Violation: stop-work orders for a number of structures in the Jordan Valley.
Date: July 17, 2012.
Perpetrators: the so-called Inspection Subcommittee.
Location: the villages of Humsa and Beit Dajan.
Victims: a number of residents in the area.
Preface:
The Israelis’ aimed to empty the Jordan Valley area from its Palestinian residents in order to open the doors for further colonial expansions in the area; consequently, the Israeli house demolition and evictions policy continue unabated. This policy shadowed the Jordan Valley area in a way that contradicts with all the international conventions and agreements.
Details:
On July 17, 2012, officers of the so-called Inspection Subcommittee raided the Bedouin dwellings in Humsa before handing two stop-work orders for families on the pretext of unlicensed construction in area classified ‘C’ according to Oslo Accords. The orders set August 12, 2012, as the date of a hearing session to be held in Beit El Military Court in regard to the structures.
Table 1: victims:
Victims | Family members | Children | Cattle | Targeted structures | remarks | |
Shacks | residences | |||||
Suleiman Bsharat | 7 | 2 | 144 | 2 | Aluminum house | Third order |
Nabil Bsharat | 3 | 1 | 98 | 1 | Aluminum house | Second order |
Total | 10 | 3 | 242 | 3 | ||
Source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Team – LRC
Meanwhile, Israeli troops broke into Beit Dajan village and handed Kanaan Kanaan a stop-work order for his agricultural structures located nearby Al Hamra checkpoint on the pretext of no construction permits.
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Kanaan suffered previous demolition in January when the Israeli Occupation Army demolished a residence and a shack in addition to a pipeline that fed over 100 dunums of agricultural lands. The targeted field is 25 dunums in area that holds a shack and a water pool within; the fields generated income for twelve Palestinian families (49 people including 23 children).
