• Violation: Halt of work and construction notice.
• Date: June 29^th 2021.
• Location: As-Sawiya village / Nablus governorate.
• Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.
• Victims: 22 families at the village.

Description:

In June 29^th 2021 , the Israeli occupation authorities issued halt of work notices for 22 houses and facilities in As-Sawiya village in Nablus governorate , on the pretext of building without a license.

An army force accompanied by the building and organization officer at the Civil Administration raided the village , the building inspector wrote the notices , hanged them on the targeted structures and took pictures of them before withdrawing.

The notices were entitled “Halt of work- construction notice” that ordered the immediate stoppage of construction works and sat July 26^th 2021 as the date of the building and organization session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structure.

As-Sawiya village council head Mohammed Abu Ar-Ras said that he submitted a petition through the Jerusalem Legal Aid center , which in turn contacted all the affected to file a joint petition.

Photos 1-3: houses and facilities targeted by the Occupation in As-Sawiya village

 

The following table shows more information about the targeted structures:

Affected citizen	Area m2	Notice number	The targeted facility
‘Abdullah Hamamda	150	31604	Two floors house ready to be inhabited
Mahmoud Asa’ad	150	30966	Under construction house built of Baton
Mahmoud As-Sayyed	200	30972	A floor , topped by columns for a second floor without a ceiling
Abdullah Mostafa	200	30959	Two floors house – the second house is under construction
Sa’ed Abelfatah	100	31605	Store of stone and cement – under construction
Mohannad ‘Ali		30970	The first floor is inhabited / the second floor is not inhabited
Rashid Suliman	350	30965	Under construction house – 2 floors
Hamdan Mustafa	300	30960	Under construction house – 2 floors
Sultan Ahmed	150	30964	Under construction house – 1 floor
‘Imad Tahir	400	30958	Under construction house – 1 floor / preparations for a second floor
Rami Kafena	300	30962	House of Baton and stones + preparation for a second floor
Samir Asa’ad	350	30961	Under construction house – 1 floor – surrounded by a wall fence
Muntassir Ahmed	750	30957	A house – 1 floor – surrounded by a wall fence
Hamza Salih	200	30963	Under construction house – 1 floor
Talib Ahmed	300	31600	Under construction house – 2 floors
Mahmoud Shaheen	400	31602	Under construction house – 3 floors
‘Allan Mohammed	150	30974	Under construction house
Malak Ahmed	100	30969	Under construction house
Malalk Ahmed	100	30968	Under construction house
Mahmoud Asa’ad	50	30967	Storehouse ready built of bricks and steal sheets
Mahmoud Salih	100	31601	One floor house read to be used
Islam Ahmed	750	30971	Under construction house   – 4 floors

As-Sawiya village:

20 km south Nablus city , As-Sawiya is surrounded by Yatma and Yasouf (north) , Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqi (west) , Talfit and Qablan (east) and Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqi and “Eli” Israeli illegal settlement (south).

• As-Sawiya has a population of (2761) people according to 2017 census.
• As-Sawiya has a total area of 10,733 dunums , of which 310 dunums are a built up area for the village.

The Israeli occupation confiscate (2662) dunums of its lands for the following purposes:

Israeli settlement took over (2022) dunums for:

Settlement name	Establishment year	Area of controlled lands	population	Total area of the settlement
Eli	1984	1543	4191	3360
Rehalim	1991	479	812	547

 

Bypass 60 devoured 640 dunums.

Oslo accords divided the town’s lands as the following:

B area: (1459) dunums.

C area : (9274) dunums.