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Confiscation in Khirbet 'Alan. Photo by Photo by ‘Aref Daraghmeh, B’Tselem, 1 June 2020
On Monday, 1 June 2020, at around 3:00 A.M., military and police forces raided three communities in the al-Jiftlik area of the Jordan Valley; Khirbet ‘Alan, Khallet al-Fouleh and al-Musafah. The forces arrested six residents on the grounds they had stolen water. The forces also confiscated two bulldozers and a tractor. The six arrested residents are still held in the Ofer military prison.
The same day, at around 7:00 A.M., Israeli Civil Administration personnel came with an escort of military jeeps and two bulldozers to Khirbet ‘Alan, southwest of the village of al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley. The forces demolished irrigation networks intended for agricultural crops, owned by two of the community’s residents, and confiscated a water pump owned by one of them. The forces also issued several summons for farmers to report to the Binyamin police station.
From there, the forces continued north along Route 90, where they demolished five roadside tents owned by residents of the villages of Bardalah and Kardalah, who used them for vending fruit and vegetables, and confiscated produce. Afterwards, the forces demolished other tents farmers had erected for the same purpose a week earlier, on 27 May 2020, and also confiscated their produce.
That morning, 27 May 2020, Civil Administration personnel came with an escort of military jeeps and a bulldozer to the village of Furush Beit Dajan in the Jordan Valley. The forces demolished a house under construction designed for a village residents for his upcoming marriage. Last month, the Civil Administration issued the owner a demolition order by power of Military Order 1797.