Stop-work Orders in the Hebron village of Beit Ummar

December 7, 2015

Violation: stop-work orders on four residences

Date: December 06, 2015

Location: Beit Ummar- Hebron

Perpetrators: Israel Civil Administration and army

Victims: citizens from the area

Details:

The Israeli Occupation Authorities on December 06, 2015 served stop-work orders on four residences in Beit Ummar on the claim of unlicensed construction.

Residents of the area asserted that a vehicle relative to Israel Civil Administration accompanied by an army patrol raided the areas of Wadi Al-Arab and Shu’ub Quns and hung the orders on the walls of the houses. The Patrol took photos of the place before they had left, witnesses said. The order said that the structures were built before acquiring proper permits and that a hearing session will be held in Beit El Military Court on December 27, 2015 to decide on whether to demolish the structure or return to the status quo.

No.	Name The following table shows information about the affected citizens:	Family	Aream2	Status of construction	Location	Order	Photo of building
1	Yousef Abu Ayyash	8	50	Caravan	Wadi Al-Arab	A	1
2	Issa Al-Alami	9	150	A foundation base	Shu’ub Quns	B	2
3	Anwar Al-Alami	8	150	A foundation base	Shu’ub Quns	C	3
4	Safwan Ibraighith	5	200	Digging for a foundation base	Shu’ub Quns	N.A	4
Total		30	550

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

About Beit Ummar:

It is located 12 km to Hebron city. The village's total area is 21,285 dunums , of which 1,375 dunums are considered the built-up area; around 13, 548 people inhabit Beit Ummar. The Israeli occupation authorities confiscated 560 dunums from Beit Ummar for the favor of the bypass road no.60. The occupation also confiscated 1,216 dunums for the favor of the following colonies:

Colony	Year of establishment	Dunums confiscated from Beit Ummar	Built-up areadunums	No. of colonists
Karmei Zur	1984	179	289	623
Migdal Oz	1977	682	1,076.4	298
Kfar Etzion	1976	18.6	923.5	404
Efrat	1979	98.6	2,063.6	7,037
Alon Shevut	1971	237.8	934	3,146
Total		1216	5,286.5	11,508