Al Bowereh
Al Bowereh or Al-Bweireh, also known as Aqabat Injeleh,[1] is a Palestinian village located just east of Hebron. It is situated adjacent to and north of the Israeli settlement of Givat Harsina. The village is occupied by Israel since 1967, together with the rest of the West Bank.
Geography
Al Bowereh is located at the northern edge of the
Population
According to the
Influence of the Israeli occupation
Israeli settlement and outpost expansion
In 1985, Israeli settlers started the building of Givat Harsina between Al Bowereh and Kiryat Arba, on Palestinian lands belonging to the members of the Jaber and Al Bakri clans from Hebron.[4] In 1995, the Israeli bypass road 60 was built through the Palestinian farm lands located east of Harsina.[4]
In 2009, settlers started building the outpost "Hill 18", also named "Hill 26", "Mitzpe Avihai", "Karmei Netanel" and "Hammer Lot", between the settlement of Givat Harsina and Al Bowereh.[5] The Hill 18 outpost has a number of times been built, evacuated and rebuilt.[6][7] Hill 26 is built on land belonging to the Palestinian Ja'abar family, expropriated by the Israeli government. The outpost was earlier dismantled in 1999. In the meantime, however, it had been consistently inhabited by settlers and protected by the IDF.[8] The area was declared a "closed military zone", forcing peace activists of Ta'ayush to evacuate.[8] Hill 26 is mentioned in the 2005 Sasson Report. It is located 230 meter from Givat Harsina and 1.6 kilometer from Kiryat Arba and borders Al Bowereh to the south.[9]
Outpost names can be confusing, as an outpost can have different names. An outpost that has been dismantled can be rebuilt under another name.
Settlers' violence
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Settlers and the military have blocked the village road to Hebron for vehicles. A settler bypass road of the outpost Hill 18 runs parallel to the road.
Denied access to roads and land
Roadblocks prevent the residents from accessing their homes by car, forcing them to walk as far as three kilometers every time they leave or return to the neighborhood. Merchants and ambulances are forced to use long dirty roads.[2]
In 1982, the village tried to build on what now is referred to as Hilltop 26, but were stopped by the Israeli military. In 1986, the
References
- ^ a b Hebron Governorate Statistical Yearbook No. 3, tab. 4, p. 65. PCBS, 2011
- ^ a b c d e f Al Bowereh West bank, palestine Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Christian Peacemaker Teams, February 2012 (size: 6.1 MB). on: [1];
- ARIJ, 2009
- ^ a b The Colony of Kharsina Expands on the Expense of the City of Hebron. POICA, 3 December 2008
- ^ Police evacuate 2 huts, tent in West Bank. Efrat Weiss, YnetNews, 16 June 2009
- ^ Mitzpe Avihai outpost evacuated again. Efrat Weiss, YnetNews, 16 June 2009
- ^ See also Al Bowereh, Hill 18 and Givat Harsina on Google Maps, marked in color
- ^ a b Birth of a settlement. Mairav Zonszein and Joseph Dana, Haaretz, 22 May 2009
- ^ PeaceNow, Hill 26 (Karmei Netanel) Archived 2014-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Accessed June 2014. Hill 26 on the map: Al Bowereh West bank, palestine Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, p. 11.
- ^ Al-Bweireh, Hebron District: the roads on the map. CPT/Dove, AtTuwani Project. 24 March 2011
External links
- Al Bowereh West bank, palestine Archived 2015-09-23 at the Christian Peacemaker Teams, February 2012; on: [2](size: 6.1 MB).
- Al Bowereh Village—Fact Sheet. Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ, 2009
- Aerial photo of Al Bowereh, ARIJ
- Kharsina Colonists Cut Down 50 Grapevines in Al Bweira, POICA
- Hebron Governorate Access Restrictions. Al Bowereh on OCHA map, near coordinates F 23/24. Map available here (size: 2.2 MB).
- Al Bowereh on Google Maps
- Al Bowereh, Hill 18 and Givat Harsina on Google Maps
- In the Shadow of an Israeli Settlement. Tour through Bowereh area, guided by CPT(tree destruction, road blocking earthmonth, outpost "Hill 18")
- Al Buwayra, from International Solidarity Movement