Violation: Halt of work notice for an agricultural structure.

Location: Beit Liqya town / Ramallah governorate.

Date: August 16^th 2021.

Perpetrators: The building Inspector at the Israeli Civil Administration.

Victims: Farmer ‘Atallah Al-Qett.

Description:

Monday, August 16^th 2021, the building inspector at the Israeli civil administration raided the northern neighborhood of Beit Liqya west Ramallah city, and served a halt of work notice for an agricultural shack belongs to farmer Atallah Al-Qett, on the pretext of building without a license.

According to the military order, the occupation sat September 1^st 2021 as the date of the building and organization session in Beit El military court, to decide the fate of the structure.

Noteworthy, the targeted shack has a total area of 200 m², contains 200 heads of sheep, and considered a source of income for a family of 9 (1 child, 4 females).

Farmer ‘Attallah Khamees told LRC:

“Two years ago, I installed a large metal shack for cattle breeding, which had a financial cost of about 150 thousand shekels. Noteworthy, I depend on cattle breeding and agriculture as a source of income. But no matter what, I will hold on to and protect my only source of income". 

Photos 1-4: The targeted shack

Notice 31835 which targets an agricultural shack

Beit Liqya in lines:[1]

14 km to the southwest of Ramallah city, Beit Liqya is surrounded by Beit Ur Al-Fouqa and Beit ‘Anan (east) , Kharabtha Al-Misbah village (north), Beit Nuba and Beit Sira (west) , and Beit Nuba lands from the south.

Beit Liqya has a total population of 9,304 people according to 2017 census[2].

Families of Beit Liqya: ‘Assi , Mafarja , Bader , Musa.

Beit Liqya has a total area of 13206 dunums, of which 1178 are a built-up area for the town, the town’s lands are classified as follows:

• B area: 1374 dunums (10.4 %).
• C area: 11832 dunums (89 . 6 %).

The Annexation and Expansion wall segment in Beit Liqya town is 4.3 km long, and isolates 2155 dunums around 15.6 % of the town lands, the occupation imposes restrictions that hinder farmers’ access to their lands behind the wall.

[1] GIS-LRC

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