Violation: Halt of Work notice.

Location: Beit Dajan village / Nablus governorate.

Date: September 14^th 2010.

Perpetrators: The Israeli Occupation Civil Administration.

Victim: Citizen Mohammed Abdulraheem Ahmad Abu Thabet.

Description:

Tuesday , September 14^th 2010, about 11:00 a massive army force accompanied by the building and organization officer raided Beit Dajan east Nablus , and gave citizen Mohammed Abu Thabet a halt of work notice on his house west the village , the house has a total area of 130 m² (one floor).

Affected citizen Mohammed Abu Thabet (38) told LRC:

“3 Israeli military vehicles raided As-Sahel area, and the patrol’s officer delivered a halt of work notice on the house I live in with my family (5 members).

Once I received the notice, I went to the village council to file a lawsuit with the help of Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center.”

Noteworthy, the house is in the northern part of the village in C area, it is located 500 m away from the village houses and built on a 3 dunums plot.

About Beit Dajan:[1]

Beit Dajan is located 12 km to the east of Nablus; its total area is 44100 dunums including 360 dunums of built up area inhabited by 758 pople (207 census) in addition to 12500 dunums that are related to al-Ghoor area . A large part of the village lands were confiscated for the construction of the colony of Mehola in 1973.

Beit Dajan is surrounded by a number of villages namely (Salem, Deir al-Hatab, Talluza, Beit Furik, Ghoor el-Far'a ) and depends on grains plantation and fruitful trees such like olive, figs and almond.

In 1971 , Al-Humra settlement was constructed on 123 dunums confiscated from Beit Dajan, while the settlement controls 3855 dunums for security claims, and inhabited by 126 settlers (2013).

[1] GIS-LRC

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