2020-08-10

Halt of Work notices for 6 residential and agricultural facilities in Al-Mughayyir / North Ramallah

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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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