PRESS RELEASE | Double attack from Havat Ma’on illegal outpost in South Hebron Hills


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PRESS RELEASE

Double attack from Havat Ma’on illegal outpost in South Hebron Hills
Palestinians, internationals and olive trees targets of the israeli settlers

April 14th, 2012

At-Tuwani – In the early morning of April 13th two israeli settlers of the Havat Ma’on outpost attacked and chased three international volunteers in Shaab Seedi Valley, throwing stones against them. At around 11 am six young settlers drove away three Palestinians and one international from Meshaha Hill, property of an inhabitant of the nearby At-Tuwani village. One of the young men, once down in Kharrouba Valley, damaged six olive trees.

The first attack occurred at 8:05 am, when two settlers from Havat Ma’on threw stones and chased away three international volunteers in Shaab Seedi Valley. The two men came out of a recently built house situated over 50 meters away from the outpost. After covering their faces, they started to violently throw stones against the three internationals, one of them using a slingshot. When the volunteers started to escape, the settlers ran after them for a long stretch of path, until the three runaways put themselves in a safe place. None of them got injured.

The second episode took place at 11:24 am when six young men from the Havat Ma’on outpost went on Meshaha Hill where a Palestinian woman and two minors were collecting herbs, accompanied by an international volunteer. The six teenagers, one of them whirling a slingshot, headed threateningly towards them, which escaped in the valley below. The group of settlers chased the Palestinians until the bottom of the hill, where one of the young men damaged six olive trees property of an At-Tuwani inhabitant. The olive trees represent a fundamental mean of support for the village.

After the incident some soldiers, both from the regular army and the DCO (District Coordination Office), and two police officers intervened, called by some Israeli activists which came by.

The soldiers briefly talked to the settlers and then left quickly, instead the DCO officer showed an arrogant behaviour towards two Palestinians which joined the area to verify the damages. The police gathered evidences of the event.

The settlers of the Havat Ma’on illegal outpost have been protagonists of several episodes of violence against both the internationals and the Palestinians. Since the beginning of the year the Operation Dove volunteers registered 24 settlers’ attacks, mostly aimed at pushing away the shepherds and the internationals from the hills surrounding the outpost. The attack occurred on April 13th is the fourth episode of overt violence since the beginning of the year carried out against the sole internationals, while the amount of Palestinian trees tore down and damaged since December 2011 rises to 39.

Operation Dove has maintained an international presence in At-Tuwani and South Hebron Hills since 2004.

Video of the incident: http://goo.gl/0oe6l

Pictures of the incident: http://goo.gl/QhRHE

[Note: According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Hague Regulations, the International Court of Justice, and several United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements and outposts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts, including Havat Ma’on (Hill 833), are considered illegal also under Israeli law.]




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