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A-Tir Village, Negev Desert, South Israel: On the 25th June 2007 The Israel Land Administration (ILA), with the assistance of a large police force and IDF soldiers, demolished 25 homes in the unrecognized Bedouin village of A-Tir in the northern Negev. The ILA is destroying the village so that a Jewish Community named "Hiran" can be established in the area. 25 families were left homeless. Bedouin women attempted to get their children out of the house but police wanted to speed up the process and did not let the mothers come near while they grabbed the play pens with the children inside and dragged them out of the house. "Tonight we will sleep on the ground", Fajua Ab Abu Al-Cian said. Laborers removed the Bedouin's property from their homes and placed it in piles on the ground outside. The residents of the village have been living there for 51 years. They were transferred to the site in 1956 while under martial law. The land they originally owned was transferred to Kibbutz Shoval, while the Bedouin were leased 3000 dunam of land for agriculture and grazing.
Caterpiller Bulldozers: As part of its business operations, the US-based manufacturer of industrial equipment - Caterpillar, supplies bulldozers to the Israel military; that have been widely documented as being employed during the illegal razing of Palestinian land and property in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Furthermore, Caterpillar machinery has been used in the razing of agricultural land, as well as the destruction of land for and building of the Annexation Wall in the OPT, which was deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice. Israel has committed numerous breaches of international law using Caterpillar machinery, including the extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly.
Caterpillar has abdicated its corporate responsibilities for serious violations of international law committed using their equipment. Disappointingly, Chief Executive Officer James Owens stated: "the fact remains that with more than two million of our machines and engines in use throughout the world, we simply do not have the practical ability or legal right to determine how our products are used after they are sold." However, international as well as local organizations concerned by Israel’s use of Caterpillar machinery as weapons against the Palestinian civilian population have repeatedly brought these activities to Caterpillars attention. Excerpted from a report by Al-Haq, West Bank affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists (Geneva)
Hosam A. & family. Jerusalem area: The original house, built next to the home of the grand parents, was only six months old when it was demolished in late 2004. The demolition was hard on the family. Mr. ‘A' had to move in with his parents, while his wife and their baby live with her family. The family tried to obtain a permit to build the home. Like many Palestinians facing every increasing pressure to find housing for their families, he built the house without a permit that he was unable to obtain. The rebuilt house is in front of his parent’s home in the hopes that this placement will help avoid another demolition. The rubble from the demolition still sits on the property.
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