6 Stop-work Orders in Surif

February 18, 2012

The Israeli Occupation Authorities issued 6 stop-work orders against houses in Surif on the pretext of no construction permit. An Israeli force broke into ‘Deir al Nil’ area on February 13, 2012 and served the residents 4 orders; two other orders were handed the next day.

The owners of the first 4 residences said that they assigned Alaa Mahajna, an attorney of law, to stand up for them in Israeli Courts which decided to postpone the case for two more months.

Table 1: Orders of February 13:

No.	Victim	Family members	Children	Structure	Area (m²)	Year	State	Notification	picture
1	Husein Ghnimat	6	2	Residence (2 stories)	250	2011	Inhabited	A	1
2	Bassam Ghnimat	5	3	Residence	120	2011	Under construction	B	2
3	Azzam Ghnimat	3	1	Residence	70	2011	Under construction	C	3
4	Yousuf Ghnimat	7	3	Residence	80	2011	Under construction	D	4
4	Yousuf Ghnimat	7	3	well	10	2012	Under construction	E	N.A

*source: field work –Israeli Human Rights Monitoring Unit – LRC

Table 2: Orders of February 14:

No.	Victim	Family members	Children	Structure	Area (m²)	Year	State	Notification	picture
1	Mohammad al Hour	8	6	Residence (2 stories)	360	206	Inhabited	F	5
2	Ibrahim Tawayha	2	–	Residence (2 stories)	320	2009	ready	G	6