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The Israeli Occupation Issue a halt of work order on a water tank in Furush Beit Dajan / Nablus governorate

2020-03-04

Israeli Violations in the time of Corona

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Violation: Halt of work notice.

Location: Furush Beit Dajan village / Nablus governorate.

Date: March 4th 2020.

Perpetrators: The Israeli Occupation Building and Organization department.

Victims: Citizen Tawfeeq Mohammed.

Description:

Wednesday morning March 4th 2020 about 8:00 am , the Israeli Occupation forces accompanied by the building and organization officer raided Furush Beit Dajan village northeast Nablus in the northern Jordan Valley , the notice targets a water reservoir with a storage capacity of 300 m3.

Affected citizen Tawfeeq Mohammed(54) told LRC:

“One of the neighbors who witnessed the raid of the occupation’s vehicles, brought the notice after the occupation forces had left .

The targeted water reservoir was set up 15 years ago, on a plot with an area of 10 dunums , the reservoir provides water for several green houses in the plot used for growing cucumber and tomatoes.”

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The targeted reservoir is in the eastern part of the village. Noteworthy, most of the town’s lands are in C area.

The owner Tawfeeq Mohammed went to Furush Beit Dajan village council once he received the military order, and followed the council’s guidelines to prepare the legal file.

Furush Beit Dajan village council participated in several workshops prepared by LRC to protect the Palestinian right to land and housing, the center also established a legal aid unit with funding from the EU .

About Furush Beit Dajan:[1]

25 km to the East of Nablus , Furush Beit Dajan is bordered by Ein Shably and Tammoun (north) , Beit Dajan and Al-‘Aqrabaniya (west), Tammoun (east)and Aj-Jiftlik (south).

Furush Beit Dajan has a total population of (723) people according to 2017 census, The village has a total area of 20,082 dunums , of which 225 dunums are a built up area. The Occupation confiscated (2494) dunums for the following:

  • Established in 1971, Humra settlement devoured 1320 dunums and inhabited by 188 settlers.
  • Bypass road 57,508,578 devoured 703 dunums.
  • Military camps devoured 471 dunums.
  • The village was classified C area in Oslo accords.



[1] GIS-LRC

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This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union The content of this document is the sole responsibility of LRC and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union