Israel has been escalating its tactic of removing Palestinians from their land using the deprivation of water as a weapon. Here are three examples, among hundreds, that occurred this week in the occupied West Bank:
• Israeli soldiers invaded the Palestinian village of Farasin (population 200) and handed out 36 immediate demolition orders for all structures and water wells. The village has a 200-year old well and several ancient buildings.
• Israeli colonists invaded Khirbat Samra Bedouin community and stole three water tanks each with the capacity of 1.5 cubic meters. They also stole sheds, four tents, kitchenware, and five tons of wheat and animal feed, then fled the area.
• Israeli bulldozers destroyed Palestinian-owned farmlands in Bruqin to extend sewage lines for an illegal Israeli settlement.
Since the beginning of this year, Israeli soldiers injured 1070 Palestinians, mainly during nonviolent protests against the illegal annexation of their lands, home demolitions, and the isolation of entire villages and towns. Israeli soldiers killed 27 Palestinians, including seven children. (Seventeen were killed in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, and ten in the Gaza Strip.)
In those same six months, Israel abducted about 2330 Palestinians in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and in the Gaza Strip. Among those abducted are 304 children.
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