2019-03-06
The occupation notifies 4 houses in Al-Khader/ Bethlehem governorate
Date: 06/03/2019.
Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation civil administration.
Victims: families of Sarhan Salah, Mohannad Salah, Murad Salah and Musa Salah.
Description:
In March 6th, The Israeli occupation civil administration and an army patrol raided Shoshahla and served military orders to owner of 4 houses in Shoshahla, on the pretext of building before getting proper licenses.
The military orders told the owners to immediately stop construction and demolish what was built within 7 days.
One of the owners, Sarhan Salah told LRC reporter:
“We found the military order on the land where we work. In fact, we have legal papers that prove we own the land, we will prepare a legal file and try our best to save our home in the occupation’s court”
The following table shows more information about the owner:
name | Family members | children | Type of structure | Area m2 | Number of building | Status of the building | Military order number |
Sarhan Salah | 6 | 1 | Repaired old house | 50 | 1 | inhabited | 509084 |
Mohannad Salah | 5 | 3 | Repaired old house | 80 | 1 | inhabited | 505388 |
Murad Salah | 5 | 3 | Repaired old house | 40 | 1 | inhabited | 392786 |
Musa Salah | 5 | 1 | Repaired old house | 60 | 1 | inhabited | 509026 |
Source: field observation-Israeli violation monitoring section- LRC.
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The demolition military orders
In reality, the issue is not all about unlicensed construction than it is on the occupation’s intention to take over more lands of Al-Khader village as it lies above the hell of Talet Shoka , and surrounded by 5 settlement (Efrat, Sedi Bo’az, Daniyyal and Elazar) . The Israeli occupation considers such lands as a colonial reserve, which will be hard to negotiate on in any future agreements with Palestinians.
Al Khader:[1]
Located 4 kilometer west of Bethlehem, Al Khader village is surrounded by Beit Jala and Battir (north), Husan and Nahhalin (west), Ad Doha, Wadi Rahall, and Beit Jala (east), Wadi An Nais (south).
Al Khader has a population of 11960 according to statistics conducted in 2017. It has a total area of 8279 dunums, 184 of which are built-up area.
The Israeli occupation confiscated 29 dunums of Al Khadr lands for Efrat and Daniel colonies. Efrat was built in 1979 and devoured 5.8 dunums of Al Khader. It is inhabited by 7037 colonists. Daniel was built in 1982 and confiscated 23 dunums. 1073 colonists live in the colony.
Bypasses number 60 and 375 devoured more than 487 dunums. Not to mention the Apartheid Wall that destroyed 280 dunums and isolated 5638 dunums of the village. The Wall in Al Khader is 2805 meters long.
According to Oslo Accords, 10% of Al Khader is under Area A (PA has full civil and security control) while 6% is under Area B (PA is in charge of civil matters with Israel responsible for security). However, most of the village lands (84%) is under Area C (Israel maintains full security and administrative control). Here are the area in dunums:
Area A (808) dunums
Area B (475) dunums
Area C (6996) dunums
[1] GIS-LRC
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