2020-11-09

Demolishing Agricultural Facilities north Deir Dibwan /Ramallah governorate

Violation: Demolishing agriculture facilities on the pretext of building without a license.

Location: Deir Dibwan town / Northeast Ramallah.

Date: November 9th 2020.

Perpetrator: The construction inspector in the Israeli Civil Administration.

Victims: Family of citizen Nael ‘Awawdeh.

Description:

Monday, November 9th 2020, The Israeli Occupation forces accompanied by the construction inspector in the Israeli Civil Administration raided Khallet As-Sayad area north Deir Dibwan , 2 km away north the town , and a Volvo bulldozer carried out a massive demolition operation that targeted six tents and an agricultural shack belong to citizen Na’el ‘Awawdeh from Deir Dibwan , the Occupation claims that the facilities were built without a license.

Reportedly, the targeted facilities are:

  • An agricultural Shack built of Zinc sheets with a total area of 36 m2, used as a store for feeds and agricultural tools.
  • Three agricultural tents built of a metal body and plastic sheets that cover the ceiling and the sides with a total area of : 60 m2 , 90 m2, 24 m2 , used for cattle breeding of 300 heads of sheep.
  • Demolishing two tents built of a metal body and plastic sheets with a total area of : 60 m2 , 48 m2.
  • Demolishing a sheep barn with a total area of 210 m2 , that is composed of iron corners and a siege.
  • Destroying kitchenware, and sabotaging a motor , and a small transformer.

Nael ‘Awawda (56) told LRC the following:

“I support a family of 14, 5 of them are children, and I depend on cattle breeding as a source of income. I live in Khallet As-Sayad area only in winter and spring seasons, only that recently I was shocked of the occupation forces leveling my structures to the ground without any preceding orders, my loss reached about 70,000 shekels.”.

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Photos 1-4: The targeted facility


Halt of work notice for an agricultural shack:

The Occupation also notified a shack (24 m2) , that belong to Yousif ‘Awawda who supports a family of 8 , 6 of them are children. The first notice was entitled halt of work notice numbered (30818) in September 23rd 2020 , while the second notice was entitled final demolition order and numbered (61339) issued in October 20th 2020 , The targeted shack is only 50 m to the east of the targeted facilities.


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Photo 5: The notified Shack


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Photos 6-7: Israeli Notices

About Deir Dibwan:

5 kilometer east Ramallah, Ramallah is surrounded by Ramon and Ein Yabrud (north), Beitin (west), Al-Nuwe’ma and Ein Dyuk Al-Fuqa (east) , Anatta, Mikhmas. Burqa from the south.

Deir Dibwan has a total population of 4169 people according to statistics conducted in 2017. It has a total area of 74,285 of which 1,789 dunums are a built-up area of the village.

The occupation devoured (4121) dunums for the following purposes:

1: settlements confiscated 1346 dunums:

Settlement’s name

Establishing year

Area of confiscated land

Number of settlers

Kokhav Yaacov

1984

51.4

3,918

Mitzpe Danny

unavailable

87.7

unavailable

Neve Erez

1981

1.114

980

Maale Mikhmas

unavailable

62.7

unavailable


2: Bypass roads (458 and 457) devoured over (1,543) dunums.

3: Military camps devoured (1,232)dunums

According to Oslo conventions The areas are clarified in donums as following:

Area A (307) donums

AreaB (12,925) donums

Area C (61,052) donums .


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