An Israeli Military Order Extends The Confiscation of the Lands of 12 Villages

The villages of Al Mughayyer, Jalboun, Faqqou, Al Jalama, Al Yamoun, A’arbouna, Al Mazar, Al Muqaiblah, Burqin, Ta’anak, Zabouba in addition to Rumannah, which are all located northeast and northwest Jenin Governorate.

 

 

 

Israeli occupation forces submitted to the Palestinian District Liaison Office in Jenin on March 6^th, 2011, five military orders calling for the extension of previous military orders issued in 2006 and 2007. The orders dictated “placing the hands” on lands in the said communities for the purpose of re-aligning the route of the Racist Isolation Wall.

 

In accordance with the Orders that were signed by the Commander of the Occupation Military in the West Bank, Avi Mizrahi Alof, the occupation forces extends the “placement of its hands” on the said lands until the 31^st of January, 2013. These orders are renewal of older similar orders that were issued in March 2007.

  

 

 

The following table lists all relevant information vis-à-vis the said orders:

Military Order	Prev. Confiscation Order	Prev. Extension Order	Location	Parcel No.	Pieces no.	The confiscated Area (in dunums)
“Placing Hands” Order number T/28/03 No. 2 Extension and Border Re-alignment.	March 2003	March 2007	Faqqou	1	17	185.400
			A’arbouna	2	11,24,22,21,1,3,10
			Al Mazar	1	1,3,4,24,54,6
				2	The locations of Wa’arat Al Oula, Khallet Al Adas, Al Wa’ar, Khillet Al Waqf, Al Monta
“Placing Hands” Order number T/30/03 No. 2 Extension and Border Re-alignment.	March 2003	29 March, 2007	Al Mughayyer	11	6-11, 14-19	48
				4	18, 19, 26
				1	8, 10
				5	1, 31, 32
				2	5-8, 19, 20
				8	5
			Jalboun	10	21, 22, 34, 37, 40, 46
				12	4, 11, 12, 17-19
				9	4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15, 50, 56
				6	63
“Placing Hands” Order number T/04/04 No. 2 Extension and Border Re-alignment	2004	29 March, 2007	Al Mughayyer	11	19, 20, 21, 35, 37, 38, 39, 46, 47, 49.	21.700
“Placing Hands” Order number T/26/03 No. 2 Extension and Border Re-alignment	March 2003	29 March, 2007	Jalboun	6	1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 27, 28	60.400
				3	3, 4
				1	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 15
			Faqqou	14	10-13, 18-23, 26, 27, 85
“Placing Hands” Order number T/18/03 No. 2 Extension and Border Re-alignment	March 2003	29 March, 2007	Al Jalama	5	23, 31, 32	302.900
			Muqaiblah (occupied in 1948)	20014	13-21
				20011	1
				20010	3-8, 11, 19, 21-23
			Burqin	1	1, 6, 7, 8, 12
			Al Yamoun	7	The locations of Abu Khalaf, Jarat Admein, Zeid
			Ta’anak	9	Umm Al Hayyat
				4	Al Souta, Malaf Al Wa’ara
				5	Birket Al Sous
				6	Abu Al Hayyat Al Qibli
			Zabouba	3	Al Koor, Wa’arat Al Deir
				6	Al Houti
				7	Hababeh
				8	Al Qaseera
				9	Umm Bader, Qaseera
				10	Wa’arat Al Wawi
TOTAL						618.4

 

 

The Wall was initially constructed by the Israeli occupation forces in 2003 as to force a political reality. Its length in the Governorate is about 66 kilometers starting from the area of Dhaher Al Abed in the west of the Governorate and ending the village of Jalboun in the east. There are 17 gates in the Wall including 6 that are totally closed, 6 are seasonally opened while the remaining are commercial ports and worker crossings.

 

In accordance with the information provided by the GIS Unit at LRC, the Racist Wall has destroyed 3,169 dunums (0.5% of the area of the West Bank) while isolating 6,328 dunums behind it (1% of the area of the West Bank).

The effect of the Racist Wall in Jenin Governorate is devastating as thousands of the residents of the Governorate have lost their lands which were their main source of income.

 

Moreover, more than 6 thousand Palestinians found themselves trapped behind the Wall in the communities of Barta’a Al Sharqiyya, Dhaher Al Maleh, Umm Reihan, Al Mintar Al Sharqi, Al Mintar Al Gharbi, Khirbet Abdullah Younis, Khirbet Al Omra as well as Khirbet Al Ra’adiyya. The situation in these communities is nothing less than an Israeli crime against the innocent Palestinian civilians who have lost their source of income and are currently unable to reach their houses without a permit from the occupations’ authorities.

 

 

Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC