The occupation threatens five families with stop work in Kisan village

September 18, 2013

Around 10:330am of Thursday September 18th 2013, the troops of the occupation accompanied by a staff from the Civil Administration broke into the area of Kisan , southeast Bethlehem and served military orders compelling stop work on five residences that are still under construction. The pretext came under unlicensed construction within area classified C according to Oslo Accords, which as a matter of fact represent 49% of Kisan total lands.

According to the field observation conducted by the department of Monitoring Israeli Violation- Land Research Center, five families ( 30 members including 21 minors) were served stop work orders on their primitive residences. The following tables shows information about the targeted families:

Name	Area/m2	Family	Minors	No. of order	Notes	Photo
Abdelhadi Ibyat	50	6	4	160483	Under construction	1
Mahmuod Ibayat	60	9	7	160480	Under construction	2
Theib Ibyat	40	3	1	160479	Under construction	3
Nadir Ibyat	80	7	5	160482	Under construction	4
Hassan Ibyat	120	14	4	160481	Inhabited 6 months ago
Total	350	39	21

Field observation- Monitoring Israeli Violations Department- Land Research Center- 2014

About Kisan :

Located 18km south of Bethlehem, Kisan village is surrounded by Tuqu' (north), Sa'ir (west), the Dead Sea (east), Arab ar Rashayda/ Sa'ir/ Al Buweib (south). Kisan has a population of 560 people (till 2012). It has a total area of 133,278 dunums- 88,7 of which are built-up area.

The Israeli occupation confiscated 2201 dunums of Kisan lands to build the following colonies:

Maale Amos which was built in 1981 and devoured 320dunums of Kisan. It is inhabited by 299 colonists.
Mizpe Shalem which was built in 1971 and confiscated 396 dunums. 193 colonists live in that colony.
Mizpe Shalem B which was built in 1980 and stole 58 dunums.
Ibei Hanachal outpost which confiscated 166 dunums of Kisan.

Bypasses number 90 devoured more than 1000 dunums.

According to Oslo Accords, 11% of Kisan is considered nature reserve while 40% is under Area B (PA is in charge of civil matters with Israel responsible for security). However, most of the village lands (49%) is under Area C (Israel maintains full security and administrative control). Here are the area in dunums: