Civil Administration demolishes home of Bedouins who fled settler violence

The Civil Administration last night demolished a home belonging to a resident of Shaqara, a Bedouin community near the village of Duma, south of Nablus.

The community, which numbers several dozen people, fled their homes in March following repeated settler attacks and now resides inside Duma.

In response to a query from The Times of Israel, the Civil Administration says it carried out “an enforcement operation against an illegal Palestinian structure built on survey land.”

Survey land in the West Bank refers to areas whose legal status has not yet been fully determined. They are not registered as private land, but have also not been declared state land.

This marks the second time in two days that the Civil Administration has demolished homes belonging to Bedouins who fled their communities because of settler violence. On Sunday, the Civil Administration demolished four homes belonging to residents of Khilet al-Sidra, a Bedouin community in the Jerusalem area that was largely abandoned in January following settler violence. The Civil Administration likewise said the demolition was an enforcement action because the structures had been built illegally.