Israel’s Occupation Forces demolish charcoal workshops in Jenin governorate

Israel’s Occupation Forces  demolish charcoal workshops in Jenin governorate
  • Violation: demolition of workshops
  • Location: Ya'bad town
  • Date:  June 04, 2017
  • Perpetrators: Israel's Occupation Forces 
  • Victims:  11 charcoal workshops

Details:

 Israel's Occupation Forces  demolished on June 04, 2017 eleven charcoal workshops in Ya'bad town.  Damage was inflected on two barracks and 81 tons of charcoal. Not only, the attacking force confiscated 147 tons of charcoal and wood and moved them to the nearby colony of Mevodotan, in addition to damaging 23 tons of wood that were prepared for the charcoal making process. The workshops belong to 11 families consisting of 82 members including 23 minors. Also, the establishments provide living for almost 34 Palestinian families. A similar attack occurred on April 2017 where the occupation demolished a number of charcoal workshops and confiscated tons of it .


Photos 1-13: views from the demolition operation


The following table shows information about the affected families and owners of the workshops:

Affected citizen

Family

Minors

No. of workers in the workshop

Damages

Barracks\m2

Charcoal\ ton

Wood

Subhi Zeid

9

2

3

Partial damage (220)

Mixing 13 tons of charcoal with dirt

Mohammad Said Zeid

6

1

1

Mixing 4 tons of charcoal with dirt

Hammad Atatra

8

2

2

Confiscation of 21 tons of charcoal

Mansour Abu Baker

9

4

2

—-

Mixing 6 tons of charcoal with dirt

 

Bilal Al-Abidi

8

3

7

Mixing 45 tons of charcoal with dirt

Confiscation of 110 tons of charcoal

Mansour Abu Baker

4

2

2

Mixing 2 tons of charcoal with dirt

Confiscation of 11 tons of charcoal

Hisham Raihan

11

4

6

Mixing 2 tons of charcoal with dirt

Confiscation of 5 tons of charcoal

Mohammad Al-Abidi

6

2

2

Mixing 2 tons of charcoal with dirt

Rafiq Abu Baker

10

3

6

Partial damage (300)

Jasir Abu Baker

5

3

1

Mixing 23 tons of wood with dirt

Mohammad Al-Abidi

6

3

2

—-

Mixing 7 tons of charcoal with dirt

Total

82

29

34

2

81 tons

Confiscation of 147 tons of wood and destruction of 23 other tons

 

About Ya’bad village:

The village is located 18 km to the west of Jenin governorate. It is edged by the villages of Al-Khiljan, Al-Tarm, Al-Araqa, Imraiha and Khirbet Mas’oud, Zabda from the north, Qaffin village from the west, Al-Qaffriat village from the east and Arraba, Al-Nazla Al-Sharqiya and Baqa Al-Sharqiya from the south. With a total land area of 29572 dunums, of which 1814 dunums are the built-up area, Ya’bad is inhabited by 13640 people (2007). The occupation confiscated 1840 dunums from Ya’bad; the confiscation is clarified as follows:

  1. Israeli colonies confiscated 483 dunums as follows:
  •  

Year of establishment

Confiscated area\dunum

No. of colonists

Mevo Dotan

  1.  
  1.  
  1.  

Jarmish

  1.  
  1.  
  1.  
  •  
  1.  
  1.  

 

  1. Bypass roads number (569 & 585) confiscated 1357 dunums.

The lands of Ya’bad are classified, according to Oslo Accords, as follows:

  • 1674 dunums are classified as area “A”
  • 8124 dunums are classified as area “B”
  • 19774 dunums are classified as area “C”

 

Prepared by
 The Land Research Center
LRC
 

 

 

Categories: Demolition