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2022-2023
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Governorate:
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Jerusalem
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Locality:
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Beit 'Anan
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Address:
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Abu-Salha
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Sulaiman Mohammad Rabea, is a 43 years old Palestinian farmer, with seven family members and owns land in Beit Anan. Sulaiman's lens is 800 meters away from the Israeli apartheid wall. Sulaiman stated that the olive tree and the land have become symbols of Palestinian resistance and resilience in the face of occupation and displacement. The Israeli occupation has destroyed many olive trees and confiscated Palestinian land, making the preservation of both symbols of resistance against Israeli oppression. The Olive Tree Campaign has provided Sulaiman with 50 olive trees to keep him on his land.
Beit 'Anan is a town located in the Jerusalem Governorate, around 14 kilometers to the northwest of Jerusalem. As per the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the population of Beit Anan was 3,589 in 2007, with an almost equal number of males and females. The town covers an area of approximately 10,106 dunums (2,027 acres), out of which 5,573 dunums (1377 acres) are suitable for agriculture and 443 (111 acres) are designated as residential. Agriculture faces numerous challenges, such as a lack of resources for farmers, limited access to pesticides, the presence of the Segregation Wall, limited water sources, restricted access to agricultural lands, insufficient capital and economic feasibility, land confiscation, and a shortage of land renovation by relevant authorities. The neighboring Israeli colony (settlement) of Giv'at Ze'ev, which was established in 1977, is situated on land that was taken from Beit ‘Anan and other Palestinian villages.
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