The Israeli occupation notifies 10 families with stop work in Bartaa

January 17, 2013

Violation: stop work orders served on ten families

Location : Khour ed-Dab'a

Date: 17/12/2013

Perpetrators: Inspection Sub-Committee of the Civil Administration

Victims: 10 families( 55 member including 30minors)

Details:

The village of Barta'a witnessed, on December , a new wave of military targeting , which aims at harassing residents, denying them their simplest rights and destroying the infrastructure of the village. It is indicated that on 17/12/2013, the Inspection Sub-Committee of the Civil Administration raided the area of Khour ed-Dab'a that is located north of Barta'a village and served stop work orders on ten families under the pretext of unlicensed construction with area classified C according to Oslo Accord.

This very scene has previously happened in the village, for on the 28th of November; three weeks before the latest targeting, the Israeli occupation served stop work orders on more than 21 residential and agricultural structures in addition to  the electricity network that provides the whole village with power. The following table shows information about the targeted structures:

Map 1: Location of the threatened Houses in Bartaa Ash Sharqiya

The policy of notification and demolition:

This policy is a means of displacing indigenous from their lands. The number of stop work and demolition orders served until the moment reached 230 one. More than 21 structures were demolished as a result. The occupation justify its actions under the pretext of structures being located within area classified as C according to Oslo Accord , but the real reason is to empty the area and harass the residents to force them to leave by any possible means.

Prepared by
 The Land Research Center
LRC