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Palestinian Olive Agony ( A Statistical Report on Israeli Violations)

Monitoring Israeli Violations Team

Arab Studies Society

ARAB STUDIES SOCIETY – Land Research Center (LRC) – Jerusalem 1

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Palestinian Olive Agony2018( A Statistical Report on Israeli Violations)

Prepared by:

Monitoring Israeli Violations Team

Land Research Center

Arab Studies Society- Jerusalem

March 2019

mail: [email protected], URL: www.lrcj.org

2018


Halhul – Main Road, Tel: 02-2217239 , Fax: 02-2290918 , P.O.Box: 35, E-mail: [email protected], URL: www.lrcj.org

The olive tree have always been a thorn on the Israeli

occupation’s side

Deep rooted in the history of this land.. its oil is still sacred enlightening

its temples

Its branches play with farmers’ children.. and suffer from agonizing pain

when touched by a settler’s saw

That is, the Palestinian olive tree.. standing still on the face of the Israeli

occupation’s sadism

Burnt.. but reborn from its dust like a phoenix

Cut.. but grows anew from its roots

Stolen.. and when planted in their settlements. .becomes darkened and

cloudy

The Israeli occupiers tried to contain the olive tree , but it refused.. so

they decided to uproot it from the land of Palestine , but failed and will

fail

The olive trees are a constant target by the occupation but they are still

steadfast and refuses to surrender .. The olive tree stands for

Palestinians' very existence, and their cultural identity and civilization,

it is a testimony from history on the Palestinian land’s Arabism.

Jamal Talab Al-Amleh

LRC general manager

Jerusalem – Palestine



In 2018, Land Research Center documented attacks that targeted

olive trees, though daily monitoring:

• 117 attacks took place , 90 of them were perpetrated by settlers

from settlements nearby olive groves, while 27 were perpetrated by

the occupation forces.

• 9,200 olive trees were damaged through the following:

� 8,300 olive trees were directly damaged.

� 2,450 trees were soaked in sewage water.

� 2,819 were uprooted or cut.

� 1389 were ravaged.

� 1,672 were torched.

� 900 trees are threatened f uprooting by the Israeli Nature

Authority.

� 6,085 trees were completely destroyed , while 2215 were partially

damaged.

� 2034 are saplings, 1413 are 5 to 10 years old trees , 5835 are

aging trees.

� 830 trees were stolen to be planted in Israeli settlements.



Table 1: a trees in the West Bank (including the Occupied City of Jerusalem) during 2018:

Governorate

Damaged trees

Perpetrators

Total Soaked

in sewage

Uprooted

or cut

down

Plowed Burned

Threatene

d of

removal

The Israeli

occupation

Army

Colonists

Jerusalem 1120 0 103 0 0 2 2 1223

Hebron 0 168 335 0 40 7 6 543

Bethlehem 50 35 50 200 0 1 4 335

Ramallah 245 988 18 400 0 2 23 1651

Jericho 0 0 22 0 60 2 0 82

Nablus 450 784 50 1050 0 0 34 2334

Salfit 315 152 660 22 0 1 11 1149

Qalqiliya 230 22 61 0 0 0 7 313

Tubas 0 320 0 0 800 10 0 1120

Tulkarm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jenin 40 350 60 0 0 2 3 450

Total 2450 2819 1359 1672 900 27 90

9200 9200 117

*Source : Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre, 2018

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The map shows number of attacks that took place in West Bank and




Occupied Jerusalem (2018)

1651

1223

335

543

40

350

1180

2334

313

1149

82



1180

82



Table 2: sewage-induced attacks on olive fields (2018):

Location Colony/ military

camp

Damaged area

(dunum)\natu

re of land

No. of

damaged

trees

Nature of the plot Remarks

Number

of

attacks

Khirbet Umm al

Fahim Har Adar 214 1000 agricultural

Kharayib Umm al Fahim is

located between Beit 'Anan

and Beit Loqya. A sewage

pipeline coming from Har

Adar penetrates the

agricultural lands of the

area leading plants

poisoned. The sewage

water collected during

winter is disposed onto the

village lands via huge

pumps.

1

Nabi Samuel Har Samuel 3 120 Intermittent stream

1

Jerusalem 217 1120

2

Wadi Fukin Betar Illit 10 30 Planted with olives

and almonds

Intermittent stream 1

Wadi Fukin Tzur Hadassah 20 20 Planted with olives

and almonds Seasonal (during winter)

1

Bethlehem 30 50

2

Al Mazra'a Al

Qibliya Horsha 13 18 agricultural Intermittent stream

1

Al Lubban Al

Gharbi Beit Arye 13 40 agricultural Intermittent stream

1

Al Luban Al

Gharbi and Abud Efrayim 38 35 agricultural Intermittent stream

1

Turmus'ayya Eli 26 45 agricultural Perennial stream 1

Al Janiya Dolev and

Talmon 28 47 agriculture Intermittent stream

1

Safa Kiryat Sefer 18 60 agriculture Intermittent stream 1

Ramallah 136 245

6

Salim, Deir al

Hatab Alon Moreh 48 180 agricultural Intermittent stream

1

'Awarta Itamar 21 39 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Sabastiya Shavei Shomron 20 11 agricultural Intermittent stream 1



Location Colony/ military

camp

Damaged area

(dunum)\natu

re of land

No. of

damaged

trees

Nature of the plot Remarks

Number

of

attacks

Qaryut Eli 30 60 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Qaryut and Talfit Shilo 11 40 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Jaloud and

Qaryut Shevout Rahil 15 80 agricultural Intermittent stream

1

Burin Jiva’at Rounin 12 40 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Nablus 157 450

7

Mas-ha Etz Efrayim 17 60 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Bruqin and Salfit Ariel 120 150 agricultural Perennial stream 1

Kfar Ad-Dik Peduel and Eli

Zahav 55 15

Valleys /Planted

with olives Perennial stream 1

Bruqin Bruchin 15 34 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Qarawat bani

Hassan Karyat Netavim 12 20

Valleys /partially

agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Marda Ariel 12 18 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Marda Israeli Mekorot

Company 12 18 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Salfit 243 315 7

Jinsafut Emanuel 80 60 Planted with olives Intermittent stream 1

Kafr Laqif Karne Shomron 40 60 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Deir Istiya Revava 45 20 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Ras Tira & ad

Dab'a Alfei Menashe 46 70 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Kfar Qaddum Kedumim 34 20 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Qalqiliya 245 230

5

Umm ar- Rihan Shaqed 31 40 agricultural Intermittent stream 1

Jenin 31 40

1

Total 1059 2450

*Source: Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre, 2018



A map illustrating the locations affected by Israeli pumped sewage water 2018

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Table 3: torched olive trees - by

Governorate Total

Damage

Full

Bethlehem 200 200 Ramallah 400 400 Nablus 1050 639 Salfit 22 0

Total 1672 1239

*Source : Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team

A graphic shows number of torched olive trees in 2018

Salfit

22



by governorate (2018):

Age (years)

Partial Seedlings (1-5) (5-10) Above

(10)

0 0 0 200 0 0 0 400 411 62 7 981 22 0 0 22 433 62 7 1603

Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre, 2018

A graphic shows number of torched olive trees in 2018

RamallahNablus

400

1050


Perpetrators

Above The Israeli

occupation

Army

Colonists

0 1 1 1 0 8 1 0

1603 2 10

Bethlehem

200



Table 4: plowed trees - by governorate (2018):

Governorate

Total

Damage Age (years) Perpetrators

Full Partial

Seedlings (1-5) (5-10)

Above

(10)

The Israeli

occupation

Army

Colonists

Jerusalem 103 103 0 0 0 103 2 0

Hebron 335 335 0 45 80 210 4 0

Bethlehem 50 50 0 50 0 0 1 0

Ramallah 18 18 0 18 0 0 1 0

Jericho 22 22 0 0 22 0 1 0

Nablus 50 50 0 0 0 50 0 2

Salfit 660 660 0 310 350 0 1 2

Qalqiliya 61 61 0 0 0 61 0 1

Jenin 60 60 0 0 0 60 1 1

Total 1359 1359 0 423 452 484 11 6


Graphic shows plowed trees by governorate in 2018

103

295

5018 22

50

682

61 600

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

Jerusalem Hebron Bethlehm Ramallah Jericho Nablus Salfit Qlqilya Jenin

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Table 5: uprooted or cut down trees

Governorate Total

Damage

Uprooted

Hebron 168 133

Bethlehem 35 35

Ramallah 988 669

Nablus 784 354

Salfit 152 152

Qalqiliya 22 22

Tubas 320 320

Jenin 350 350

Total 2819 2035

*Source : Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team

Graphic shows

320350

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Table 5: uprooted or cut down trees - by governorate(2018):

Damage Age (years) Perpetrators

Partially

cut

Seedlings

(1-5)

(5-

10)

Above

(10)

The Israeli

occupation

Army

35 100 0 68 2

0 0 0 35 0

319 660 11 317 0

430 142 135 507 0

0 110 42 0 0

0 0 0 22 0

0 150 170 0 1

0 0 0 350 1

784 338 358 1299 4

Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre, 2018

Graphic shows uprooted or cut off trees by governorate in 2018

35

988

784

152

22

320


Perpetrators

The Israeli

occupation Colonists

6

1

16

17

2

1

0

1

44

168



Other attacks:

Table 6: stolen and threatened- of-removal olive trees- by governorate (2018):

governorate Stolen trees Threatened trees

Jerusalem 0 0

Hebron 105 40

Bethlehem 0 0

Ramallah 0 0

Jericho 125 60

Nablus 0 0

Salfit 0 0

Qalqiliya 0 0

Tubas 290 800

Tulkarm 0 0

Jenin 310 0

Total 830 900




Table 7: perpetrators and number of attacks 2018:

No. Perpetrators No. of attacks

1

The Israeli occupation Army, Israel Civil

Administration, Israel Nature Authority, Mekorot

Company

32

2 Colonists of Yitzhar 10

3

Colonists of Shevut Rahel and its outposts of Adi

Ad and Yish Kodesh 17

4 Colonists of Talmon 1

5 Colonists of Betar Illit 1

6 Colonists of Eli zahav and “Hyufal” outpost 6

7 Beit Ein 1

8 Itamar 3

9 Kedumim and Har Humid 1

10 Shilo 1

11 Revava 1

12 Ariel 2

13 Dolev 1

14 Emanuel 2

15 Har Samuel 1

16 Shaqed 2

17 Leisham 1

18 Alon More 2

19 Karne Shamron 1

20 Har Adar 1

21 Ofarim 1

22 Rachelim 3

23 Etz Efrayim 1

24 Shavi Shamron 1

25 Beit Arye 1

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No. Perpetrators

26 Kokhav Hasher

27 Neria

28 Maon and Havat Maon

29 Kiryat Netavim

30 Kiryat Sever

31 Kiryat Kharsina

32 Homesh

33 Havay Jila’ad

34 Jiva’at Runin

35 Asfar

36 Bruchin

37 Tzur Hadassa

38 Alfei Menashe

*Source : Field Research

The graphic shows number of attacks against

10

5



No. of attacks

Kokhav Hasher 1

1

Maon and Havat Maon 5

Kiryat Netavim 1

1

Kiryat Kharsina 1

1

5

1

1

3

1

1

Total 117


The graphic shows number of attacks against olive trees in 2018

13

5

25

2

34

12

7


No. of attacks

Land Research Centre, 2018

4

13



Table 7 : shows estimated loss rates on Olive trees as a result of Israeli violations in West Bank

governorates 2018:

Governor

ate

Fully damaged trees by age Partially damaged trees by

age

Estimated losses - fully damaged

trees

Estimated losses - Partially

damaged trees

Seedlings

(1-5) (5-10)

More

than

10

Seedlings

(1-5) (5-10)

More

than

10

Seedlings

(1-5) (5-10)

More

than 10

Seedlings

(1-5) (5-10)

More

than 10

Jerusalem 101 168 506 67 112 269 514343 802032 2196040 50418 113792 390050

Hebron 145 80 243 0 0 35 738413 381920 1054620 0 0 50750

Bethlehem 55 8 252 3 5 12 280088 38192 1093680 2258 5080 17400

Ramallah 630 37 567 85 36 296 3208275 176638 2460780 63963 36576 429200

Jericho 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 105028 0 0 0 0

Nablus 189 93 992 102 161 797 962483 443982 4305280 76755 163576 1155650

Salfit 448 439 135 19 32 76 2281440 2095786 585900 14298 32512 110200

Qalqiliya 20 35 166 14 23 55 101850 167090 720440 10535 23368 79750

Tubas 150 170 0 0 0 0 763875 811580 0 0 0 0

Tulkarm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jenin 4 6 424 2 4 10 20370 28644 1840160 1505 4064 14500

Total 1742 1058 3285 292 373 1550 8871135 5050892

1425690

0 219730 378968 2247500

6085 2215 28,178,927.0 2,846,198.0

Damaged trees 8300 Estimated losses USD 31,025,125 =~ NIS 8,618,090.28

* Estimated losses calculation was done by LRC team

* An olive tree is considered productive for 40 years of age.

*productivity levels are assumed to be 28 kg per tree per season . Each dunums assumed to contain 25 trees.



Scenes of the attacks in 2018:

Huwwara town- Nablus governorate, “Yitzhar” settlers cut down 20 aging olive trees -

11/01/2018

Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya village- Nablus governorate: Settlers of Eli burn down 30

olive trees – 26/09/2018

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Turmusayya town

Ramallah governorate:

“Adei Ad” settlers

sabotage 244 olive

saplings in 15/12/2018


Turmusayya town –

Ramallah governorate:

“Adei Ad” settlers

sabotage 244 olive

saplings in 15/12/2018



Sur Baher village- Occupied Jerusalem : The Israeli occupation forces destroy 100

olive trees in order to build a settlement for themselves 23/04/2018



Tubas

governorate-

Bardala village

:The Israeli

occupation civil

administration

and army uproot

320 olive trees –

25/04/2019

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