Land Eviction Notifications in At Tawil and Lafjam – Nablus

January 18, 2012

Violation: 5 land evacuation notifications in At Tawil and Lafjam.

Location: eastern ‘Aqraba – Nablus.

Date: January 17, 2012.

Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Army.

Victims: 5 families in the target area.

Details:

Israeli colonization policy continues unabated by taking over Palestinian properties and making them available for Israeli colinists coming from all around the world. On January 17, 2012, the Israeli Occupation Army handed five families in At Tawil and Lafjam military orders calling them to ‘evacuate their agricultural lands and return to the status quo’. The Israeli Army justified the orders by claiming that the lands are located within a ‘military zone’. A 7-day respite was given to the owners to return to the status quo or face the consequences.

Table 1: victims of the orders:

Victim	Location	Family members	Children	Use	Notification	Respite	Order no.	Issued by
Mohammad abu Hammad	Lafjam	8	4	12-dunum wheat field	Eviction of a military zone	7 days	0039	The Israeli occupation Army
Wasfi abu Hammad	Lafjam	9	5	20-dunum wheat field	Eviction of a military zone	7 days	0041	The Israeli occupation Army
Ghallab abu Hammad	Lafjam	9	7	10-dunum wheat field	Eviction of a military zone	7 days	0040	The Israeli occupation Army
Basel bani Jaber	At Tawil	7	5	24-m2 shed	Demolition	A hearing session on 29/1/2012	149637	The Israeli occupation Army
Abdul Fattah bani Jaber	At Tawil	5	3	12-m2- shed	Stop work	3 days	307671	The Israeli occupation Army
Total		38	24

Source: field observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Unit – LRC

At Tawil – an overview:

At Tawil is part of Aqraba village; it is 1.5 km away from Aqraba residential area. At Tawil is full of Islamic and Roman ruins and it has a number of old wells. Its mild climate seemed to attract people over the centuries.

Picture 3: overlooking At Tawil

At Tawil total area is around 30,000 dunums, including 8,000 dunums of arid lands unsuitable for cultivation as well as 15,000 dunums that are used for seasonal crops and 7000 dunums that have been captured by the Israelis. The area is subject to colonial activity presented in Jetit colony (established in 1973; its total area is 1720 dunums and inhabited by 191 colonists), Ma’ale Afraym (established in 1970; its total area is 4778 dunums and inhabited by 1423 colonists), Itmar colony (established in 1984; its total area is 7189 dunums and inhabited by 651 colonists). It’s worth mentioning that At Tawil is inhabited by around 500 Palestinians who depend largely on agriculture and herding in their living.

Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC