Palestinian Former Minister, Wasfy Qabha, Banished from his Village by Israeli Occupation Forces

Israeli occupation decide to banish Kabaha from his birthplace

[ 29/10/2010 - 07:52 AM ]

JENIN, (PIC)--

Former Palestinian minister, Wasfi Kabaha, said that the Israeli occupation has decided to banish him from his birthplace, Barta'a al-Sharqeyya, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

He explained that the Israeli occupation intelligence officer who accompanied the force that raided Kabaha's home on Thursday morning told him that he was a persona non grata in West Bank villages that lie behind the apartheid wall.

Kabaha added, in a special statement to PIC, that the intelligence officer further informed him that beginning next month he will not be allowed to enter his village and if he fails to abide he would stand accountable.

The former minister said that he considered this decision as an internal deportation decision, especially that his elderly parents as well as his brothers and sisters live in the village and that owns a house at there.

He further said that he will resort to courts to get this decision against him annulled as such a decision which denies a person the right to enter his own village constitutes a serious precedent.

The commander of the IOF unit that raided Kabaha's house discussed with him the latest political developments and his outlook for the future and sent  warnings to Hamas saying that the IOF has a long arm and can deal hard blows to the movement.

Barta'a al-Sharqeyya (Eastern Barta'a) is the eastern half of a Palestinian village that was divided in 1948 between the West Bank and the 1948-occupied Palestinian territories. Now the whole village lied behind the annexation wall and is isolated from the rest of the Jenin district by an occupation military roadblock.

Kabaha, who was released from Israeli occupation jails only recently, spent nine years in total in Israeli occupation jails.

Hamas Minister To Be Forced Out Of His Village

Thursday October 28, 2010 13:02 by Sandy Khair - IMEMC & Agencies

Wasfy Kabha, an elected minister affiliated with the Hamas movement, stated Thursday that Israeli occupation soldiers and a senior security commander broke into his home and informed him that, starting next month, he will not be allowed into his village, Barta'a Al-Sharqiyya, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

He added that the security commander informed him that he is a “Persona non grata”, and that, starting on the beginning of next month, he will not be allowed into his village.

Kabha said that this order is illegal as it prevents him from entering his own village, his home, and keeping him away from his brothers and his aged father.

He further stated that he will resort to the courts in order to void this decision which he described as “serious precedent”.

The Israeli occupation security commander who accompanied the Israeli occupation army unit invading Kabha's home voiced threats against Hamas and its political leaders, and also “discussed” latest political developments and the general situations, Kabha said.

Barta'a village is located behind the annexation wall and is also separated from Jenin by a military roadblock.

It is worth mentioning that Kabha spent more than nine years in Israeli detention centres.