Stop-work orders on structures in the Bedouin community of Arab Az-Zaid

June 21, 2015

Violation: serving stop-work orders

Location: Arab Al-Zaid- Jericho

Date: June 21, 2015

Perpetrators: Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration

Victims: residents of the community

Details:

A force from the Israeli occupation army accompanied by a staff from the Civil Administration on June 21, 2015 raided the community of Arab Al-Zaid clan in the area of Al-Nuwei’ma, north Jericho city and delivered stop-work orders on the residences and barns of four families under the claim of them being unlicensed.

Not only that, the community’s only mosque “Ali Bin Abi Talib” was also notified with stop-work, taking into account that the mosque is still under construction.

Additionally, a kindergarten funded by the EU to improve the educational environment for the kids of the northern Palestinian Jordan Valley has been also notified with stop-work. Noteworthy, the facility serves up to 70 children from the area, who are now denied their basic rights to education.

According to the military orders, the affected people were given a deadline until July 05, 2015 to complete all licensing procedures. This comes in time with the hearing session of the Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration in the Israeli court of Beit El to consider the status of the notified structures. The following table shows information about the damage resulted due to the orders:

Affected	Family	Minors	Notified structure			No. of military order	No. of photo	Remarks
Affected	Family	Minors	Residence	Barn	other	No. of military order	No. of photo	Remarks
Ibrahim Abu Kharbish	6	4	90m2 house	60m2 metal slabs barn		180452 180451	1	Previously notified of stop-work
Omar Zaid	2	0	60m2 metal slabs house	60m2 metal slabs barn		152455 152454	2+3	Previously notified of stop-work
Suliman Zaid	9	5	–	60m2 metal slabs barn		180453	4	Previously notified of stop-work
Najih Zaid	5	3	100m2 house	—		152416	5	Previously notified of stop-work
Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque					90m2 (under construction)	181426	6	The area’s only mosque
Kindergarten					160m2 (ready for use)	181425	7	Serves 70 children
Total	22	12

Source: Field observation- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center -2015

About Arab Zaid:

The community is 1km to the northeastern side of Duyuk Al –Fuqa village, north Jericho. It populates 350 people (the chieftain of the community-2013).

It should be marked that the community is located in area classified C (under full Israeli control) according to Oslo Accords. Palestinians residing in such areas are obliged to obtain specific building permits from the occupation government (Israel Civil Administration), which in this regard never grant such permits.

One km to the northeast of the community, an Israeli military camp is founded on 670 confiscated dunums from Al- Nuwei’ma area. The people of Arab Al Zaid hail from the occupied territories of 1948; more specifically from the area of Negev.