• Violation: ruining car tires and writing hatred inciting slogans
• Location: Kafr Ad-Dik/ Salfit governorate
• Date: November 08 – 2018.
• Perpetrator: Price Tag gangsters
• Victims: people of Kafr Ad-Dik.

Description:

In the early morning hours of November 08 , a group of gangsters call themselves “Price tag group” sneaked into Kafr Ad-Dik village , wrote hatred inciting slogans in Hebrew on Palestinian houses and cars, and ruined the tires of several cars before they left the town.

Field observation shows the following damages:

1. Ruining the tires of 2 cars “Kia Rio 2008″ belong to Sabri Ahmad Ad-Dik.
2. Ruining the tires of a “Hyundai accent 2014 “Belongs to Khalid Dar Ahmad.
3. Ruining the tires of 2 cars “Fiat Uno 2011” belong to Jamal Dar Ahmad.
4. Writing hatred inciting slogans on and running the tires of a foxvagn bus 2010 belongs to Khairi Ad-Dik.
5. Writing hating inciting slogans on a car (James 1998) belongs to Raqi Ad-Dik.
6. Writing hating inciting slogans on the main crossroad by the police station.
7. Writing hating inciting slogans on the walls of Fahmi Dar Ahmad house.

Gangsters of such type are reported taught the ideology of leftism in Israeli religious groups. “Hatred for Arabs” and “kill them all” are some of their slogans. In spite of all the complaints charged through Palestinian cooperation to the Israeli government, the last party did not do anything to stop these assaults. 

Kafr ad Dik.[1]

Kafr ad Dik is located 15 km to the west of Salfit. It is surrounded by Bidya (north), Rafat and Deir Ballut (west), Bruqin and Sarta (east), and Bani Zaid villages (south).

Kafr ad Dik has a population of 4553 people, according to a 2007 census.

Its total area is 15529 dunums; however, it has been suffocated by bypasses and 3 Israeli colonies that lay over its lands.

This has further limited its expansion knowing that it had already had a 791-dunum organizational plan (built-up area); it also isolated the village from its surroundings.

The Israeli occupation confiscated 2477 dunums of Kafr ad Dik lands for the benefit of:

1. Colonies devoured 1225 dunums, and they are:

Name of colony	Year of construction	Area of confiscated land/ dunum	Number of colonists
Har Eli Zahav	1983.	134.	339.
Eli Zahav- Yoezer	1982.	290.	424.
Bedoel	1984.	800.	1088.
·	1999.	1.	339.
·		1225.	1512.

*Source: Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre (LRC).

2. Bypasses stole 362 dunums
3. The Apartheid Wall seized 890 dunums and isolated 8824 dunums and is expected to be 8905 long in Kafr ad Dik lands.

Lands of Kfar ad-Dik are categorized according to Oslo Accords into lands under Area B (15% of the lands) and lands under Area C (85% of the lands).

 Legal Commentary:

The constringing policy  by the Israel occupation authorities   towards the Palestinian civilians in all West Bank’s governorate including closing roads and obstructing their movement  can only be regarded as a violation of their right in the liberty of movement pledged by all  international conventions  and agreements like:

The  Universal Declaration of Human Rights(1948) article(13) states:

• Every person has the right of liberty of movement and to choose his place of residence inside the borders of each country.
• Each person has the right to depart  or to come back  to any country including his country.

The Universal Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of  Racial Discrimination (1965) article 3(5)paragrah2-d

• Every person has the right of liberty of movement and to choose his place of residence inside the borders of each country.
• Each person has the right to depart  or to come back  to any country including his country.

 Article 12 of the The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states: 
1. Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence.

[1] GIS-LRC