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<p><strong>10 February 2011 | International Solidarity Movement</strong></p>
<p>The village of Khirbet Tana, near Beit Furik, Nablus region, once  again faced Israeli bulldozers yesterday. Several structures, including  homes and animal shelters were demolished when the army arrived with six  jeeps and two bulldozers. No notice was given of the destruction.</p>
<p>The villagers have been through this many times, the last time only a  month ago. They will not be deterred though, and each time they set  about rebuilding; Fozan Mousa Esai, an old farmer, says that he will  rebuild his shelter for around two hundred sheep once again. He will,  however, have to<br />
sell some of them to be able to do it.</p>
<div id="attachment_16648" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width:410px;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-16648" href="http://palsolidarity.org/2011/02/16645/dscn0599_3000x2250/"><img loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-16648" title="Villager stands by the site of the demolition" src="https://i0.wp.com/palsolidarity.org/multimedia/2011/02/DSCN0599_3000x2250-400x300.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Villager stands by the site of the demolition</p>
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<p>Many of Khirbet Tana’s population, originally consisting of some 60  families, have fled to Beit Furik, on whose lands Khirbet Tana resides.  Israeli efforts to ethnically cleanse the area of its Palestinian<br />
population dates back to the occupation of the West Bank in 1967, the  situation worsening considerably since the Oslo Accords zoning scheme of  1994 deemed the entire region Area C, under full Israeli control. The  village was demolished for the first time in 2005, when Israeli  bulldozers razed 14 homes, 18 animal sheds and 6 animal stores to the  ground, leaving only the ancient mosque standing. Using bureaucracy as a  weapon, Israeli authorities then banned residents from building  permanent structures on the site of their former homes by refusing to  issue the necessary permits. Ramshackle tents and prefabricated  structures now dot the hillsides of Khirbet Tana, as residents are  forced to adopt an almost Bedouin lifestyle, fearing instant demolition  at the first attempt to lay concrete or stone.</p>
<p>Israeli bulldozers visited Khirbet Tana a second time in May 2008,  once again leaving only rubble in their wake. An objection then filed by  residents to the Israeli High Court of Justice resulted in the final,  non-objectionable decision to demolish all structures in Khirbet Tana  and evict its entire population from their lands. This was carried out  on 10 January 2010, when all 25 structures remaining in the village were  once again flattened by the bulldozers of the occupation forces,  including the school. Neighbouring agricultural communities such as  Twiyel, east of Aqraba village, have suffered similar attacks in recent  months.</p>
<p>Khirbet Tana’s remaining population ekes out a precarious existence  in the isolated hills between Beit Furik and the Jordan Valley. Like  Fursa Hanina, those who stay are determined to hold rightful claim to  their land in the face of Israel’s bureaucratic and military machine,  and its efforts to ethnically cleanse Palestine’s rural population.</p>
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<p class="syndicated-attribution">Source: <a href="http://palsolidarity.org/">International Solidarity Movement</a></p>
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