Violation: demolishing 3 agricultural rooms.

Location: Shoshahla – Al-Khader village/ Bethlehem governorate.

Date: 17/04/2019.

Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation civil administration and army.

Victims: Families of Monther Issa, Sa’ad Salah and Hubas Salah.

Description:

A Massive military force and bulldozers raided Al-Khader and demolished 3 agricultural rooms on the pretext of building without licenses.

One of the victims, Farmer Hubas told LRC reporter:

“We built an agricultural room two years ago, in order to use it during working seasons for resting and storing agricultural tools , I inherited the plot from my grandfather, but I was shocked when Israeli bulldozers showed up and demolished it.”

Noteworthy, the occupation bulldozers cut several trees in order to pass though and demolish the room.

Iyad Issa from Al-Khader Municipality told LRC reporter:

“The occupation authorities are prohibiting farmers from visiting their lands after 5:00 pm , which makes it harder for them to take care of their lands”

Yusra (the wife of Munther Salah) told LRC reporter:

“The area used to be very safe, we used to stay in our plot at night and sometimes sleep there. Now that Israeli settlers are planning to take over our land , we cannot feel safe anymore”.

Shoshahla is a hot spot for Israeli assaults and attacks. Recently, Israeli settlers cut the siege that segregates their settlement from Shoshahla , in order to facilitate their access to the village and carrying out their attacks.

The following table shows more information about the targeted structures and their owners:

Al Khader: [1]

Located 4 kilometer west of Bethlehem, Al Khader village is surrounded by Beit Jala and Battir (north), Husan and Nahhalin (west), Ad Doha, Wadi Rahall, and Beit Jala (east), Wadi An Nais (south).

Al Khader has a population of 9774 according to statistics conducted in 2007. It has a total area of 8279 dunums, 184 of which are built-up area.

The Israeli occupation confiscated 29 dunums of Al Khader lands for Efrat and Daniel colonies. Efrat was built in 1979 and devoured 5.8 dunums of Al Khader. It is inhabited by 7037 colonists. Daniel was built in 1982 and confiscated 23 dunums. 1073 colonists live in the colony.

Bypasses number 60 and 375 devoured more than 487 dunums. Not to mention the Apartheid Wall that destroyed 280 dunums and isolated 5638 dunums of the village. The Wall in Al Khader is 2805 meters long.

According to Oslo Accords, 10% of Al Khader is under Area A (PA has full civil and security control) while 6% is under Area B (PA is in charge of civil matters with Israel responsible for security). However, most of the village lands (84%) is under Area C (Israel maintains full security and administrative control). Here are the area in dunums:

• Area A (808) dunums.

• Area B (475) dunums.

• Area C (6996) dunums.

[1] GIS-LRC

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