A New Wave of Stop Work Orders In Al Beqa’ Neighborhood East of the City of Hebron

Israeli occupation forces issued and distributed Stop Work Orders against houses and water pools in Al Beqa’ neighborhood in the City of Hebron. House owners indicated that representatives of the so-called ‘Civil Administration’ accompanied by occupation soldiers came to the neighborhood and handed out the Orders against the said structures.

  

The owners also mentioned that occupation authorities informed some of them verbally that their houses will be demolished next week, as indicated by a captain in the ‘Civil Administration.’

 

The soldiers came back on March 3^rd, 2009 and took photographs of all the structures against which the orders were issued. Also, they have summoned the owners of the affected houses, took their personal details and then left without giving any further explanation. The residents of the neighborhood strongly believe that the main goal behind the Orders is to evict and transfer the Palestinian population in an effort to takeover their lands for future expansion of the nearby colonies of Kiryat Arba and Kharsina.

 

 

The Stop Work Orders are seen, as such, as another attempt to fight the Palestinian farmer in his source of income in an effort to force him out of his land.

 

It is worthy to note here that Israeli occupation forces have already demolished a number of structures in the neighborhood in 2004 which prompted humanitarian organizations to rebuild some of these houses. Yet, even these new houses received Stop Work Orders and are currently under the threat of being demolished. Additional information in this regard can be found at the following link: The Colony of Kharsina Expands on the Expense of the City of Hebron.

 

The Stop Work Orders were issued against 13 houses (inhabited and otherwise) whose owners are currently haunted by the threat of being expelled and left homeless. The following table lists the essential information regarding those houses targeted by demolition:

No.	Name of Owner	No. of Houses	Area in m2	No. of Family Members	Date of Construction	Status of Houses	Picture No.
1	Fadel Saleem Jaber	1	50	9	2009	Under construction
2	Faraj Ibrahim Jaber	1	60	5	2008	Ready to be inhabited
3	Zeid Ibrahim Jaber	1	70	5	1995	Inhabited
4	Hani Salim Fadel Jaber	1	60	5	2008	Inhabited
5	Imad Mohammad Bader Jaber	1	40	6	2007	Inhabited
7	Hasan Bader Jaber	1	80	13	2007	Inhabited
10	Azmi Jaber	1	100	14	2006	Under construction
12	Bilal Jaber	1	80	5	2006	Inhabited
14	Fayez Jaber	1	40	6	2006	Inhabited
15	Fadi Jaber	1	40	10	2006	Inhabited
16	Azzam Jaber	3	500	15	1994	Inhabited
TOTAL		13	1120	93

 

Owners Name	No. of Structures	No. of Family Members	Area in m2	Type of Structure	Status of Structure	Notes	Pic. No.
Hasan Bader Jaber	1	13	180	Water pool	Under construction	Used for irrigation
Badawi Areef Jabari	1	50	150	Water pool	Used	Used for irrigation
Nader Abdel Al Azis Jaber	1	50	120	Water pool	Used	Demolished in 2006 and later re-built
Azmi Jaber	1	60	100	Water pool	Under construction	Used for irrigation
Sa�eed Jaber	1	50	150	Water pool	Used	Used for irrigation
Azzam Jaber	1	30	120	Water pool	Used	Used for irrigation
Azzam Jaber	1	15	30	Water well	Used	Used for irrigation
Nader Abdel Aziz Jaber	1	8	40	Water well	Used	Used for water collection
Azzam Jaber	1	15	50	Warehouse	Used	Shop
TOTAL	9	291	890