Violation: Building new illegal settlements.

Location: Al-Khader / Bethlehem.

Date: April 25 , 2018.

Perpetrators: IOF, Occupation's civil administration, settlers.

Victim: People of Al-Khader.

Details:

Plan (11/ 405) of building 68 colonial housing units in Al-Khader. Radical illegal settlers in cooperation with the occupation's authorities, Carried out parts of the revealed plan(11/405) , which was posted on the Israeli ministry of interior website to build 68 colonial housing unit and opening a street on lands of "Khallet Om Af-Fahem" in Al-Khader . The outpost will be built in peace 91 that has an area of 21 dunums and it belongs to Hashemite Kingdom coffers.  After they implanted infrastructure on 21 dunums, they carried out building housing units, in which they plan to move "Nativ Ha'vot" illegal settlers. The new illegal settlement is surrounded by "Nativ Ha'vot' , "Allon Shevut" and "Elazar".

The published colonial plan published on the website of Israeli ministry of interior

Member in Al-Khader municipality  told LRC observer:

"The occupying power gives pretexts to take over Palestinian lands, they confiscate lands claiming they are "the state's property" and use them to carry out their colonial purposes"

The new illegal settlement is built by Palestinian agricultural lands, Owners are worried that settlers will now harass them to keep them away from their lands in order take over it,  occupation also besieged the colonial outpost to provide security for settler. Even though they claim that this outpost is temporal, in reality firsthand observation proves that the outpost is built with complete and permanent infrastructure.

The new colonial resedential units built over confiscated lands from Al-Khader

aerial photo of the new illegal settlement

About Al-Khader village:[1]

Al-Khader village is located 4 km from the western side of Bethlehem, it is bordered by Beit Jala and Batir from the north, Hussan and Nahaleen villages from the west, Aldoha, Wadi Rahhal, Beit Jala villages from the east, and Wadi Al-Nees from the south. Its population is 11,960 people in 2017. Its gross area is 8,279 donums; 184 of them are the construction area.

The Israeli colonies have despoils 29 donums from the village's lands; two are colonies existed upon a part of the lands. The first one " Efrat" was constructed in 1979 A.D; they have usurped 5.8 donums, and its population 7037 colonists. The second one " Nafy Danial" eas constructed on 1982A.D; they have usurped 23 donums, and its population is 1073 colonists. A part of which is established upon the village's lands.

The bypass roads number 60 and 375 also despoiled more than 487 donums. In addition to establishing the apartheid upon its lands which causes the demolishing of 280 donums and isolating of 5638 donums behind it. The length of this apartheid existing upon the village's land is 2,805 meters.

The village's lands are classified in accordance with Oslo concord into areas( A,B ,C). Area A composes 10% , Area B 6%, Area C is the greatest area and it is under the total occupation domination, and it composes 84% from the total area. The areas are clarified in donums as following:

Area A (808) donums

AreaB (475) donums

Area C (6,996) donums .

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[1] GIS- LRC