2022-02-28
Demolition of Residential and Agricultural Structures in Al-Mu’arajat area / Ramallah governorate
Violation: Halt of Work Notice for residential and agricultural structures.
Location: Al-Mu’arejat area east At-Tayiba / Ramallah governorate.
Date: February 28th 2022.
Perpetrators: The building inspector at the Israeli civil administration.
Victims: Khamees Mlihat , Muamar Mlihat.
Description:
Monday , February 28th 2022, The Israeli Occupation Forces accompanied by the building inspector raided Al-Mu’arajat area to the east of At-Tayba town in Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, and served demolition and removal notices to Bedouin families on the pretext of building without a license.
The Occupation gave the owners seven days to carry out the eviction.
The targeted families received halt of work notice between 2016-2017 , Israeli restrictions that accompanied license application measurements was enough to refuse license applications and dismantle the tents.
Noteworthy, Al-Mu’arejat Bedouin communities origins go back to Be’er As-Seba’ , where they were forcedly evicted in 1948 to head south Hebron, then a large part went to Jericho precisely at Al-M’;arejat and Mikhmas area.
The following table shows more information at the damages:
| Affected citizen | Number of family members | children | Military order number | The targeted facility | Area m2 | |
| males | females | |||||
| Khamees Mlihat | 5 | 2 | 5 | 504787 | A residential shack built of a metal body and plastic sheets | 60
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| Tent barn | 45 | |||||
| Tent barn | 60 | |||||
| M’uamar Mlihat | 3 | 4 | 5 | 503823 | A shack built of plastic sheets and covered with a solar panel | 60
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| Tent barn | 90 | |||||
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The targeted facilities
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Photos of The notices
Al – Mu’arejat for many years witnessed a vicious attack against Bedouin families at the area , in November 2020 , 17 families living at the Bedouin community were targeted , and during 2021 a mass demolition operation was conducted , and that resulted in displacing large numbers of people.
Al-Mu’arajat Bedouin community is inhabited by about 230 people , living a dangerous life with the least life possibilities.
At-Taybeh village:[1]
15 km east Ramallah , At-Taybeh is surrounded by Deir Jarir (north) , Silwad (west) , Al-Mu’arejat (east) , and blocked by “Kokhav Hashaher” and “Rimonim” east on Rammun village lands.
At-Taybeh is inhabited by (1340) people , in 2017 census.
At-Taybeh has a total area of 22,969 dunums , of which 732 dunums are a built up area.
The occupation confiscated (1,738) dunums for the following purposes:
- Israeli settlement took over (354) dunums as the following:
| Settlement name | Establishment year | Area in dunums | Number of settlers 2018 |
| ‘Ofra | 1975 | 25 | 3235 |
| Rimonim | 1977 | 329 | 745 |
- Bypasses 449 and 458 devoured (1,087) dunums.
- Israeli military camps devoured (297) dunums.
Oslo accords divided the area as the following:
- B area : (8,010) dunums.
- C area: (14,959) dunums.
[1] GIS-LRC
