CPTnet

17 January 2012

AL-KHALIL(HEBRON) ACTION ALERT: Pray that dismantling of the outpost in al-Bowereh will not result in “price-tag” attacks or home demolitions.

On the night of 11 January 2012, the Israeli military demolished the outpost settlement that overlooks the neighborhood of al-Bowereh on the northeastern edge of al-Khalil/Hebron. Often in the past, when the Israeli military has demolished outposts (including this particular outpost), settlers have attacked Palestinian civilians, their homes, and animals in what Israelis refer to as “price tag” attacks.  In recent months, settlers have also attacked Israeli soldiers tasked with carrying out the dismantling of outpost settlements, the building of which is illegal under both Israeli and international law.

After the Israeli military demolishes an outpost settlement, they often demolish Palestinian homes or other structures as well.  Palestinians living in Area C (the areas around Israeli settlements and settlement infrastructure) never receive permission from the Israeli military authorities to build homes, cisterns, animal pens or other structures necessary for normal life, and they so are forced to build without permits.  Such buildings are especially vulnerable to demolition when an outpost is demolished.

CPT’s al-Khalil/Hebron team asks its constituents to pray that Palestinians will not have to suffer from either price tag attacks or demolitions as a result of the dismantling of the outpost.

For more information on the situation in al-Bowereh, see http://cpt.org/work/palestine/al-bowereh.