2023-01-18
Halt of work notice for residential and Agricultural facilities in Khirbet Ar-Ras Al-Ahmar
Violation: Halt of Work and Construction Notice.
Location: Khirbet Ar-Ras Al-Ahmar / Tubas Governorate.
Date: Wednesday (January 18th 2023).
Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.
Victims: Two Families from the community.
Description:
Wednesday morning , January 18th 2023 , the building inspector targeted Khirbet Ar-Ras Al-Ahmar in Sahel Al-Buqa’a , east Tubas Governorate.
The Occupation authorities served two halt of work notices for residential and agricultural facilities belong to families at the area , on the pretext of building without a license in area “C” which is under full Israeli control.
According to the notices , the occupation sat February 1st , as the date of the building and organization session in Beit El military court , to decide the fate of the structures.
The following table shows more information about the targeted facilities and their owners:
| The affected citizen | Number of family members | Military notice no | The targeted facilities | Photos | ||
| males | females | children | ||||
| Jihad Mohammed Bani ‘Odeh | 3 | 3 | 2 | 31454 | Residential tent 45 m2 Sheep tent 60 m2 Barn tent 90 m2 Feeds tent 12 m2 Sheep tent 72 m2 | 1 |
| Khader Mohammed Bani ‘Odeh | 1 | 4 | 3 | 31455 | Residential tent 60 m2 Sheep tent 90 m2 Kitchen and a store 12 m2 Feeds tent 16 m2 | 2 |
| total | 4 | 7 | 5 |
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Mr Lutfi Bani ‘Odeh Head of Ar-Ras Al-Ahmar community told LRC the following:
“Here at Ar-Ras Al-Ahmar , we live a life that gets more complicated everyday, the occupation wouldn’t leave us live in peace , there are continues confiscation and assaults against properties , most families at the Khirbet went through confiscation of properties. Most agricultural facilities at the area received demolition notices , and every now and then there are massive forced displacement campaigns , and we don’t know what will be our destiny under all these violations.”
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The Israeli occupation claims that Khirbet Ar-Ras Al-Ahmar is a closed military zone, thus the occupation carried out several demolition operations in the Khirbet without any preceding military orders. Khirbet Ar-Ras Al-Ahmar is one of several Khirbets in the Jordan Valley that are now subjected by Israeli schemes and measurements. Noteworthy, the Khirbet is inhabited by 18 families that originally came from Tammoun village , specifically from Bsharat and Bani Oudeh families.
Noteworthy, people of the village are living a basic life , but always targeted by the occupation , the community was demolished 18 times in the last ten years, but people of the khirbet are determined to stay in their area.
Khirbet Ras Al-Ahmar:
23 km southeast Tubas city, Ras Al-Ahmar has a population of 74 people in 2017 census.
The Khirbet has a built up area of 36 dunums , Ras Al-Ahmar is considered a part of Tubas and all of the Khirbet’s lands are classified in C area according to Oslo accords.
The occupation confiscated about (10362) dunums from the Khirbet lands for the following purposes:
- Israeli settlements devoured about 4324 dunums , as the following:
| settlement | Establishment year | Area of the settlement | Number of settlers in 2018 |
| Beka’ot | 1972 | 2,404 | 215 |
| Hemdat | 1980 | 316 | 275 |
| Ro’i | 1967 | 1,604 | 174 |
8 Israeli military camps surround the settlement with an area of (6,038) dunums.
Secure Palestinian Land and Housing Rights (SPLHR 2)
