palestinski, izraelski i međunarodni prosvjednici prosvjeduju protiv izraelske okupacije u Issawiyi, u okupiranom istočnom Jeruzalemu, 3. prosinac 2010. (Anne Paq/ActiveStills)Informacije iz članka Defiant Jerusalem Palestinians say "we will remain here" Jillian Kestler-D'Amours koji u cijelosti na engleskom možete pročitati na linku.
Oko 200 palestinskih, izraelskih i međunarodnih aktivista sudjelovalo je 3. prosinca 2010. u prosvjednoj povorci protiv izraelske okupacije u predgrađu al Issawiya u okupiranom istočnom Jeruzalemu.
Nakon što su izraelski mediji nedavno izvijestili da je skupina palestinskih mladića kamenjem gađala automobil s izraelskim Židovima koji su se izgubili u četvrti Issawiya u istočnom Jeruzalemu i tražili upute kako da se vrate u zapadni Jeruzalem, izraelske su vlasti zatvorile sve prilaze i izlaze u i iz Issawiye, a danas postoje samo 2 prilaza toj četvrti od kojih je jedan pretvoren u kontrolnu točku izraelske vojske koja rutinski usporava i otežava svakodnevni život 15 000 tamošnjih stanovnika.
Od listopada 2010. izraelski su vojnici i policajci uhitili najmanje 10 djece mlađe od 16 godina, te više od 20 osoba starijih od 16 godina, a predgrađe Issawiya je redovito preplavljeno oblacima suzavca ispaljenog tijekom sukoba izraelskih snaga sa skupinama palestinskih mladića. 24. rujna jedno je 18-mjesečno palestinsko dijete u Issawiyi umrlo od posljedica udisanja suzavca, nakon što su izraelske snage ispalile suzavac na prosvjed protiv ubojstva Samera Sarhana u obližnjoj jeruzalemskoj četvrti Silwan.
Issawiya se nalazi 3 kilometra od zidina Starog grada, između izraelskih kolonističkih naselja na Francuskom brijegu na zapadu i jednog od najvećih (više od 34 000 kolonista) izraelskih kolonističkih naselja na Zapadnoj obali - Maale Adumima - na istoku.
Izraelska je država 1968. godine konfiscirala 400 od ukupno 3000 dunuma (1 dunum = 1000 kvadratnih metara) zemlje u selu Issawiya kako bi na njoj sagradila kolonističko naselje Francuski brijeg koje spaja Hebrejsko sveučilište i bolnicu Hadassah sa zapadnim Jeruzalemom.
Osim konfiskacije zemlje, Izrael je također 2000 dunuma zemlje u Issawiyi označio kao "zelene površine", zahvaljujući čemu je bilo kakva gradnja palestinskih mještana na tom području protuzakonita. Danas mještani Issawiye imaju samo 600 dunuma zemlje na kojoj mogu graditi domove i druge građevine.
Tijekom proteklih nekoliko tjedana izraelske su snage uništile torove za životinje, poljoprivredna zemljišta i druge objekte u Issawiyi, te 12 farmi na tom području. Od srpnja 2010. u Issawiyi je iščupano 440 stabala i srušeno najmanje 16 objekata.
E1, izraelski dugo odugovlačeni projekt kolonizacije koji je prvotno predložen 1994. godine, anektirao bi dodatnih oko 12 400 dunuma zemlje predgrađa Issawiya, te susjednih sela al-Izzariya i al-Tur. Kolonističko naselje E1 uključivalo bi 3500 stambenih jedinica za oko 14 500 novih kolonista, te učvrstilo povezanost kolonističkog naselja Maale Adumim sa zapadnim Jeruzalemom.
Do danas su na tom području izraelske vlasti sagradile policijsku postaju i vojnu bazu, asfaltirale neke ceste te postavile kontrolne točke i drugu temeljnu infrastrukturu pripremajući se za realizaciju projekta.
Svako povezivanje Maale Adumima sa zapadnim Jeruzalemom ići će neminovno na štetu četvrti Issawiya. Cilj ovih mjera je izvršiti što je moguće snažniji pritisak na stanovnike Issawiye i olakšati buduću konfiskaciju zemlje na tom području.
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