The Israeli Occupation Issues Stop-Work Orders in Al ‘Aqaba village

Violation: the Israeli Occupation issues seven stop-work orders in Al ‘Aqaba.

Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Construction and Inspection sub-committee.

Victims: a number of Al ‘Aqaba villagers.

Date: March 30, 2011.

Details:

Concurrently with the Palestinian “Land Day”, a day were Palestinians commemorate and renew their commitment to their lands and their struggle despite all the Israeli oppressions and aggressions, the Israelis issued the stop-work orders under the lame pretext of “no building permits”. It must be noted that the Israeli Occupation does not recognize Al ‘Aqaba village and threatens all the structures there with demolition or eviction.

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Table 1: information on the notified structures:

No.	Victim	Family members	Children	Structure type	Area (m²)
1	Abdul Nassir Sbeih	9	5	Shack	12
2	Abdul Nassir Sbeih	—	—	Residence	100
3	Khalid Sbeih	6	4	Residence	100
4	Khalid Sbeih	—	—	Shack	16
5	Bassim Sbeih	4	2	Shack	14
6	Road – village entrance			Eastern side	950 m, built over two years ago
7	Road – village entrance				400 m, built less than a year ago
Total		19	11

The total number of orders issued against structures in Al ‘Aqaba has reached 55 orders since 2005. It must be noted that Al ‘Aqaba, just like any other Palestinian community in the Jordan Valley region lack an Organizational structures because the Israeli Occupation does not recognize these communities which lie in area classified ‘C’ according to Oslo Agreement. He village Council tried to appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court but their efforts were in vain.

Al ‘Aqaba is located 7 km to the east of Tubas City; its residents have been depending on herding and agriculture in their living for tens of years. Al ‘Aqaba total area is 5500 dunums, 3500, are rigestered under the Jordanian laws and 2000 dunums are property of Christian churches.Al ‘Aqaba total area is 5500 dunums, 3500, are rigestered under the Jordanian laws and 2000 dunums are property of Christian churches.

Prepared by
The Land Research Center
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