Eviction Orders Al Fawwar Refugee Camp – Hebron Governorate

Violation: eviction orders for agricultural lands.

Date: May 2, 2011.

Victims: residents of Al Fawwar.

Location: Al Qre’ Mountain, al Fawwar, Hebron.

Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Army, Civil Administration, and Central Inspection Committee.

Details:

The Israeli occupation Authorities issued eviction orders designated against tens of dunums of lands in Al Fawwar. The orders were issued on May 2, 2011 under the signature of the Central Inspection Committee, a body of the Israeli occupation Civil Administration and were entitled ‘immediate eviction orders’. The orders were numbered (485 to 493).

The Orders:

The orders stated that ‘the lands are owned illegally’ and demanded ‘evacuating the lands and returning to the status quo within 45 days’. They also said that in case the owners do not comply the Israelis will evacuate the lands on the owners’ expense. The orders included aerial photographs of the threatened lands; it could be seen that the Israeli Occupation Authorities referred to the threatened lands as part of Beit Haggai; a colony located to the north east of the endangered location.

Under the term, land specification and felony, the Israelis claim that the area is a ‘training ground’. Because the orders completely neglect the owners; they were only hanged around the designated lands without actually delivering them.

Endangered Lands:

The endangered lands are located at the top of Al Qre’ Mountain to the north of Al Fawwar. The PARC conducted a rehabilitation program in the area that targeted more than 110 dunums. Some of the owners even built houses and agricultural structures in the area.

Jibreel al Sarahna, one of the victims, stated that many of Al Fawwar residents bought lands in the area from ‘Amr’ family during the 1980’s and 1990’s. The landlords condemned the Israeli call and described such measures as the same outrageous measures that drove them out of their villages in 1948.

Picture 1-3: a slice of the threatened lands

Victims:

Table 1: victims and endangered lands:

No.	Victim	Area (dunum)	Plants				Remarks	Order number	map
No.	Victim	Area (dunum)	Olives	Prunus	Grape	rangelands	Remarks	Order number	map
1	Farid abu al Hajj	1	18	0	0		—	485 (Order1) (Order1)	1
2	Yosuf al Qawasmi	4	0	0	0		—	486 (Order2) (Order2)	2
3	Arif al Titi	1	0	0	0		—	487 (Order3)(Order3)	3
4	Khaled al Sarahna	2	30	2	1	—	Water well and agricultural room	488 (Order4) (Order4)	4
5	Ahmad al Shadfan	2	15	5	0	—	Water well and agricultural room	488 (Order4) (Order4)	4
6	Jibreel al Sarhna	184	2000	1000	0		Water well and 2 agricultural rooms	489،492 491،493 (Order 5+6+7+8)	5+6+7+8++
7	Abdul Ra’ouf Al Janazra	3	0	0	0	—	—	490 (Order 9) (Order 9)	9
8	Nabil Basheer	2	0	0	0	—	—
9	Shaban Ayesh						—
10	Nimer Ayesh
11	Samir al Hleqawi						A house ready for usage
Total		203	1243	1012	3	10	6 structures

Al Fawwar Refugee Camp:

The refugee camp is located to the south of Hebron City. It is inhabited by 7500 people; most of them are Palestinians who were arbitrarily evicted from their houses in 1948. The residents of the camp emigrated from 24 Palestinian villages which used to exist to the south and west of Hebron including (Tal al Safi, Sammil, Al Falouja, Deir al Thaban, etc).

The camp total area is 273 dunums and is built on leased land. The UNRWA act as an administrator in the camp which has 6 schools, 4 UN schools, and two managed by the Palestinian Ministry of Education. The camp also includes a clinic, a medical centre, rehabilitation centre, child care centre, and other societies.

Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC