{"id":13641,"date":"2015-03-22T21:36:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T18:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/?p=13641&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2016-05-13T13:12:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T10:12:25","slug":"settlers-entered-new-properties-in-silwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/settlers-entered-new-properties-in-silwan","title":{"rendered":"Settlers Entered New Properties in Silwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">On the day after the elections, Wednesday 18 March 2015, far from the public eye, Elad Association settlers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/diplomacy-defense\/.premium-1.647984\" target=\"_blank\">entered three new settlement sites<\/a> in Silwan. The new settlements significantly increase settler presence in the Wadi Hilweh area of Silwan. Last September, the settlers <a href=\"http:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/settlers-take-over-6-houses-in-silwan\/?lang=en\">entered six other properties<\/a>\u00a0in Wadi Hilweh in Silwan, on the eve of Prime Minister Netanyahu\u2019s meeting with President Obama, raising extreme American criticism against Israel.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13642\" src=\"http:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/new-homes-180315b.jpg\" alt=\"new homes 180315b\" width=\"1125\" height=\"888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/new-homes-180315b.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/new-homes-180315b-161x127.jpg 161w, https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/new-homes-180315b-330x260.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Palestinian Faraj family compound near the settlers\u2019 visitors\u2019 center<\/strong> \u2013 The settlers managed to purchase three of the four apartments in the compound from the owner.\u00a0 The fourth apartment is populated by a Palestinian family which, by order of the court, was recognized a protected tenant.<br \/>\nThe seller\u2019s wife and children refused to vacate the house.\u00a0 In the morning, they were summoned to a police investigation regarding a complaint filed by the wife and while they were at the police station, the settlers entered the house accompanied by police officers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13644\" style=\"width: 2045px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13644\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13644\" src=\"http:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FarrajHouse.jpg\" alt=\"Settlers at the Farraj Family Compound, 19\/3\/15\" width=\"2035\" height=\"1353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FarrajHouse.jpg 2035w, https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FarrajHouse-161x107.jpg 161w, https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FarrajHouse-330x219.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2035px) 100vw, 2035px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Settlers at the Farraj Family Compound, 19\/3\/15<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Open land plot on Baidun Street<\/strong> \u2013 The settlers fenced the area, placed a container on the land and began works for cleaning and flattening the land.\u00a0 The site may be used as a parking lot or another activity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13646\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13646\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13646\" src=\"http:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/BaidunLot.jpg\" alt=\"The settlers' lot at Baydun St. in Silwan, 19\/3\/15\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/BaidunLot.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/BaidunLot-161x121.jpg 161w, https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/BaidunLot-330x248.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The settlers&#8217; lot at Baydun St. in Silwan, 19\/3\/15<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Open land plot at the center of Wadi Hilweh<\/strong> \u2013 The settlers fenced the area and placed two lightweight structures on it with guards.\u00a0 The site may serve for an archeological dig or other purposes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13648\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13648\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13648\" src=\"http:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CenterLot.jpg\" alt=\"The Lot at the Center of Wadi Hilweh, 19\/3\/15\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CenterLot.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CenterLot-161x121.jpg 161w, https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CenterLot-330x248.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lot at the Center of Wadi Hilweh, 19\/3\/15<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The settlers obtained all of these houses by acquisition from the Palestinian owners.\u00a0 In some instances, the issue was addressed in court, which ruled that the property is owned by the settlers.\u00a0 It is important to note that, in April 2006, one day after the elections then, Elad settlers entered a structure that they purchased in A-Tur (\u201cBeit HaChoshen\u201d).\u00a0 Then too, the action was taken on a day when public attention was averted to the results of the elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the day after the elections, Wednesday 18 March 2015, far from the public eye, Elad Association settlers entered three new settlement sites in Silwan. The new settlements significantly increase settler presence in the Wadi Hilweh area of Silwan. Last September, the settlers entered six other properties\u00a0in Wadi Hilweh in Silwan, on the eve of&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/settlers-entered-new-properties-in-silwan\" title=\"Read Settlers Entered New Properties in Silwan\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2397,16],"tags":[2516,1322],"class_list":["post-13641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-jerusalem","category-settlement-watch","tag-batan-alhawa","tag-silwan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13641"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13656,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641\/revisions\/13656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}