was evacuated by Israeli Civil Administration near Yitzhar.[10] The incident included some 200 activists including Palestinians and Israeli leftists, who attempted to set up 10 tents. The Arabs, mostly from the nearby city of Burin attacked the Israeli military force in the area and soldiers responded with riot dispersal equipment, resulting in 7 Arabs and 1 Jew being arrested during the event.
The King's Garden, an archaeological site in Jerusalem's Kidron Valley, was the subject of controversy when an illegally constructed residental settlement called Al Bustan was removed so that the archaeological park could be opened to the public.[11]
The archaeological site of Susya has been the scene of repeated efforts funded by European Union member states to establish a permanent Palestinian settlement.[12][13]
References[edit]
- ↑ Sales, Ben (8 April 2016). "Aid or political meddling? Israel, EU spar over Palestinian buildings". Times of Israel. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ "Villagers expand first Palestinian settlement". International Solidarity Movement. 8 February 2005. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Høigilt, Jacob (7 December 2015). "Fatah from Below: The Clash of Generations in Palestine". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Hundreds erect Palestinian protest village in the Jordan Valley". Ma'an News Agency. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Black, Ian (7 February 2014). "Defiance and sadness as Palestinians forced off West Bank protest site". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ Jacob Høigilt, ‘Why Is There No Third Intifada? An Analysis of Youth Activism in the West Bank’, New Middle East Reports (Oslo: Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, 2013)[1]
- ↑ "Palestinian protest on land assigned for E1 settlement". BBC. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ↑ Miller, Elhanan (13 January 2013). "Fatah and Hamas laud activists for E1 tent village". Times of Israel. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ [2], and was also evacuated few days later [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Kreimer, Sara (27 March 2009). "Seeds of Contention in King David's Garden". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ Booth, William (28 August 2016). "Israel wants to bulldoze this ramshackle village, but Europe is providing life support". Washington Post. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ Segal, Hagai (4 August 2015). "The ever-simmering Israeli-Palestinian conflict is again threatening to boil over". Times of Israel. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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