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CPTnet 26 November 2009 AT-TUWANI: Israeli military confiscates electricity pylons; prohibits Palestinians from improving quality of life
At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills, Palestine-On Wednesday, 25 November 2009, the Israeli military and Border police confiscated two electricity pylons standing at the entrance to the village of At-Tuwani. The villagers had installed the pylons in an effort to connect to the electrical grid in Yatta, a Palestinian city to the north. The Israeli military declared the area around the pylons a closed military zone in an attempt to prevent Palestinians and CPTers from obstructing or documenting the confiscation. When two CPTers continued to film, Border Police slammed them against a military jeep and threatened them with arrest. Nonetheless, dozens of villagers formed a barricade to prevent a police jeep from further entering the village.
Despite a spring 2009 visit by Tony Blair, the Quartet's special Middle East envoy, in which Blair assured villagers of At-Tuwani that the Israeli authorities gave oral permission to carry out the electrical construction work, the community has faced repeated interruptions as it struggles to bring electricity to the area. (See 20 March CPTnet release, "At-Tuwani hosts former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair to address Israeli occupation and violence in the southern West Bank.")
On Friday, 30 October, the Israeli military forcibly stopped the village's electrical work. Officers from the Israeli District Coordinating Office (DCO) detained Mohammed Awayesa, a Palestinian worker from Ad-Dhahiriya and confiscated items including a truck, a mechanized lift, and a large spool of electrical cable. The soldiers produced no written orders for the detention, confiscations, or work stoppage. (See 5 November 2009 CPTnet release, Israeli military stops work to bring electricity to At-Tuwani; confiscates building materials.)
On 28 July 2009, the DCO issued a demolition order for six newly constructed electricity pylons in At-Tuwani. On 25 May 2009, the DCO entered the village and ordered residents to halt construction work on the electricity pylons, but produced no written stop work orders. (See 26 May 2009 release, "URGENT ACTION: Demand that Israeli occupying forces allow At-Tuwani to bring electricity into their village.")
See photos from 25 November 2009 at http://cpt.org/gallery/album299
End."25 November 2009 in Tuwani, in the South Hebron Hills of Palestine. Footage compiled from several cameras of CPT and Operation Dove. This is a special edit for my family and friends, focusing on my individual presence. The main general video of this event will be made available separately..."
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