A Palestinian village between the foothills of the Nablus Mountains and the valleys of Tubas and its plains
The historical “Umm Al-Kubaish” disappears between the bulldozing orders and the settlement incursions
The settlers plan to establish an outpost on the hill of Umm al-Kubaish.
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The occupation razed hundreds of previously agricultural acres.
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The occupation targets the agricultural infrastructure in Umm al-Kubaish.
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The settlement of Bekoot takes over the lands of the village of Umm al-Kibish.
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On top of the mountain slopes of the eastern city of Nablus, and to the southeast of Tubas governorate in the northern West Bank, is the town of Tammun, whose origins date back to the Roman era, with a population of 14,500 people. The Palestinian plains and valleys, and the borders of the lands of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, to give it this location vital agricultural and strategic advantages.
What distinguishes Umm al-Kubaish, east of the town of Tammun, made it the focus of the occupation’s ambitions and its expansionist settlement plans. During the past few days, the occupation authorities notified a number of farmers in the village to uproot olive trees from their lands.
These measures coincide with the escalation of the continuous settlement incursions into Umm al-Kubaish, which is located on the top of a vital strategic Palestinian mountain, while the Palestinians see it as a preparatory step for the displacement of the original residents of the village.
scraping orders
On the eighth of this October, the occupation army forces and the Israeli Civil Administration stormed the Umm al-Qubaish area and notified the Palestinian Khaled Bani Odeh of razing and removing 140 olive trees that he planted inside his land and nurtured for 13 years.
Three days later, the occupation forces returned the ball a second time, and stormed agricultural lands in the village owned by the two brothers Mahmoud and Muhammad Bani Odeh, and warned them to bulldoze 70 olive trees that they planted 15 years of age, as it is their main source of livelihood.
A researcher at the Palestinian Land Research Center, Raed Muqdi, told "Emirates Today" that the recent notifications in the "Umm al-Kubaish" area are a direct targeting of the area, with the aim of evacuating it from farmers, to become an easy prey for settlement robberies.
He points out that, during the last few years, the occupation forces escalated the frequency of targeting farmers and their properties, as well as the elements of their steadfastness in the face of massive waves of Jewish settlement plans.
“Targeting Palestinian farmers is practiced by the occupation forces in several forms, most notably, seizing vehicles and agricultural equipment, destroying the infrastructure of lands, by damaging water transmission lines, demolishing wells and collection stations, in addition to preventing the construction of agricultural roads, bulldozing and uprooting trees and crops,” Mawqidi says. ».
double suffering
After the residents received dozens of notifications, like Khaled and the two brothers Muhammad and Mahmoud Bani Odeh, their suffering multiplied as they were denied access to their agricultural lands by the occupation forces and settlers.
“The village is under the control of the settlements council in the Jordan Valley, so as soon as the owners of the land move to plant their trees, or do any work within their agricultural dunams, the occupation forces storm the place, prevent them from working inside their lands, and expel them from it immediately, under threat,” Mawqidi says. weapon.”
He points out that the bulldozing of Palestinian lands in Umm al-Kubaish and the uprooting of trees will absolutely eliminate the agricultural activity in the village, pointing out that the Israeli occupation invokes flimsy pretexts and justifications, to achieve the goals of its plan.
“These arguments claim that the area is what is called (state lands), and it is classified as natural reserves and military firing zones, in addition to the lands that were confiscated and annexed to settlements perched on the lands of the Jordan Valley for decades.”
non-stop settlement
Hiding “Umm al-Kubaish” from the Palestinian map, and devouring its entire lands, does not stop with the bulldozing of its agricultural lands and the properties of its residents, as the village is exposed to frequent and escalating incursions from settlers, under the pretext of visiting an ancient tomb called “Abush’s tomb”, on top of the historical village hill, and performing Talmudic rituals in The place, with complete and absolute protection from the Israeli forces, in an attempt to control it and confiscate its lands, according to Moataz Basharat, the official in charge of the Jordan Valley file in Tubas governorate.
Bisharat points out that the settlers are trying to impose the Talmudic character they are using as a pretext, on the top of the mountain on which “Umm al-Kubaish” was built, as part of their plan to control the area, turn it into a new settlement outpost on Palestinian lands, and annex it to the settlement of Bekoot perched on the village lands.
The official in charge of the Jordan Valley file in Tubas governorate says: "The history of (Umm Al-Kubaish) goes back to before the Romans, and there are still traces and evidence in the destroyed site that confirm that (Umm Al-Kubaish) was inhabited and inhabited for thousands of years."
He added: “The residents of Umm al-Kubaish have refused to give up their lands for many years, as they have documents and documents confirming their ownership of it, dating back to the Ottoman era and the British Mandate, and most of the land owners have settlement bonds since the Jordanian era, but they were not completed as a result of the occupation. West Bank and Jerusalem in 1967.
Bisharat shows that the equivalent of half of the area of the historic village of (Umm Al-Kubaish) is classified as the treasury of the Kingdom of Jordan, and the rest is registered in the names of the original residents of the village.
Residents of the land of Umm al-Kubaish have refused to give it up for many years, as they have documents and documents confirming their ownership of it, dating back to the Ottoman era and the British Mandate, and most of the land owners have settlement bonds with the Jordanian Covenant, but they were not completed as a result of the occupation of the West Bank and Jerusalem. In 1967.
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