Israeli authorities circle Palestinian land with fence near Qalqiliya
QALQILIYA (Ma’an) – Israeli authorities have started to install a fence around the southern side of Azzun Atma in Qalaqiliya in the northern West Bank.
A two-meter high spiral fence was installed on about 1,500 meters running from the settlement of Oranit to the crossroads of Kafr Qasim and route 505, according to Abdul-Karim Ayyoub, the secretary of the local council.
“With this fence, Israel is isolating the area known as Beer al-Shilla, the artisan well, and about 800-1000 donums (over 8,000 meters squared) of different groves. Farmers will not be able to access their fields even after they pass the gate on the northern side of the road,” he added.
Hani Amer, who is in charge of the artisan well in al-Shilla said that neither the well nor the groves could be accessed anymore, as the Israelis have not left openings or gates leading to the well or to the dirt roads.
According to google, a dunam is 1000 square meters. 8,000 meters squared would be 64,000,000 square meters. 1000 dunams would be 1,000,000 square meters, I guess that’s what they mean.
Either way, outrageous
Don’t forget the goats
Qalaqiliya seems to be the lead project in Israel’s ghettoization of her Palestinian population.
Israel’s so slimy about all this — and at the same time, so obvious. It’s like she’s trying to be as morally repulsive as possible.
I don’t see how anyone can stomach supporting her. I really don’t. As to the Israelis themselves, the vista of the moral outlook they must have on the universe is truly appalling.
Fence – Jews only road – Outpost on Hill – more fences – more Jews only roads – more outpost – you get the picture … and we all are supposed to look the other way and stare at the shadows dancing on the wall of the cave?
It’s all really like watching Nazi Germany 1933-1939 — only this time everyone is clapping.
Swift, Mark Twain, Orwell — they’d all have a field day. This is so grotesque it would be funny if it weren’t real.