2020-02-12
Confiscating an agricultural tent and an eviction order on facilities in Aj-Jiftlik / Jericho governorate
Violation: confiscating an agricultural tent and notifying facilities.
Location: Aj-Jiftlik village / north Jericho.
Date: February 12th 2020.
Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation civil administration- an antiquities officer.
Victims: 3 families from Arab Al-Ka’abneh Bedouin community.
Description:
Wednesday February 12th 2020, The Israeli occupation forces accompanied by antiquities protection officer in the civil administration raided ‘Arab Al-Ka’abneh Bedouin community in “Tel As-Samadi” south east Aj-Jiftlik town, the occupation forces dismantled a residential tent built of plastic sheets and woods with an area of 24 m2. The tent is a shelter for Osama Al-Ka’abneh family, which consists of 3 members, among them one child. the occupation claims that the tent was installed without a military order in a site of antiquities , as they claim.
The occupation forces loaded the component of the tent on a truck and confiscated them after giving owner Osama Al-Ka’abneh a “confiscation notice”.
a confiscation notice on the tent
location of the confiscated tent
Eviction orders on agricultural and residential tents:
In the same context, the Israeli occupation forces gave eviction notices to three families at the location, in a period that does not exceed 14 days on the pretext of using a site of antiquities.
The following table shows information about the targeted facilities :
Owner | Family members | Children under 18 | Cattle heads | The targeted facility | Military order number | remarks |
Musa Al-Ka’abneh | 7 | 1 | 56 | Residential tent 12 m2 Residential tent 12 m2 A tent used as a barn 45 m2 A tent used as a barn 36 m2 A barn 60 m2 A barn for feed | 0244 | He was a victim of demolition three times before |
Mahmoud Al-Ka’abneh | 5 | 2 | 90 | Residential tent 34 m2 Residential tent 18 m2 Sheep tent 60 m2 Feeds tent 12 m2 Kitchen Sheep barn 60 m2 | 0246 | He was a victim of demolition five times before |
Osama Al-Ka’abneh | 2 | 1 | - | A barracks if zinc (36 m2) | 0245 | He was a victim of demolition one time before |
total | 14 | 4 | 146 |
Source : Firsthand field observation- Israeli violations monitoring section – Land Research Center – February 2020
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notified facilities
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Mr. Mahmoud Al-Ka’abneh (51) told LRC:
“We have been living in “Tel As-Samadi” area for more than 30 years, despite the difficult circumstances and the lack of potentials. The community have always been exposed to the Israeli occupation forces raids , the occupation also imposes restrictions on movement and posturing in the area , during the recent ten years the Israeli occupation demolished our tents five times in a raw, on the pretext of building without licenses in C area. Our consistency in the land provoked the occupation to take new measurements for forced displacement, such as eviction for violating an antiquities site. Noteworthy, the area does not consist of any antiquities, this is only a scheme to get us out of the area.”
“Tel Samadi” area is located to the south east of Aj-Jiftlik, it is a hot spot for Israeli human rights violations, the area consists of two Israeli military camps built on the remains of a military camp that was for the Jordanian army before 1967, in addition to “Massua” settlement that devour vast areas of Aj-Jiftlik , the area is inhabited by Arab Abu ‘Ajaj and Al-Ka’abneh Bedouin community .
“Tel As-Samadi” location
About al- Jiftlik:[1]
It is located 35km to the northern part of Jericho city and is edged by the village of Beit Dajan from the northwest and Massua colony from the west. The village has a population of 3100 people until 2017 and has a total land area of 185031 dunums of which 1110 dunums are built-up area. Noteworthy, the occupation expropriated around 12040 dunums from the village as follows:
3207 dunums were confiscated for the favor of establishing colonies in the nearby.
3328 dunums were confiscated for the bypass roads no. (90, 505, and 508).
5505 dunums were confiscated for the favor of military camps
[1] GIS-LRC
