Overview

Activists from Looking the Occupation in the Eye, who fought settler terror alongside the residents of Ras Ein al-Auja, struggled to come to terms with the dismantling of the 120-family community to which they had grown deeply attached. In a Zoom meeting held this week, Looking the Occupation in the Eye clarified its intention to remain active in the southern Jordan Valley and the ridges above it. The plan outlined is to try to locate a place similar in its characteristics to Ras Ein al-Auja, with a community that seeks and needs our protection—a place where we can be effective, create reasonable “service conditions,” and maintain the safety of activists.

The plan also includes the possibility of identifying an operational base from which activists can go out to nearby communities and families threatened by forces of ethnic cleansing. In recent weeks it has become clear that Fasayil is in the sights of outpost leaders in the area, and following the evacuation of Ras Ein al-Auja, those who destroyed and expelled the community of Ma’arajat about six months ago have turned their attention toward the outskirts of the neighboring town of Auja.

The expulsion of the Ras Ein al-Auja community, accompanied by the harassment of Looking the Occupation in the Eye activist Sigal Shukron in her home by right-wing activists, jolted the Israeli media out of its slumber.

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Daily Report

Sunday – Mordechai David, a criminal known as a “Likud favorite,” together with Roi Star, arrived at 10:30 p.m. at the home of Looking the Occupation in the Eye activist Sigal Shukron in Kibbutz Glil Yam. Sigal and her family demanded that the two leave. During the exchange, Mordechai David pulled out an iron crowbar, attempted to strike Peretz Shukron, and injured his hand. A police complaint was filed.

In the morning hours, David and Star, accompanied by additional far-right activists, arrived in the town of Duma near Nablus. They attempted to break into a building, smashing the front door, and sprayed one of the activists with pepper spray.

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Monday – Sigal Shukron was interviewed live on Lucy Aharish’s program on Channel 13. Members of the panel expressed revulsion at the acts of terror carried out by her attackers at her home and questioned the helplessness of those tasked with enforcing the law.

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Tuesday – A truck carrying poisoned dates arrived at the home of a family on the outskirts of Fasayil, and its contents were dumped at the entrance to the residence. This was the second time settlers have poured poisoned dates near homes in Fasayil.

In the South Hebron Hills, settlers raided three Palestinian villages and set a residential structure on fire. Two residents were injured.

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Wednesday – Volunteers from Looking the Occupation in the Eye continued their “protective presence” activity on the outskirts of the town of Auja, where families expelled from Ras Ein al-Auja have relocated. Settlers and youths from the neighboring outpost began harassing residents. Every morning, a herd from the outpost enters between the residents’ homes.

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Thursday – A hearing was held at the Herzliya Magistrate’s Court regarding Sigal Shukron’s request for a restraining order against Mordechai David and Roi Star. The court granted the request and issued a six-month restraining order. Activists from Looking the Occupation in the Eye were present at the hearing.

In the evening, the weekly silent protest by Looking the Occupation in the Eye activists took place in Habima Square. Toward its end, while on his way to the underground parking lot, Doron Meinrhat was attacked with pepper spray by a well-known right-wing activist.

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Friday – Youths from the outpost of Avishai and Micha were once again seen roaming the Ras Ein al-Auja area with their herds. On the Palestinians’ day of rest, they blocked the road leading to the Auja Nature Reserve for Palestinian vehicles using their herds and expelled those who were already present.

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Saturday – Tens of thousands of Jews and Arabs gathered in Tel Aviv in the evening for a demonstration calling for an end to violence in Arab society.