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Deir Sharaf villagers resist toxic Apartheid Israel
Photos, The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, April 21st, 2005

Above: Children from the village of Deir Sharaf demonstrate against the dumping of waste in their village. Occupation Forces confiscated a quarry belonging to the Abu Shusha family during an attack on this area in April 2002. Since then they have used it, often under the cover of night, to dump waste from the Kedumim settlement and a nearby Israeli industrial zone. It poses an enormous health hazard to the 3000 inhabitants of Dair Sharaf, as well as the communities throughout the Nablus district who rely on water supplies irrigated in this area.

Above: Speakers denounce the illegal dump which dominates the landscape surrounding the village and threatens to destroy its environment. The angry crowd vow to challenge the abuse of their village by the Occupation Forces and to expose their brutal colonial practices.

Above: Recently trucks and bulldozers have been leveling more of the quarry’s land to prepare it for additional waste to be brought from the suburbs of Tel Aviv. An extra 10,000 tons of domestic and industrial waste is to be dumped here every month.

Above: There are five artesian wells around the new tip, which supply water throughout the Nablus district. Around 300,000 Palestinians rely on the irrigation systems here to provide them with water.

Above: “Stop this Cancer”. Rubbish disposal at the site has been subcontracted to a company called Baron Industrial Park, which makes six shekels for every ton dumped, estimated to be 60,000 shekels (10,000 euros) a month.

Above: This Occupation owned Industrial factory, built on Palestinian land, is dumping its waste in Deir Sharaf. Building such industrial complexes in Palestine is a common tactic used by the Occupation to avoid environmental and labour laws. Toxic pollution has a major impact on agricultural systems and water supplies. Palestinians throughout the Nablus region are under serious threat from toxic Israeli apartheid.