Palestine News Network (PNN) : "The city of Qalqilia is imprisoned – no place for the living or dead" par Mustafa Sabri

The city of Qalqilia is imprisoned – no place for the living or dead

30.08.09 - 22:26

Qalqilia / Mustafa Sabri for PNN –

The northern West Bank city of Qalqilia is surrounded by the Wall. More than 35 square miles of its land has been taken.

The city surface area is not large enough for the living, let alone the dead.

There is no room for additional graves. The Municipality of Qalqilia has screamed out several messages of SOS to save the city before collapse.

Mayor Kawas sat down with PNN to explain the future of the city under siege, behind the Wall, and controlled by checkpoints.

“At the outset, the current city appears on the map to be very small. The city used to be tens of to the west but today only seven out of 43 squared remain. Construction is only allowed on four kilometers. The population is 50,000 people. They are all moving together in this narrow space.”

Even the dead have no place, said Mayor Kawas, except for the second floor of the main cemetery in the city. “We cannot open additional tombs. All the land has a master plan that has been based on the building’s occupancy. And the cemetery cannot be put where citizens need permits to enter.”

As for the direct impact of the Wall separating the city from the Qalqilia governorate and the rest of the West Bank, Kawas said, “Whatever we say about the effects of the apartheid wall, we cannot cover real effects on the city which became the largest prison in the world. More than fifty thousand citizens are moving inside and I'm personally surprised at how the world does not stop this crime that is performed against the city’s residents on a daily basis. This is life under the trigger, and no one can move without surveillance from all sides. It is the real tragedy for the people living between four walls, without being allowed to expand.”

 

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