2020-08-10
Halt of Work notices for 6 residential and agricultural facilities in Al-Mughayyir / North Ramallah
Violation: Halt of Work notices.
Location: Al-Mughayyir village / Ramallah governorate.
Date: August 10th 2020.
Perpetrators: The Israeli Occupation Civil Administration.
Victims: 6 families from the village.
Description:
August 10th 2020 , the inspection officer in the Civil Administration raided Al-Mughayyir village northeast Ramallah , and gave halt of work notices for six families on the pretext of building without licenses.
The Occupation authorities set September 8th 2020 , as the date of the building and organization committee session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structure.
The following table shows more information about the damages:
Affected citizen | Family members | children | The targeted facility | notes | Halt of work notice | Photo number |
‘Ubaida Abu ‘Alya | 2 | 0 | Under construction house one floor (155 m2) | 30543 | 1 | |
Imad Abu ‘Alya | 8 | 5 | Under construction house one floor (145 m2) | Used currently for cattle breeding (16 sheep heads) | 30547 | 2 |
‘Alaa Bshara | 4 | 2 | Under construction basement (80 m2) | 30545 | 3 | |
Khamees Abu ‘Alya | 8 | 3 | Under construction house and a basement (200 m2) | 30548 | 4 | |
Awwad Abu Alya | 7 | 4 | Under construction house – one floor (160 m2) | 30544 | 5 | |
Ahmed Abu Alya | 9 | 4 | Metal Shack (120 m2) | Used for cattle breeding (60 heads of Cattle | 30546 | 6 |
total | 38 | 18 |
Source: Firsthand field observation – Israeli violations monitoring section – Land Research Center – August 2020
Click here to see the military notices.
Imad Abu Alya (41) told LRC:
“Two months ago , during wheat harvest , the occupation forces and settlers attacked us , one of the soldiers opened fire and I got shot three bullets one of them exploded in my leg, which caused me a great movement disability , I used to work as a farmer and support a family of 8 , 5 of them are children. our suffering is endless, the occupation now notifies my house, and after I put everything I had in constructing it.”
According to Al-Mughayyir village council, the occupation notified 16 residential and agricultural facilities in the village , while it confiscated vast areas of the village lands , and deprived its owners from their right to access it.
Al-Mughayyir:[1]
Al Mughayyir is located 30 km to the north east of Ramallah; it is inhabited by around 3,249 people according to the PCBS statistics conducted in 2017.
Most of the village agricultural fields are located in its eastern parts; its total area is 33055 dunums, 501 of which are built-up area.
The Israeli occupation confiscated 37 dunums of Al Mughayyir lands for bypass #458.
According to Oslo Accords, about 95% of the village is under Area C while only 5% is under Area B.
- Area B: 1,695 dunums
- Area C: 31,360 dunums
[1] GIS-LRC
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