Land Research Center

Violation:  confiscating construction materials

Date:  August31, 2020

Location: Ras Et-Tin area

Perpetrators: Israel Civil Administration

Victims:  residents of the community         

Details:

On Monday of August 31, 2020, an Israeli Occupation Force accompanied by the Inspection Sub-Committee of Israel Civil Administration raided the area of Arab al-Ka'abna and confiscated construction materials designated for the establishment of the only school in the area. The confiscated items included cement blocks, sand, and construction metal. A minutes of confiscation under the number 01079 was delivered to the responsible of the project.

 the school construction site

 the minutes of confiscation

Noteworthy, the targeted school is designed to be 120m² in area with four class rooms, where 40 students will attend classes from the first to eighth. The construction of the school is funded by an international organization; the occupation claims it to be located within an area classified as "State Land" according to Israeli detentions.  It should be marked that the school has not received any stop-work or demolition notices before.

The head of the Bedouin community Salameh Ka'abna told Land Research Center the following:

" our community in Ras Et-Tin area is a marginalized one, it is located on lands from Kafr Malik village, northeast Ramallah and is inhabited by 30 families. We don’t have any basic services in the area and we depend on livestock as a main source of livelihood. Our children are used to travel dangerous roads to attend the nearby school. The current school project is a hope for the kids but unfortunately, the occupation authorities raided the construction site and confiscated many construction materials. Now, residents are furious and enraged"

Ka'abna members are reported to have received a total of 13 stop-work and demolition notices on their residences from the Planning Committee relative to Israel Civil Administration.

It should also be mentioned that the residents of Al-Ka'abna community were born in here and have been living in it since 1970. The community populates 120 residents, who do not possess any ownership documents for the lands, on which they reside since they are considered nomads

This report was prepared as part of Securing Palestinian Land and Housing Rights project activties

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