Stop-work orders on residential and agricultural structures in the Hebron town of AL-Samou’

February 3, 2017

• Violation: issuing stop-work orders on Palestinian structures
• Location: Al-Samou' town- Hebron governorate
• Date: February 02, 2017
• Perpetrators: Israel Civil Administration
• Victims:  citizen Ammar Au Awwad

Details:

Israeli Occupation Forces served on February 02, 2017 stop-work orders on residential and agricultural structures in Al-Samou'  town in Hebron governorate that are owned by citizen Ammar Au Awwad. The affected citizen said that a vehicle from Israel Civil Administration arrived at the location, issued the orders and left them in the area known as Maktal Msallam.

Photo: the military orders

The orders assigned February 13, 2016 as the hearing session of the Inspection Sub-Committee in the Israeli court of Beit El colony to consider whether to demolish the target structures or restore their previous status. Noteworthy, the orders targeted the following structures:

It should be noted that citizen Awwad and his family ( five members including 3 children) live in the area since the time of his father and grandfather. Cultivation and sheep are the citizen's only source of income.

It should be also noted that Shim'a colony that is established on confiscated lands from Al-Samou' overlooks on the target area from the west. Also, Metarim colony overlooks the area and the bypass road number 317 surrounds it from three different directions. Noteworthy, Israeli Occupation Forces closed the main road leading to Awwad lands via earth mounds and rocks.

About Al-Samou':

18 kilometer south of Hebron, Al-Samou' is surrounded by Yatta town  (north), Khirbet Dier Shams (west), Susiya colony (east), and Khirbet Ghuwein(south). Al-Samou'  has a total population of 25340  people according to statistics conducted in 2044. It has a total area of 2786 dunums of which 93 dunums  are the village's built-up area. The Israeli occupation devoured 2786 dunums of the lands of the village for the favor of the following: 

Israeli colonies confiscated 284 dunums as follows:

1. Shim'a colony : it was established in 1985 on 153 confiscated dunums and now populates 357 colonists
2. Shale Levna colony: it was established in 1989 on 37 confiscated dunums and now populates 438 colonists
3. Aslin colony: it was established in 2004 on 94 confiscated dunums

Moreover, bypass numbers (60, 317, 3178) took over 1610 dunums from the village lands. The apartheid wall confiscated 892 dunums from the area and isolated 1065 dunums behind its construction. Al-Samou' lands according to Oslo Accords:

• Area A (12702) dunums
• Area B (9947) dunums
• Area C (22479) dunums

Prepared by
 The Land Research Center
LRC