Stop-work orders for 7 Greenhouses in Bardala

Violation: Issuing and distributing a number of stop-work (construction) orders.
Date: 14th of May 2014.
Location: Bardala village- Tubas governorate
Perpetrators: The Planning and Construction Committee of the so-called Civil Administration
Victims: 7 Palestinian families that consist of 67 members including 38 children.

Details

The sub-committee of inspection and construction that is part of the so- called “Civil Administration” handled 7 Palestinian families in Bardala village, east of Tubas military notifications asking for halting construction of their agricultural structures used for raising sheep. The occupation authorities justified the act by claiming that they lack a building permit in area "C" according to Oslo Accords.

It should be noted that the greenhouses are only two years old and are made of metal slabs. The professions of sheep grazing and farming are the only sources of income for the affected families.

The Bedouin families live in the northeast of Bardala, 2km in the northeast of the village and 1km to the south of Beesan military checkpoint in particular. They live in tents made out of wood and clothes.

It is noteworthy to know that the Israeli occupation has given the owners of the greenhouses a deadline “until the 6th of next July” in order to complete the license procedures where the deadline matches the date of a session of the Planning and Construction Committee in “Beit Eel Court” in order to mediate the legal status of the notified houses.

*The following schedule includes information about the damage caused by the notifications distributed in Bardala village:

No. of pictures	No. of orders	Area of the notified house m2	Number of the sheep	Family members	Affected citizen
1	160623	160	275	7	Izzat Saleh Khanfees
3	160625	180	310	12	Yousef Saleh Khanfees
5	160624	100	90	6	Moahamd Awwad Rashaydah
2	160621	45	50	15	Amer Mohamad Ehmayel
4	160622	90	160	8	Khaled Rushde Sawaftah
6	160626	120	200	7	Huseen Nimer Sawaftah
7	160627	45	30	12	Ahmad Mahmoud Ihlayel
67	38	1115	740
*Source: Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre (LRC).

The affected families are originally from Beesan in historical Palestine but were forced to move and live in Bardala in the north of the Jordan Valley. Despite the tough living conditions that these people live under, the occupation keeps harassing them using all kinds of restriction in order to impose them to leave the area.

About Bardala

Bardala is located to the northeastern part of the Jordan Valley; the village is located 25 km to the north of Tubas. It is surrounded by the Green Line (north), Raba (west), Ain al Baeda (east) and Tubas (south). It has a population of 1637 people according to a 2007 census. Its total area is 18329 dunums, 404 of which are built-up area.

The Israeli occupation devoured 252 dunums of its land to build bypasses and road #'90. It also confiscated 819 dunums to build the Separation Wall and isolated 2100 dunums of Bardala land as a result. According to Oslo Accords, 90% of the village is area C, i.e. under Israeli authority while only 5% is area B.