Irish Times: The labels read “Humanitarian support to Palestinians at risk of forcible transfer in the West Bank” and they lie in the rubble of a destroyed community that is home to over 60 people, more than half of them children.
The “Irish Aid – Government of Ireland” logos are clearly visible among the debris of broken solar panels, children’s belongings and destroyed tents, marking items donated to the Palestinian families by a European Union umbrella group that includes Ireland among its donors.
Israeli forces have destroyed Irish aid donated to Palestinian families in repeat demolitions of a village in the West Bank.
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? @NRC_Norway and @btselem pic.twitter.com/D0ENu8QfiO— Naomi O'Leary (@NaomiOhReally) February 20, 2021
As the pandemic raged this winter, the village of Khirbet Humsah was repeatedly razed by Israeli forces in a struggle over territory in a remote part of the Palestinian West Bank that has been under Israeli occupation since 1967.
Over the last three months, nearly 70 structures provided to the community as EU aid have been destroyed or seized, according to the European Commission.
See photos from my colleague @jennychiggins @MdM_France, or @saritm0 @btselem. EU diplomats and Palestinian families watch as humanitarian aid – paid for by us, repeatedly – is confiscated. https://t.co/SyHGgfq4a5
— Conor O'Neill (@conoraon) February 17, 2021
And this week, undeterred by statements of condemnation from the EU and Ireland, Israel destroyed shelters funded by the EU to rebuild the community in front of a group of European diplomats who were visiting the spot, according to aid workers who were present.
The Israeli government has designated the area a military firing range, and insists its soldiers are repeatedly breaking up and seizing the donated tents and animal shelters because the village is illegal and the Palestinians need to move on for their own safety.
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