Violation: Halt of Work notices.

Location: Bardala village / Tubas governorate.

Date: February 15^th 2022.

Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.

Victims: Sawafta families.

Description:

Tuesday, February 15^th 2022 , the building inspector at the Israeli civil administration raided the western part of Bardala village at the northern Jordan Valley , and notified a caravan and a container on the pretext of building without a license.

According to the notice, The Israeli Occupation sat March 14^th 2022 , as the date of the building and organization session in Beit El military court, to decide the fate of the structures.

 The following table shows more information about the targeted structures:

Bardala village is continuously targeted by the Israeli Occupation, the occupation demolished many structures at the village, and during the past few months , the occupation turned a large part of Bardala lands into military trainings sites.

About Bardala:[1]

25 km to the north of Tubas, Bardala village is surrounded by the Green Line (north), Raba (west), Ain al Baeda (east) and Tubas (south).

It has a population of 1607 people(2017 census). Its total area is 18329 dunums, of which 404 dunums are considered built-up area.

The Israeli occupation devoured 252 dunums of its land to build bypasses road , especially road no.90. It also confiscated 819 dunums to build the Separation Wall and isolated 2100 dunums of Bardala land as a result.

According to Oslo Accords, 90% of the village is classified as area “C”, which is under Israeli authority while only 5% is area “B” that is under the control of PA.

• Area B (910 dunums)
• Area C (16845 dunums)

[1] GIS-LRC