2022-02-20

Halt of Work Notice for Residences and an Agricultural Facility in Ni’lin town / Ramallah Governorate

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Violation: Halt of Work Notice.

Location: Ni’lin town / Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate.

Date: February 2022.

Perpetrators: The building inspector at the Israeli civil administration.

Victims: Khallel Khawaja , Kamel Khawaja ,Yousif Suror , Yousif Nafe’a.

Description:

On February 2022, The building inspector at the Israeli Civil served four military notices to houses and facilities belong to families in Ni’lin town, on the pretext of building without a license.

The Israeli Occupation impose restrictions and intolerable life circumstances on residents .

According to the military order , the occupation sat March 14th as the date of the building and organization session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structure.

The following table shows more information about the targeted facility:


Affected citizen



Family members



children



Area m2



About the facility



Military order number



males



females



Khaleel Khawaja



5



3



4



220



 Under construction building / two floors



32222



Kamel Khawaja



4



1



3



250



A siege that surrounds the plot



32221



Yousif Sorur



4



3



4



200



Under construction building / two floors



31806



Yousif Nafe’a



3



3



0



80



A store for Aluminum / built of zinc and bricks



31805



total



16



10



11



750










Image titleThreatened house belongs to citizen Khaleel Salama 

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A notice for the house


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House of citizen Yousif Surour 



Image titleHalt of notice for the house


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House of citizen Yousif Nafe'a

Image titleA notice for the house

Image titleNotice served to Kamel Khawaja

The targeted facilities are located northeast the town, noting that the structures are only 50 m away from the village organizational plan.

According to LRC data, the occupation notified tens of residential and agricultural structures, in addition to imposing heave restrictions on residents of the village.

About Ni’lin:[1]

20 km to the northwest of Ramallah, Ni’lin is edged by the towns of Qibya and Budrus from the north, Al-Midyah town from the southwest, Deir Qidees town from the east and Mod’in and Kiryat Sefer colonies from the south.

Ni’lin is inhabited by 5897 people on a total land area of 15,206 dunums , of which 748 dunums are the village’s built-up area.

The occupation confiscated a total of 3020 dunums for colonial ends, which are detailed as follows:

  • Hashmona’im colony: it was established in 1985 on confiscated area of 858 dunums from the village. It is now inhabited by 2097 colonists.
  • Kiryat Sefer: it was established in 1991 on confiscated area of 476 dunums from the village. It is now inhabited by 24,290 colonists.
  • Mattityahu colony: it was established in 1980 on confiscated area of 657 dunums from the village. It is now inhabited by 1365 colonists.
  • Colonial bypass road number 446confiscated 408 dunums
  • The apartheid wallconfiscated 621 dunums for the favor of its construction and isolated 14,083 behind it.

According to Oslo Accords lands classifications, Ni’lin lands are classified as follows:

  • 1,123 dunums are classified as area “B”
  • 14,083 dunums are classified as area “C”





[1] GIS-LRC