Israeli Occupation Forces Issue Stop Work and Demolition Orders in Khallet Harb

Violation: Issuing stop work orders against 8 houses and structures.

Date: The 27^th of July, 2010.

Affected:  6 Palestinian families from Al Tmeizi clan.

Location: The area of Khallet Harb that is located west of the town of Idhna. The overall area of the town is 21,527 dunums of which 2,653 dunums are its built-up area. Its population (according to the 2007 census) is 19,012. The Israeli occupation confiscated 3,468 dunums of its lands to establish the Racist Israeli Isolation Wall.

 

 

Israeli occupation forces delivered Stop Work orders against 9 houses and structures in the said location while delivering another order calling for the demolition of a house in the town. Owners of the threatened structures indicated that the occupation forces distributed the Orders which were issued under the pretext that the targeted structures were built in Area C without a permit from the Israeli authorities. The orders determined a court date in Bet El on the 5^th of August 2010 as to issue its decision regarding the structures. The Idhna Municipality has made it a conscious policy to provide services (including paved roads, water network, phones and electricity) to the tens of houses located in Khallet Harb as to support the steadfastness of the people in that area.

 

The following table lists all relevant information regarding the issued Orders:

 

No.	Name	No. of Structures	Area in m2	Family Members	No. of Children	Est. Year	Type of Building	State of Building	Pic.
1	Nayef Mohammad Tmeizi	2	200	6	3	2002, 2006	House	Inhabited
2	Nayef Mohammad Tmeizi	1	400	0	0	2006	Brux	Used
3	Dawood Nayef Tmeizi	1	130	5	3	2001	House	Inhabited
4	Abbas Nayef Tmeizi	1	120	3	1	2006	House	Under Construction
5	Arafat Nayef Tmeizi	2	160	4	2	2007	House	Under Construction
6	Mohammad Sami Tmeizi	1	0	7	2	2008	House	Under Construction
7	Sabri Tmeizi	1	0	0	0	2007	House	Inhabited
TOTAL		9	1010	25	11

 

As for Mr. Deeb Abu Jheisha, he was delivered a demolition order of his 170-m² under construction house. He had planned to move his 15-member family into it upon completion. Mr. Abu Jheisha indicated that this is the second order that he has received from the occupation authorities and that the order gave him only one week to appeal it.

 

 

It’s been noted that Israeli occupation forces have increased the frequency of issuing stop work and demolition orders against Palestinian structures in the Governorate of Hebron since the beginning of the year 2010. The Land Research Center (LRC) has documented at least 161 such orders in the Governorate since January 2010. At the same time, 6 houses as well as 18 agricultural structures were demolished in the Governorate. Israeli occupation forces carry out these demolitions under the pretext that were built with an Israeli-issued permit, despite the fact these authorities rarely, if ever, issue such permits.