Amona, Mateh Binyamin
Amona, Mateh Binyamin (Hebrew עמוֹנָה, מֶטַה בִּנְיָמִין ) is located in the West Bank at Mateh Benjamin in Israel. The city received a high symbolic value, as the Jewish homes were demolished.
History
Founded in 1995
Amona was founded in late 1995 by Jewish settlers from Ofra. However, the country was already long before the Palestinian private property. The Palestinians came from Silwad and had built the country under "Civil Administration document".
2005 petition
2004, Amana, a settlement of Gush Emunim organization built nine houses on land that was privately owned by Palestinians. October 2004 was the Israeli administrative authority the demolition of houses in order. On July 3, 2005 Shalom Achschaw handed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court. In it she complained that no stop Jewish settlement construction has been carried out and that no demolition of houses was arranged in October 2004. In November 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz ordered the demolition of the end of January 2006.
2006 clearance
Menachem Masus allowed the Israeli police force against protesters Gush Emunim of to carry out the evacuation of the Jewish settlements and was therefore the harsh criticism from human rights groups exposed.
On 1 February 2006 we were evacuated settlers and protesters who came up with the unprecedented clashes. 10 000 security forces consisting of Israeli police, Israeli Border Police and IDF appeared in Amona to carry out the demolition and protect the troops involved in the operation. The 10 000 security forces were offset by approximately 4000 Israeli protesters. 1000 were active protesters, who were in and around the houses. The others were in the area. More than 300 people were injured, including about 80 security forces. Among the injured demonstrators were also three Knesset. After several hours, the houses were demolished.
Parliamentary investigation
In March 2006, the Knesset parliamentary committee of inquiry regarding the events in and around Amona said that security forces had used excessive brutality by opposing the protesters rode on horses while beating the demonstrators with clubs pedestrian.
The Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra has been criticized for deter police commanders from testifying at the hearings. The committee of inquiry hatt also contradictions in the statements of the army chief of staff Dan Chalutz and the Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra found.
Despite these results, no apology has been made. In May 2006, the Israeli President Moshe Katsav had met with some of the protesters who were injured in Amona, and said on the issue that he would ask for a renewal of the investigation.
2008 petition
Yesh Din 2008 invited on behalf of the Palestinian landowners, the Israeli Supreme Court to a demand to demolish the entire outpost in Amona. The state has repeatedly asked for a postponement. On April 28, 2013, the Supreme Court granted a last delay the eviction until 15 July 2013.
As the Jewish settlers now but stated that they had now acquired some of the countryside by the company Al- Watan, the Israeli Supreme Court had to postpone the execution of the decision indefinitely. As the Jewish settlers had also filed a petition before the Jerusalem District Court, the Israeli Supreme Court then decided that on July 24, 2013, only the undisputed houses and part of the access road sollten.Da be torn down only a Palestinian owners, the court has requested, prompted attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, the army to demolish a building only.
On August 20, 2013, the Attorney General said at a hearing of the Israeli Supreme Court that he believed that the decision Jewish homes to spare on July 24, 2013, has been considered only for those Jewish residents of Amona, whose names were attached to the petition signature.
Meanwhile Yesh Din has filed another petition, which she calls the demolition of about 30 buildings that have not been cleared.