2018-02-15
Israeli Occupation Forces notify structures of stop-work in Bethlehem
Violation: stop-work orders
Location: Um Salamona village
Date: February 15, 2018
Perpetrators: Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration
Victims: four Palestinian families
Details:
A massive force from Israeli Occupation Army raided on February 15, 2018 Um Salamona village, south Bethlehem and notified three residences and water cistern of stop-work on the claim of "unlicensed construction".
Citizen Hasan Taqatqa told Land Research Center the following:
" Israeli Occupation Forces keep attacking and violating our village, a check point is always set up at the entrance to restrict peoples' movement. This caused residents of the village to look for substitute roads that are rougher, longer in distance and cost more in transportation; the occupation works to harass people and push them out"
The military orders compelled the owners to halt all construction works and restore the previous status of the notified structures. A hearing session of the Inspection Sub-Committee will be held in the Israeli court of Beit El to consider whether to demolish the structures or restore their previous status.
The following table shows information about the owners of the notified structures:
Name | Family | Minors | Aream2 | Status of structure | Year of construction | Remark | No. of order | Photo |
Majid Taqatqa | 1 | 0 | 193 | Residence | 2015 | Built on 700m2 plot | ||
Ahmad Taqatqa | 8 | 6 | 220 | Under construction | 2015 | Built on one dunum plot | ||
Othman Taqatqa | 4 | 2 | 383 | Under construction | 2015 | -- | ||
Mohammd Taqatqa | 8 | 1 | 70m3 | Water cistern | 2015 | Serves five agricultural dunums | ||
Total | 25 | 13 | 510 |
Source : Field observation- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center-2015
Umm Salamona:
It is located 8km to the south of Bethlehem city; the village is edged by the towns of Wad Al-Nis and Jurat Al-Sham’a from the north, Marah M’alla from the east, Beit Fajjar from the south and the colony of Migdal Oz from the west that is founded on confiscated lands from the village itself.
Um Salamona totals 2176 dunums in area, of which 160 dunums are the village’s built-up area; it has a total population of 1218 people until 2014.
The Israeli occupation army confiscated 248 dunums for the favor of the following:
- 5 dunums were confiscated for the favor of Migdal Oz colony that was established in 1977 with a population of 300 colonists.
- 80 dunums were confiscated for the favor of colonial roads
- 163 dunums were confiscated as per the route of the apartheid wall
The lands of Umm Salamona are classified, according to Oslo Accords, as follows:
- 431 dunums are classified as area A (20% of the village’s total area)
- 1745 dunums are classified as area C (80% of the village’s total area)
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