- Violation: serving stop-work orders on structures
- Location: Shofa village- Tulkarm
- Date: January 18, 2017
- Perpetrators: Inspection Sub-Committee – the Israeli Occupation Civil Administration.
- Victims: six Palestinian families
Details:
Israeli Occupation Forces notified on January 18, 2017 some residences, structures, workshops and farms of stop-work on the claim of them being built without proper license\permit. According to the orders, the affected citizens were given a deadline until February 09, 2017 to complete all licensing procedures. This comes in time with the hearing session of Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration in the court of Beit El colony to consider the legal status of the structure. The following table shows information about the affected people and their properties:
|
Affected citizen |
Family |
Minors |
Area\m-2 |
No. of threatened structures |
Type of structure |
No. of order |
Photo |
|
Ahmad Droubi |
8 |
3 |
160 |
1 |
Foundation of a residence |
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|
250 |
1 |
Barracks for cows |
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|
60 |
2 |
Mobile room with a toilet unit |
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|
Mohammad Droubi |
3 |
1 |
240 |
1 |
Under construction house |
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|
Tayseer Hamid |
7 |
5 |
80 |
1 |
Car parts workshop |
203648 | |
|
60 |
1 |
Mechanic workshop |
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|
300 |
1 |
Car part yard |
|||||
|
45 |
3 |
Room+ kitchen+ toilet |
|||||
|
320 |
1 |
Under construction house |
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|
Yousef Hannoun |
8 |
4 |
220 |
1 |
Chicken farm |
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|
240 |
1 |
Chicken farm |
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|
Mohammad Natour |
11 |
6 |
150 |
1 |
Under construction house |
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|
40 |
1 |
Under construction house |
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|
Sameer Hamid |
4 |
2 |
160 |
1 |
Under construction house |
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|
Total |
41 |
21 |
2325 |
17 |
|
|
|
Source : Field observation- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center-2017
About Shofa:
9.5km to the southeast of Tulkarm city, Shofa is inhabited with 2829 people on a total area of 10,969 dunums, of which 343 dunums are considered the built-up area. It should be marked that the colony of Avnei Hefetz was established on 722 confiscated dunums from Shofa village in 1987. Now, it populates 964 colonists.
To the west of Shofa, Enav colony was established on confiscated lands from the village in 198. The colony is of 1566 dunums and has a built-up area of 696 where 550 colonists live (2005). The bypass roads, especially took over 420 dunums from the village's lands. According to Oslo Accords, the village's lands are classified as follows:
- 1143 dunums are classified as area B
- 9826 dunums are classified as area C
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
