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To: Les H who wrote (43938)	10/15/2024 10:55:38 PM
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Lechathila Farm – Military assists settlers take over Wadi al-Qalt community land Settler Violence = State Violence 13 October 2024 Over the past decade, settlement outposts and “agricultural farms” have become one of Israel's primary methods for taking over land in the West Bank and driving Palestinian communities out. Unlike the bureaucratic process involved in establishing an official settlement, which is legal under Israeli law, ‘pirate’ outposts can be set up quickly, with relatively few resources and laborers. This allows the state to evade direct responsibility for land seizure and shrug off the settler violence involved, while effectively supporting them in various ways. By using these settlers as proxies, the state frames the establishment of outposts as an issue of law enforcement rather than policy. By setting up these outposts, settlers have taken over large swathes of land in key parts of the West Bank. They establish facts on the ground by invading private Palestinian land with herds of sheep and cattle, goading residents into confrontations and assaulting them. The military provides full support by not demolishing structures built by these settlers and by sending troops to guard them, who then often actively join in efforts to expel the Palestinian residents. Since 7 October 2023, this activity has greatly increased in both scope and frequency, with settlers ramping up violence and the military actively involved. This recent spike has so far driven at least 19 Palestinian communities from their homes and placed many more under serious threat. The Wadi Qalt (al-Ka’abneh) community—which consists of 15 families that number 80 members, including 40 minors—has resided in the area of Wadi Qalt, also known as ??al-Hathrurah, since 1983. Over the years, the residents have primarily lived off shepherding. The community, which is part of the al-Ka’abneh tribe, was originally displaced from the Negev after the establishment of the State of Israel, initially moved to the Hebron area and from there to Wadi Qalt, east of Jerusalem. Since settling there, the residents have been forcibly displaced twice: following the establishment of the Kfar Adumim settlement, and again following the establishment of the Mitzpe Yeriho settlement. The Lechatchila outpost is home to a yeshiva for ultra-Orthodox youth who have dropped out of other institutions. The yeshiva is financed by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and combines studies with agricultural work and shepherding. The outpost also hosts social events. In 2022, another outpost was established west of the community, which is now hemmed in by an outpost to the east, an outpost to the west, Route 1 to the south, and the Wadi Qalt Nature Reserve to the north. This, combined with settler violence, has greatly diminished the grazing areas available to the community. more... btselem.org