Final Notice Targets Retaining Walls in Ni’lin \ Ramallah

February 26, 2020

• Violation :Demolishing retaining walls.
• Location: Ni’lin \ Ramallah governorate.
• Date: January 7^th 2020 – February 26^th 2020.
• Perpetrator: The So Called Israeli Civil Admimnistration.
• Victims: Citizens Sabti Khawaja and Ahmed ‘Umaira.

Description:

The Israeli Occupation Civil Administration through the building and Organization Inspector raided the Western area of Ni’lin In January 7^th , and targeted an agricultural project in the area through halt of work notices on the pretext of building without a license, noting that the targeted lands are only 100 m away from the Annexation and Expansion Wall. According to the notices the occupation set January 21^st as the date of the subcommittee session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the notified structures.

The following table Shows more information about the targeted structures:

owner	Family members	Military order number	The targeted facilities	notes
Sabti Al-Khawaja	5		-Retaining walls 300 m around a 3dunums plot -An agricultural room 12 m2
Ahmed ‘Umaira	4		-Baton Wall around a 6 dunums plot – 450 m

Final Demolition Order:

Noteworthy, the targeted farmers through a human rights institution applied for licenses for the targeted facilities. However in February 26^th 2020  the occupation issued a final demolition notices for retaining walls that belong to Ahmed ‘Umaira, under which the occupation gave the owner only 7 days to carry out the demolition.

Photo 2: Final Demolition Order

Photo 3: The targeted facilities

 About Ni’lin:

20 km to the northwest of Ramallah, Ni’lin is edged by the towns of Qibya and Budrus from the north, Al-Midyah town from the southwest, Deir Qidees town from the east and Mod’in and Kiryat Sefer colonies from the south.

Ni’lin is inhabited by 5897 people on a total land area of 15,206 dunums , of which 748 dunums are the village’s built-up area.

The occupation confiscated a total of 3020 dunums for colonial ends, which are detailed as follows:

• Hashmona’im colony: it was established in 1985 on confiscated area of 858 dunums from the village. It is now inhabited by 2097 colonists.
• Kiryat Sefer: it was established in 1991 on confiscated area of 476 dunums from the village. It is now inhabited by 24,290 colonists.
• Mattityahu colony: it was established in 1980 on confiscated area of 657 dunums from the village. It is now inhabited by 1365 colonists.
• Colonial bypass road number 446confiscated 408 dunums 
• The apartheid wallconfiscated 621 dunums for the favor of its construction and isolated 14,083 behind it.

According to Oslo Accords lands classifications, Ni’lin lands are classified as follows:

• 1,123 dunums are classified as area “B”
• 14,083 dunums are classified as area “C”