- Violation: serving stop-work orders
- Location: Al- Zawiya town- Salfit
- Date: January 10, 2017
- Perpetrators: Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration
- Victims: number of Palestinian families
Details:
Al-Zawiya town witnessed a new attack on January 10, 2017, when a force from the occupation army backed with a staff from Israel Civil Administration raided the area and delivered five stop-work orders on different structures. It should be noted that the orders targeted three residences and two industrial structures that are located in an area called Meon, northeast the town.
According to the orders, the affected owners were given a deadline until February 02, 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 notified structures. The following table shows information about the affected owners and their properties:
|
Affected citizen |
Family |
Minors |
Nature of notified structure |
No. of order |
Photo |
|
Wael Qadous |
5 |
3 |
280 m2 workshop for aluminum products and billboards making Rooms and facilities for workers (60m2) |
||
|
Mahmoud Shqeir |
8 |
0 |
A three story building (160m2‑ for each floor) |
||
|
Mohammad Yacoub |
3 |
1 |
A residence 140m2 |
||
|
Iyad Shqeir |
6 |
3 |
Three story building (90+160+90 m2 respectively) |
||
|
Iyad Mouqadi |
7 |
3 |
260m2 workshop
Rooms and facilities for workers (45m2) |
||
|
Total |
29 |
10 |
|
|
|
Source : Field observation- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center-2017
About Az Zawiya:
Located 17 kilometer west of Salfit and adjacent to the Green Line, Az Zawiya has a population of 4754 people according to statistics conducted in 2007. (81%) of the population depends on agriculture and sheep grazing while the rest work in governmental jobs or private sector projects. Az Zawiya has a total area of 12,000 dunums, 693 of which are a built-up area of the town. Most agricultural lands in Az Zawiya are planted with olive, figs, and cactus. The Israeli occupation confiscated 1747 dunums of Az Zawiya lands for colonies and the Apartheid Wall as the following:
- Two colonies are built on Az Zawiya lands. The first is Mazor Atiqa which was built in 1986 and confiscated 573 dunums. The other is Elkana which was built in 1977 and confiscated 57 dunums. Elkana is inhabited by 3050 colonists.
- Bypass road number 5 and it devoured 520 dunums of Az Zawiya lands
- The Apartheid Wall which destroyed 579 and isolated 4228 dunums
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
