33 Demolition Orders in Al Hadidiyyah – Tubas

November 16, 2011

Violation: stop-work and demolition orders for a number of structures in Al Hadidiyyah.

Location: Al Hadidiyyah – Tubas.

Date: November 14, 2011.

Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Civil Administration – the Organization and Inspection Subcommittee.

Victims: 8 families, 70 people including 30 children.

Details:

As part of the Israeli ethnic cleansing policy which aims for cleansing the Jordan Valley area of its Arab inhabitants. 4 months earlier, on June 21, 2011, the Israeli Occupation Army demolished 24 residential and agricultural structures while claiming that they were built without permits on area classified ‘C’ according to Oslo.

On November 14, 2011, the Israeli Occupation Organization and Inspection Subcommittee issued stop-work orders against the houses that were rebuilt among others.

Table 1: endangered structures:

No.	Victim	Family members	Children	structures		Remarks	Order no.
No.	Victim	Family members	Children	Residential	sheds	Remarks	Order no.
1	Ahmad Bani Odeh	3	1	1	1	Previously demolished	148818 148820 148821 148822 148823 148824 148825
2	Abdallah Bani Odeh	6	0	1	2	Previously demolished	148829
3	Mohammad Mifleh	11	7	2	4	Previously demolished	148826 148827 148828
4	Saleh Bsharat	5	3	1	1	Previously demolished
5	Ali Bsharat	4	0	1	1	Previously demolished
6	Khader Bsharat	4	2	1	3	Previously demolished	148813 148814 148815 148816 148817
7	Abdul Rahim Bsharat	24	14	2	7	Previously demolished
8	Sati Bsharat	4	0	1	1	Previously notified
9	Fleh Bsharat	9	2	2	1	Previously demolished
Total		70	29	12	21

*source: field visits – Monitoring Israeli human rights violation unit – LRC

The recent demolitions are part of the Israeli systematic ethnic cleansing policy intended to replace the Palestinian dwellers with colonists. The Israeli Occupation Governments have been intensively targeting the Jordan Valley; in the past ten years; all of the structures in the area have been either demolished or awaiting demolishing.

The Israeli Army displaced the nomads inhabiting the area around Tubas many times before, claiming that their presence threatens the nearby colonies of Beqaot and Hamadat.The dwellers of Al Hadidiyyah objected to their expulsion in the Israeli Courts; the final decision was allocating 91 dunums for these families residency.

Nevertheless, the Israeli Army and colonists completely ignore the Court decision and continue their aggressions against the Palestinian.

Al Hadidiyyah – an Overview:

Al Hadidiyyah is located 33 km to the east of Tubas city. It is inhabited by around 200 people spreading over more than 70 dunums. The locals depend largely on agriculture and herding in their living. The Israelis have been trying to evict the residents of Al Hadidiyyah by any means including demolition threats, actual demolitions, land confiscations, etc; while the Israelis claim that the village is located within a ‘military zone’. It is surrounded by the Israeli colonies of Beqaot and Roi (west); and Hamadat (east).

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