2021-01-20
Photo 1: The targeted community
Violation: serving stop-work orders on Palestinian structures
Location: Al-Mu'arajat area- At-Taybeh village
Date: January 20, 2021
Perpetrators: Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration
Victims: two Bedouin families
Details:
The so-called Inspection Committee relative to the Israel Civil Administration raided on January 20, 2021 Al-Mu’arajat Bedouin community, east At-Taybeh village and delivered stop-work notifications targeting residential and agricultural structures owned by two families on the claim of "unlicensed construction within area classified C according to Oslo Accords".
According to the orders, the Israeli Occupation Authority gave the affected families a deadline until February 03, 2021 to complete all licensing procedures. This comes in time with the hearing session of the Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration in the Israeli court of Beit El colony to consider the legal status of the notified structures.
The following table shows information about the affected residents and their properties:
Affected citizen | Family | Children | No. of livestock | No. of military notice | Targeted structure |
Ibrahim Al-Mahayneh | 13 | 6 | 160 | 31124 | A Residential barrack (64m2) A residential barrack (36m2) A metal plates barrack; barn (90m2) A metal plates barrack; barn (60m2) Traditional oven (Taboun) A barn (180m2) |
Bashar Al- Mahayneh | 6 |
4 | 96 | 31122 | Residential barracks (36m2) A barn (60m2) Traditional oven (Taboun) A barn (180m2) |
Source: Field Inspection- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center-2021
It is indicated that the Bedouin communities residing in Al-Mu’arajat area are being constantly targeted by the Israeli occupation measures of stop-work, demolition, and confiscation. Evidently, over 35 families of the said communities have been previously threatened with stop-work and demolition; a total of 18 military notification of such type were reported in the area.
It is noticed that the occupation intends to put a pressure on people of the area in an eviction attempt that serves colonial expansionist plans.
Over years, the area of Al-Mu’arajat has always been known for livestock herding due to the vast and green pastural spaces and abundance of water. However, due to the firm Israeli restrictive measures, the number of residents in the area has notably dropped, rendering a big number of them to forcibly evict out of the area.
This report was prepared as part of Secure Palestinian Land and Housing Project Activities
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