Israeli settler gangs and occupation army on Tuesday set up mobile homes on Palestinian Bedouin lands in al-Hima Hamlet in the northern Jordan Valley.
A PIC news correspondent quoted the Palestinian citizen Muhammad Abu Zahu as stating that Israeli settlers residing in the illegal Sal’it settlement built on Palestinian lands in al-Malih Valley stormed Hima Hamlet under a tight military shield and set up makeshift homes.
According to the locals the move makes part of a preplanned Israeli scheme of ethnic cleansing.
“In the past Israel forced us out of our homes under the pretext of military maneuvering. Today they are planning to expand illegal settlement at the expense of our own lands” added Abu Zahu.
Abu Zahu also said that the Israeli occupation army threatened to forcibly deport the Palestinians from the area on claims that it belongs to the Israeli-occupied Area C.
Local activist Aref Daraghma said the illegal Sal’it settlement was built at the expense of Palestinian land tracts in Hima Hamlet and that new structures are being set up by the Israeli occupation in the territory as part of its intent to dislocate the Palestinian natives and relocate settler gangs.
