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Bethlehem/PNN - Najeeb Farraj - Deputy Governor of Jericho and the Jordan Valley, Yassa Al-Sweiti, said that the discovery of a hidden camera inside one of the electric lamps in one of the tourist villas in the city of Jericho should turn on the red light in the situation of these villas, and that the governorate, with the rest of the competent authorities, is in the process of Evaluate the status of these villas.
The Palestinian police had announced that a camera had been detected in a lighting lamp, and the guarantor of this villa had been arrested and subjected to investigation.
This case sparked great anger among the citizens, and there was a major attack on the tourist villas in Arbaha, calling on the Palestinian Authority to take strict measures in order to prevent such serious violations that threaten the freedom and privacy of citizens while resorting to renting this facility for the sake of rest and recreation, only to find that cameras A secret has been fixed in a light bulb, and perhaps the hidden is more. Therefore, all actors involved in such dangerous practices must be struck with iron.
The activists stressed that great concern prevails among the citizens who seek to rent these facilities in Jericho, and that the recent incident is capable of affecting this type of prevailing tourism.
Al-Sweiti explained that there are about four thousand villas in Jericho that are used for tourism purposes, but there are major violations in this direction, as it is the day of the city on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in particular. Dealing with this phenomenon, which lacks all kinds of control and order, as the people of the city suffer from the disturbance emanating from the sounds of music from these villas that were built by their owners as residential facilities and not as political ones, and they were also used in the absence of all systems and laws that should control this phenomenon, as the villas are now functioning More than tourist hotels, especially since single-family picnickers prefer to resort to them because they provide more comfort than staying overnight in hotels and preserve the privacy of the picnic family. The municipality provides services to them on the basis that they are private buildings, so that it becomes clear that they have become public and need quantities of water, electricity and all needs the other.
Al-Suwaiti stressed that what is required is that these villas be licensed as public buildings, not private residences, and that they have systems and laws that govern them, as do other public facilities, and therefore the principles of public safety must be achieved by the civil defense and other competent authorities that provide control over all Its aspects, and this is what will be done by the city’s institutions, noting that the last incident is an individual incident, in addition to that the owners of the villas include it with people entrusted with following up on renting it, providing all supplies, and the task of communicating with the tenants.
The young man who revealed the existence of a secret camera in one of the villas in Ariha that is being rented to citizens had revealed the details of what happened with them.
Amir Harbawi from Hebron, one of the young men who informed the police about the presence of the camera inside the villa after they suspected it, said that he and 4 other of his friends had rented the villa two days before, until 5 pm, and after that the reservation was scheduled for two newlyweds.
Herbawi said: The electricity was cut off suddenly and restarted again, and when the electricity was restored, a strange sound was heard from inside one of the lamps in the ceiling.
He added: “The camera was found at approximately 2:30 pm at the top of the internal stairs and directed towards the doors of the bedrooms and bathrooms, “not inside the rooms.”
He continued: “I personally examined it because I am very well-versed in technology and a graduate of information systems. Its connection to the Internet and the network was checked and it was working so that we would not be hasty, and it was found that it was connected to the Internet wirelessly and registered.”
The work and the landlord was contacted by both parties, fearing that a report would be submitted against him, and he would be unaware of the matter and be wronged, but the answers he answered were “it does not interfere with the head and is not logical.”
Accordingly, I contacted the Jericho Police Directorate, where they sent a police patrol to us within 10 minutes, consisting of officers from the Investigation Service and the Tourism Police Service, and they explored the place and made sure of the report.
The villa was searched twice, and then Qammour contacted those responsible for them and confirmed the veracity of the report, as another force came from the Tourism Police and the General Investigation, and they searched again for anything else, and in turn, they made sure
The camera connects and works wirelessly, as this camera works with 360-degree technology and contains a microphone and a speaker and connects to the Internet wirelessly, and then they asked us to install the camera again to represent the way to remove it from the ceiling, because the ceiling is somewhat higher than the stairs
He added: “The landlord was summoned to the villa and arrested by the Investigation Service. The villa was closed until further notice, and the camera and router were seized. The necessary statement was submitted by us, and the landlord is still under investigation.” Voices were raised among the citizens of Jericho, demanding that these villas comply with the Palestinian laws, and that their owners correct their conditions and avoid any suspicious practices such as planting hidden cameras and mysterious delays, such as furnished apartments.
It is noteworthy that the rent for a furnished villa per day amounts to 1,000 shekels in the middle of the week and 2,000 shekels at the end of it.