Land Research Center

Violation: Notice to stop building.

Location: Al-Khader / Bethlehem.

Date: May, 7 ,2018.

Perpetrators: IOF and The occupation's civil administration.

Victims: Ibrahim Ali Sbih.

Details:

IOF broke into "Sahl Al Baloa" area in Al-Khader and delivered notices to citizen Ibrahim Sbeih to stop digging and implanting foundations for his house on the pretext of unauthorized building. The notice informs that subcommittee will discuss demolishing the building in their session in 7 June 2018 / 9:00 in the morning.

Iyad Sbeih from Al-Khader municipality told LRC observer:

"Occupation delivers notices to citizens on the pretext of building without permission , even though they have legal documents prove that they own the land, They refuse to guarantee permissions for Palestinians. On the other hand, they build colonial units"

Sbeih is preparing his legal documents to follow up with humanitarian institutions and file charges in the Israeli court, the noticed structure is foundations to build a 200m² house on a 1 dunum land.

Notice number 050185

Al-Khader is under a heavy attack of Israeli assaults, in the recent five years LRC documented notices to 74 residential, agricultural and commercial structures …etc, In addition to destroying 1560 tree and confiscating orders of more than 1000 dunums, all that to add on illegal settlements and building new ones like "Efrat" and "Neve Daniyyal".

About Al-Khader village:

Al-Khader village is located 4 km from the western side of Bethlehem, it is bordered by Beit Jala and Batir from the north, Hussan and Nahaleen villages from the west, Aldoha, Wadi Rahhal, Beit Jala villages from the east, and Wadi Al-Nees from the south. Its population is 11,960 people in 2017. Its gross area is 8,279 donums; 184 of them are the construction area.

The Israeli colonies have despoils 29 donums from the village's lands; two are colonies existed upon a part of the lands. The first one " Efrat" was constructed in 1979 A.D; they have usurped 5.8 donums, and its population 7037 colonists. The second one " Nafy Danial" eas constructed on 1982A.D; they have usurped 23 donums, and its population is 1073 colonists. A part of which is established upon the village's lands.

The bypass roads number 60 and 375 also despoiled more than 487 donums. In addition to establishing the apartheid upon its lands which causes the demolishing of 280 donums and isolating of 5638 donums behind it. The length of this apartheid existing upon the village's land is 2,805 meters.

The village's lands are classified in accordance with Oslo concord into areas( A,B ,C). Area A composes 10% , Area B 6%, Area C is the greatest area and it is under the total occupation domination, and it composes 84% from the total area. The areas are clarified in donums as following:

Area A (808) donums

AreaB (475) donums

Area C(6,996) donums .

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