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2022-2023
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Governorate:
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Salfeet
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Locality:
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Qarawat Bani Hassan
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Address:
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Wad Al-Nawayif
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Fawwaz Husni Marai, is a 56 years old Palestinian farmer, who owns three dunums (0.75 acres) of land and has five family members. Fawwaz is constantly caring for his land; he is absolutely delighted when he sees the plants growing and producing crops. He went on to say that olive trees have more than just economic value in the lives of Palestinians. They are not ordinary trees; they represent Palestinians' attachment to their homeland. The trees represent Palestinian resistance and resilience because they are draught-resistant and grow in poor soil conditions. Fawwaz was given 75 olive trees as part of the olive tree campaign in order to keep him on his land.
Qarawat Bani Hassan is a town situated in the Salfeet Governorate in Palestine, about 8.9 km northwest of Salfeet city. As per the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics' 2007 census, the town has a population of 3,752 people residing in 669 households and 732 housing units, with an altitude of 391 m above sea level. Qarawat Bani Hassan covers an area of approximately 9,445 dunums (2334 acres), out of which 6,582 dunums (1626 acres) are arable land. However, the town's agricultural sector encounters various challenges, such as a lack of funding for agricultural projects, difficulty in marketing agricultural produce, land confiscation by Israeli forces, repeated attacks on farmland and machinery by settlers, and limited access to agricultural lands due to poor roads. Israel has confiscated a total of 341 dunums (84 acres) from Qarawat Bani Hassan, with 174 dunams (43 acres) taken for the Israeli colonies (settlements) of "Kiryat Netafim" and 167 dunums (41 acres) for "Barkan" colony.
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