2021-04-05
Violation: Halt of work notice.
Location: Deir Qaddis village / Ramallah Governorate.
Date: March 11th – April 5th 2021.
Perpetrators: The Building inspector at the Israeli Civil Administration.
Victims: 10 families living in the area.
Description:
Between March and April 2021 , the Israeli Occupation Authorities issued Halt of Work Notices for houses and Facilities at Al-Muhallel area west Deir Qaddis in Ramallah governorate on the pretext of building without a license.
In March 11th 2021, the Israeli Occupation Authorities issued halt of work notices as follows:
Notice Number 31125 which targets a sheep breeding Shack
- Halt of Work and Construction notice (31126): Which targets a Shack built of Zinc (200 m2 ) - one floor , belongs to citizen Fatima Qatousa , and was supposed to be a home for a family of 4 , 2 of them are children.
Notice number 31126 which targets house of citizen Fatima Qatousa | Photo 1: the targeted under construction house – Fatima Qatousa |
And in April 5th 2021, The Occupation Authorities issued 11 halt of work notices, the following table shows detailed information:
Affected Citizen | Family members | Children | Area of the building m2 | The targeted structure | Notice number | Photo number |
Jalal At-Taweel | 5 | 3 | 360 | 3 stores and an under-construction apartment | 31149 | 2 |
Mahmoud Qatousa | 7 | 2 | 200 | Blacksmith and a metal Shack | 30753 | 3 |
Ibrahim Qatousa | 9 | 5 | 400 | 6 stores | 31147 | 4 |
Ibrahim Qatousa | -- | -- | 90 | Car Wash | 31148 | 5 |
Mohammed Ghayada | 4 | 2 | 360 | 3 stores and an under-construction apartment | 30754 | 6 |
Hassan Nasser | 8 | 5 | 200 | Sheep Shack | 30756 | 7 |
‘Awad ‘Awad | 8 | 3 | 180 | residence | 30751 | 8 |
‘Awad ‘Awad | - | - | 380 | Stores and an under-construction house | 30750 | 9 |
Mohammed Nasser | 11 | 4 | 650 | 2 shacks used for breeding calves | 30755 | 10 |
Radi Nasser | 6 | 1 | 1000 | Baton wall | 30757 | 11 |
Nader Al-Khawaja | 7 | 5 | 360 | residence | 30752 | 12 |
Notice 31149 | Photo 2 |
Notice 30753 | Photo 3 |
Notice 31147 | Photo 4 |
Notice 31148 | Photo 5 |
Notice 30754 | Photo 6 |
Notice 30756 | Photo 7 |
Notice 30751 | Photo 8 |
Notice 30750 | Photo 9 |
Notice 30755 | Photo 10 |
Notice 30757 | Photo 11 |
Notice 30752 | Photo 12 |
During the past years, the occupation targeted many workshops and businesses at Al-Mhalel area. In numbers, about 44 facilities and businesses were demolished. the targeted businesses provide jobs for tens of families supporters, who lost their sources of income in such a difficult time.
About Deir Qaddis:[1]
Deir Qaddis is located 25 km west Ramallah and bordered by Shabteen (north), Na’alin (west), Kharabtha Bani Harith (east) and Bala’en (south). Deir Qaddis is populated 2452 in 2017, and has a total area of 8,051 dunums , of which 518 are the town’s built up area.
Israeli built illegal colonies “Na’ale” and Nili on the northern area of the town, and “Kiryat Sefer” in the southern area.
The occupation grabbed 2989 dunums of Deir Qaddis lands for the following purposes:
Settlements ate up (2,504) dunums:
Settlement name | Establishment year | Area of confiscated lands | Number of settlers 2018 | confiscated lands from Deir Qaddis |
Na’ale | 1982 | 418 | 1871 | Part of the settlement |
Kiryat Sefer | 1991 | 1,704 | 74,615 | Part of the settlement |
Matityahu | 1980 | 13 | 871 | Part of the settlement |
Nili | 1981 | 369 | 1,787 | Part of the settlement |
2 – Bypass roads number 446 and 463 devoure 355 dunums.
3- The segregation wall is 1,944 m, ate up 194 dunums and blocked 1,816 dunums.
4- Military camps grabbed 130 dunums.
Oslo conventions divided the land as the following:
B area: (643) dunums.
C area: (7,408) dunums.
[1] GIS-LRC
This report was prepared as part of Secure Palestinian Land & Housing Rights project activities
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