2019-07-17
Halting construction on a house in ‘Awarta village / Nablus governorate
Violation: Halting construction on a house that belongs to Darawsha family.
Location: ‘Awarta village / Nablus governorate.
Date: July 17 – 2019.
Perpetrator: The building and organization committee in the Israeli occupation civil administration.
Victims: Citizen Ahmad Darawsha.
Description:
Wednesday morning, July 17- 2019 about 11:00 am, the Israeli occupation forces accompanied by an officer from the building and organization department raided ‘Awarta village south east Nablus, and gave citizen Ahmad Darawsha a halt of work notice on his house north the village, the house consists of two floors (the first floor is 200 m2 , while the second is 120 m2), and inhabited by his 4 family members.
Darawsha (39) told LRC the following:
“My house is built north the village , In area classified “C” in Oslo accords, the house is about 200 m away from other houses in the village , and built on a 2 dunums plot planted with olive trees, once I received the notice I went to the local council, where I got help to prepare a legal file and object on the notice with the legal aid of JLAC.”
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About ‘Awarta village
It is located 7km to the southeast of Nablus city and is considered the historical gate to the valleys and mountains of Nablus. The village is edged by Beit Furik from the north, Beita from the south, Huwwara from the west and Aqraba from the east. Awarta overlooks 12 Palestinian villages in addition to Nablus city; part of the village’s land is founded within the municipal borders of Nablus.
‘Awarta has a population of 7054 people until 2017 census.
‘Awarta has a total area of 13,448 dunums , among them 653 dunums are a built up area.
The occupation confiscated about (2697) dunums from its lands for the following purposes:
- Israeli settlements took over (2409) dunums, as the following:
Settlement name | Establishment year | Area of lands | Number of settler 2018 | notes |
Itamar | 1948 | 2,408 | 1224 | Total area for Itamar 3,098 dunums |
- Bypass 555 took over 100 dunums.
Israeli settlements took over (188) dunums.
Oslo accords divided the town lands as the following:
- B area : 4,822 dunums.
- C area: 8,626 dunums.
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