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Settlers Force Re-Burial of Palestinian Man in West Bank, Family ...
By Mohammed TorokmanASASA, West Bank, May 9 - Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank forced Palestinians to exhume the body of their father from his freshly dug village grave, his family said, near a settlement re-established by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.Hussein Asasa, 80, died on Friday of natural causes and was buried that evening at the cemetery of Asasa village near Jenin, with all the necessary permits from Israel's military, whose forces were at the site, his son Mohammed said.But shortly after the burial, the family was called back by some of the villagers, who said settlers were at the grave, ordering the grave be dug up. "They said the land was for settlement and that burial was not allowed. We told them that this is the village's cemetery, not part of the settlement," said Asasa.The settlers then threatened to dig the grave up with a bulldozer, Asasa said, so the family decided to exhume their father's body themselves."We found that they already dug the grave and reached the body," Asasa said. "We continued digging and got the body and buried him in another cemetery," he said. VIDEO SHOWS PEOPLE REMOVING A BODYVideo circulating on social media appeared to show settlers watching as people dig in the ground of a hill slope. They then carry away what looks like a body as Israeli troops walk behind them. Reuters verified the location as Asasa. The Israeli military said that the funeral had been coordinated with it and that it had not instructed the family to rebury their father. Soldiers were sent to the scene following a report about a confrontation with settlers who were "digging in the area," the military said. "The soldiers confiscated digging tools from the Israeli civilians and remained at the location in order to prevent further friction," the military said. It added that it condemns actions that violate the "dignity of the living and the deceased".The UN Human Rights Office condemned the incident. "This is appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians that we see unfolding across the OPT (Occupied Palestinian Territories). It spares no one, dead or alive," said Ajith Sunghay, head of the OHCHR Palestinian office. Reuters could not reach settlers from the nearby Sa-Nur settlement for comment.Sa-Nur was one of 19 settlements evacuated under the 2005 Israeli disengagement plan, which also included Israel's withdrawal of settlers and troops from Gaza. Netanyahu's government approved Sa-N...
Israeli settlers force Palestinian family to exhume and rebury their ...
UN condemns confrontation in occupied West Bank as ‘appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians’.A Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank has been forced by Israeli settlers, reportedly under military protection, to dig up their father’s grave and rebury him, which the United Nations is condemning as “appalling and dehumanising”.Eighty-year-old Hussein Asasa died of natural causes on Friday and was buried shortly after in a cemetery in Asasa village near Jenin.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Shoot Palestinians, not settlers: Israeli general exposes double standardlist 2 of 3‘In the days of old, the world was safe’: West Bank family’s enduring unitylist 3 of 3Israeli settlers set fire to homes and cars in violent West Bank raidsend of listHis son, Mohammed, said the burial had been coordinated in advance with Israeli security forces, which provided all necessary permits.However, shortly after the burial, settlers threatened the Asasa family, ordering them to exhume the body, claiming it had been buried on land that formed part of an Israeli settlement. Under international law, such settlements are considered illegal and are not recognised as Israeli territory.“They said the land was for settlement and that burial was not allowed. We told them that this is the village’s cemetery, not part of the settlement,” Mohammed Asasa said.The family was left with no choice but to comply with the settlers’ demands after they threatened to use a bulldozer to exhume the body themselves.According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli soldiers were present during the confrontation and also pressured the family to bury their loved one elsewhere.“We found that they [the settlers] already dug the grave and reached the body,” Asasa said.“We continued digging and got the body and buried him in another cemetery.”The Israeli military has denied giving reburial instructions to the family, saying soldiers were sent to the area after receiving reports of a confrontation involving settlers. The military said soldiers confiscated digging tools from the settlers and remained at the scene to “prevent further friction”.The UN Human Rights Office condemned what happened.“This is appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians that we see unfolding across the OPT (Occupied Palestinian Territories). It spares no one, dead or alive,” said Ajith Sunghay, head of the OHCHR Palestinian office.Rise in settler violenceAttacks by settle...
Israeli settlers force re-burial of Palestinian man in West Bank
A Palestinian family has stated that they were forced by Israeli settlers to exhume their fathers remains from a freshly dug grave in the occupied West Bank. The incident reportedly took place near a settlement recently re-established by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Settlers force re-burial of Palestinian man in West Bank, family says
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank forced Palestinians to exhume the body of their father from his freshly dug village grave, his family said, near a settlement re-established by Prime ...
