The Villages of Al Funduq and Jinsafut:
The village of Al Funduq is located 16.682 kilometers east of the city of Qalqilia. Its area is 890 dunums of which 198 dunums are its build-up area. The population of the village is about 760. As for the village of Jinsafut, it is located 17 kilometers south east of the city of Qalqilia. Its total area is 8,659 dunums including the 218 dunums build-up area. Its population is estimated to be 2,119. The village is a victim of Israeli colonies as more than 688 dunums were confiscated for the purpose of establishing and expanding the colonies of Neve Oraniem (538 dunums) and Karni Shomron (150 dunums).
The Violation:
On the 15th of July, 2009, the so-called Israeli “Civil Administration” distributed a number of Stop Work Orders against structures in both villages under the pretext of being constructed in Area Cwithout the needed permits.
Order 1: issued against the mosque of the village of Al Funduq.
Israeli occupation forces gave property owners until the 14th of August, 2009, to take the necessary steps needed to be issued a building permit from the Civil Administration in Beit El. That is despite the fact that occupation authorities have made the procedures exceedingly difficult in an effort to declare the structures “illegal” as a prelude to demolish them and displacing their residents.
Order 2 :issued against the house of Mr. Firas Talal Bilia – Al Funduq
The following table lists the relevant information vis-à-vis the latest Orders in the two villages:
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Name
|
Village
|
Family Members
|
No. of Children
|
Area in m2
|
Type of Structure
|
Status of Structure
|
|
Firas Talal Bilia
|
Al Fundoq
|
6
|
4
|
290
|
Residential
|
Under construction.
|
|
Naser Abdel Hafiz Tayyem
|
6
|
4
|
180
|
Residential
|
Inhabited.
|
|
|
Abu Baker Al Siddiq Mosque
|
——-
|
——–
|
400
|
Mosque
|
Under construction
|
|
|
Adnan Mahmoud Eid
|
Jinsafut
|
8
|
6
|
60
|
Residential
|
The fence of the house.
|
|
Ghaleb Fawzi Mohammad Eid
|
7
|
5
|
70
|
Residential
|
The addition of new rooms to an inhabited house.
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
27
|
19
|
940
|
|
|
|
The new wave of Stop Work orders raised the number of threatened structures in east Qalqilia to more than 40 including 17 structures in Jinsafut since the beginning of the current Intifada. The fact that the threatened structures are scattered over a relatively large area has caused a great deal of concern for the owners of the structures as well as to their neighbors who are left wondering when would it be their turn to receive such orders.
Restrictive Master Plan:
Israeli occupation authorities have always aimed at limiting the Master Plan of any specific Palestinian community to its already-present built-up area. That is despite the fact such area would not meet the future natural growth for the Palestinians living in these communities. As such, Palestinians find themselves obliged to build in Area C and taking the high risk of Israeli forces stopping the work or even demolish the structure.
The situation in Al Fundoq and Jinsafut is the prefect example of the afore-mentioned scenario; For example, the area allocated for building in the village of Jinsafut (according to its Master Plan) is 502 dunums out of its 8,659 dunum area. According to Jinsafut’s village council, this area does not meet the current housing needs of the population. As such, people feel pushed to expand in the periphery of the village which makes their structure vulnerable for Israeli demolition.
Previous Violations:
Israeli occupation forces in the past did not only issue similar orders; it actually demolished a 2-story house on the 12th of June 2007. The area of the house was 360 m2 and it was owned by Mr. Abdel Fattah Rasheed Ali from the village of Jinsafut. The pretext used for the demolition was, again, that the house was constructed in Area C before getting the necessary permits.
Photo 4: Mr. Abdel Fattah Rasheed and some of his family members
standing near the rubble of what used to be their home.
standing near the rubble of what used to be their home.
Israeli authorities have also issued a demolition order against an animal pen in June 2007 that belonged to Mr. Youserf Mohammad Sukker using the same pretext. One of the Stop Work Orders distributed in the village of Jinsfaut in June 2007
For additional information regarding the stop work orders distributed in the village of Jinsafut in the past, please click here
Photo 5: Threatened structures in Area C – Jinsafut.
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[1] GIS Unit at LRC.
[2] Previous source
[3] The Oslo Accords (II) signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel in 1995 placed the lands in the West Bank and Gaza into three categories; A, B and C. Around 60% of West Bank lands are Area C while the remaining 40% are classified as Areas A and B.
[4] B’Tselem
Prepared by:
The Land Research Center
LRC
The Land Research Center
LRC
