Al-Marsad | المرصد

The only human rights organization on the ground in the occupied Syrian Golan. Monitoring and documenting international law violations and supporting Syrians.

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

(1/3) Facts "on the ground" in the #occupiedGolan: 130,000 forcibly displaced (half a million in exile with a right of return); at least 14 domestic housing laws that discriminate against Arabs; over 1,570 demolition orders against Syrians; 95% of Syrian land expropriated;

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

After years of questionable business practices in the #occupiedGolan, including suing Al-Marsad for its human rights work, Energix has used the brutal cover of the Israeli police to begin advancing its wind farm project https://t.co/VDgrhpd7sg

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Occupying and regulating Syrian land for its own benefit in violation of international law was not enough, now Israel seeks to undercut Syrians’ sovereignty over their natural resources with brutal acts of police violence.

https://t.co/VDgrhpd7sg

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(2/2) injuries; arrested peaceful protesters; and blocked nearly a thousand farmers from reaching their farm land.

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(1/2) This week in the occupied #Syrian #Golan: Israeli police fired tear gas & rubber bullets without warning at Syrians peacefully protesting on their own land against the development of a massive Israeli energy project on the scarce remaining Syrian farm land (causing multiple

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

Israeli police in an orchard on Syrian agricultural land in the occupied Syrian Golan yesterday when dozens of Syrians were injured by rubber bullets and tear gas. The Syrians were peacefully protesting against the construction of a massive windfarm on their remaining farm land.

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

'The director of the Golan Association for the Development of Arab Villages, and the medical staff of the clinic it runs, told Al-Marsad that the clinic received 12 cases of people injured with rubber bullets, four of which to the upper extremities of the body.. .'

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

'Testimonies gathered by Al-Marsad’s lawyer, confirm that the Israeli police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at the upper bodies of protestors without prior warning or justification, resulting in dozens of injuries.' See our full statement here: https://t.co/VDgrhpd7sg

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

'Testimonies gathered by Al-Marsad’s lawyer, confirm that the Israeli police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at the upper bodies of protestors without prior warning or justification, resulting in dozens of injuries.' See our full statement here: https://t.co/VDgrhpd7sg

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

See here for @GolanMarsad statement on Israeli police firing rubber bullets and tear gas at Syrians peacefully protesting to protect their agricultural land from development by an Israeli energy company: https://t.co/VDgrhpd7sg

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

Yesterday Israeli police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at Syrians peacefully protesting in the occupied Syrian Golan, causing numerous injuries. https://t.co/VDgrhpd7sg

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@GolanMarsad statement on Energix Entering Syrian Agricultural Lands in Occupied Golan Under Heavy Israeli Police Protection. See here: https://t.co/vAfw4ZzJ3N

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@Golanmarsad statement on Energix Entering Syrian Agricultural Lands Under Heavy Israeli Police Protection. See here: https://t.co/vAfw4ZzJ3N

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'As Energix attempts to silence Al-Marsad through a baseless lawsuit and project supporters threaten community members, Energix is trying to obtain the final permits required before construction can start.' https://t.co/R5lj7r2tOX

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

'Numerous human rights activists – including Al-Marsad staff and supporters – and opponents of the project have received death threats and threats of physical harm from supporters of the project over the last two years.' https://t.co/R5lj7r2tOX

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

Israeli energy company, Energix, is trying to develop a windfarm on Syrian farmland in the Occupied #Golan. Energix is suing @GolanMarsad to silence us & others who express concerns about the project’s legality & impact on Syrians. Read the latest here: https://t.co/R5lj7r2tOX

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More threats have been made against #Syrians opposing an illegal windfarm project on Syrian farmland in the Occupied Syrian #Golan. See here for more info: https://t.co/R5lj7r2tOX

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@GolanMarsad PRESS RELEASE: Amid new threats against project opponents, Energix continues to develop its illegal windfarm in the Occupied Golan https://t.co/R5lj7r2tOX

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See here for a map showing the 340 destroyed villages & farms, & 1 city, that these 130,000 people lived in, & the Israeli settlements built on their ruins: https://t.co/8bs9nKlrnV

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

130,000 Syrians lived on the Golan Heights in June 1967. Two months later, their number had dwindled to 6,396. Here's how it happened
https://t.co/WW6k0rjeUh

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If you are looking for some weekend reading, take a look at @GolanMarsad's e-book about daily life for #Syrians in the occupied Syrian #Golan (landmines & Israeli military bases, home demolition orders, family separation, illegal settlements...) https://t.co/FhCH2v069u

[Al-Marsad | المرصد @GolanMarsad]

'Despite countless objections, in January this year the Israeli government approved the construction of 25 wind turbines on Syrian agricultural land near three of the remaining Syrian villages in the Golan' https://t.co/5bHdhhknvs

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Furthermore, private companies, supported by the Israeli government, are set to make massive profits from these projects.

For more green laundry projects in the occupied Syrian Golan: https://t.co/2SGsR266Z7
And in Arabic https://t.co/FOfsix9ERP