• Violation: Halt of work notices.
• Location: Ash-She’ab – Kafr Ad-Dik / Salfit governorate.
• Date: August 31^st 2020.
• Perpetrators: The Israeli Occupation Civil Administration.
• Victims: Eight families at the town.

Description:

Monday, August 31^st 2020, Massive army forces, accompanied by the building inspector in the Civil Administration raided Kafr Ad-Dik west Salfit , and served 8 halt of work notices for houses and facilities , on the pretext of building without licenses.

According to the notices, the Occupation set September 23^rd 2020 as the date of the building and organization subcommittee in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structure.

The following table shows more information about the targeted facilities:

Affected citizen	Family members	Notice no	About The targeted building
Rida Hamed	4	31279	Under Construction house one floor and a basement 150 m2
			Garden
			Cistern
Jamal  Musa	5	31280	Inhabited house / One floor 172 m2
Hani ‘Omar	3	31281	Under construction house / One floor 142 m2
Ma’moun ‘Atta	6	31282	Under Construction house one floor and a basement 190 m2
Dia’a Darweesh	2	31283	Under Construction house one floor 120 m2
Mohammed Darweesh	2	31284	Under Construction house two floors 200 m2
			Excavated area surrounded by a wall 500 m2
Ayman Yaseen	6	31285	Under construction house 3 floors 700 m2
			Excavated area surrounded by a wall 500 m2
Ahmed Sa’id	7	31286	House / two floors 300 m2

 Source : Land Research Center firsthand field observation / Kafr Ad-Dik municipality

For two months in a raw , The Israeli Occupation targeted a huge number of residential and agricultural facilities with halt of work notices , In July 16^th 2020 a mosque , two agricultural room and three inhabited houses , and 9 under construction house received halt of work notices, and in August 2^nd 2020 , eight houses , agricultural shack and agricultural room , in addition to 13 residential and agricultural facilities were notified at the same location.

Kafr Ad-Dik mayor Mohammed Ad-Dik told LRC:

“Since the first day we received the notices, we’ve been coordinating with the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center to adopt cases related to notices, noting that Ash-She’ab area is the only escape for people of the town suffocated by Colonization represented in Alei Zahav and Peduel, but we insist to remain steadfast despite the vicious attack.”

Kafr ad-Dik:[1]

Kafr ad Dik is located 15 km to the west of Salfit. It is surrounded by Bidya (north), Rafat and Deir Ballut (west), Bruqin and Sarta (east), and Bani Zaid villages (south).

Kafr ad Dik has a population of 5551 people, according to a 2017 census.

Its total area is 15529 dunums; however, it has been suffocated by bypasses and 3 Israeli colonies that lay over its lands.

This has further limited its expansion knowing that it had already had a 791-dunum organizational plan (built-up area); it also isolated the village from its surroundings.

The Israeli occupation confiscated 2477 dunums of Kafr ad Dik lands for the benefit of:

1. Colonies devoured 1225 dunums, and they are:

Name of colony	Year of construction	Area of confiscated land/ dunum	Number of colonists
Har Eli Zahav	1983.	134.	339.
Eli Zahav- Yoezer	1982.	290.	424.
Bedoel	1984.	800.	1088.
·	1999.	1.	339.
·		1225.	1512.

*Source: Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre (LRC).

2. Bypasses stole 362 dunums
3. The Apartheid Wall seized 890 dunums and isolated 8824 dunums and is expected to be 8905 long in Kafr ad Dik lands.

Lands of Kfar ad-Dik are categorized according to Oslo Accords into lands under Area B (15% of the lands) and lands under Area C (85% of the lands).

[1] GIS-LRC

 

Prepared by

 The Land Research Center
LRC