דוח שבועי בנושא הגנה על אזרחים | 27 מאי - 2 יוני 2009

Following the killing of a Hamas leader in the Hebron governorate by Israeli forces, and armed intra-Palestinian clashes that left six people dead in Qalqiliya City, tensions ran high throughout the West Bank during the reporting period. On 2 June, an armed Israeli settler shot dead a 32-year-old Palestinian in East Jerusalem and wounded one Israeli in a separate incident in West Jerusalem. Settler violence and attacks increased this week in the northern West Bank, notably in the Nablus and Qalqiliya districts in response to a recent Israeli government announcement of its intention to dismantle 26 settlement outposts. Israeli forces distributed 28 evacuation orders and seven stop construction orders affecting a total of 151 persons, including 80 children, in the Bedouin community in Al Hadidiya (pop. 162). In the Jordan Valley Bedouin community, Ar Ras Al Ahmar, the demolition orders were given, eighteen families are at risk of being displaced. As of 2 June, 'Atara and At Tayba checkpoints will no longer be staffed. There were no casualties in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reported in Gaza this week.