Israeli occupation forces distributed 13 Stop Work Orders and 1 Demolition Order against Palestinian homes, a school and a water cistern in the town of Bani Ne’im in the Governorate of Hebron. The Public Relation Department at the Bani Ne’im Municipality indicated that the occupation forces invaded an area known as “Khallet Abu Beida” west of the town and distributed the said Orders on two stages; the first stage took place in December 2011 when these forces distributed 7 Stop Work Orders while an additional 6 were distributed on January 23, 2012, as well as 1 demolition order.
The First Stage Orders:
In December 2011, Israeli occupation forces distributed 6 Stop Work Orders against houses and 1 Stop Wok Order against a water pool. A number of the targeted houses are inhabited while the rest are in the final finishing stages.
The following table lists the relevant information regarding the first stage Orders:
|
Name
|
Area
(in m2)
|
Family Members
|
Children
|
Structure
|
Status
|
Building Year
|
Pic.
|
|
Ghassan Mohammad Ali Al Rajabi
|
150
|
7
|
5
|
House
|
Under Construction
|
2011
|
|
|
Abdallah Se’eed Al Rajabi
|
300
|
10
|
7
|
Water pool
|
Used to irrigate 2 dunums
|
2010
|
|
|
Lo’ai Moh’d Qafisheh
|
140
|
5
|
3
|
House
|
Under Construction
|
2009
|
|
|
A’adel Moh’d Qafisheh
|
140
|
8
|
6
|
House
|
Inhabited
|
2008
|
|
|
Tariq Moh’d Qafisheh
|
130
|
4
|
2
|
House
|
Inhabited
|
2005
|
|
|
Nader Ibrahim al Rajabi
|
100
|
6
|
4
|
House
|
Inhabited
|
2003
|
|
|
Abdallah Fadel Al Rajabi
|
90
|
8
|
6
|
House
|
Inhabited
|
2008
|
Source: Israeli Violation Monitoring Unit – LRC
The affected Palestinian indicated that they sought legal assistance through the Catholic Center for Human Rights in Bethlehem.
Second Stage:
The Orders of the second stage were distributed on January 23, 2012, and targeted 4 under-construction houses as well as Al Hajjeh Azizeh Girls School. One demolition order was also distributed against a water cistern in accordance with the following tables:
|
Name
|
Family Members
|
Children
|
Structure Type
|
Area
|
Year
|
Type of Order
|
Pic.
|
|
Kamel Fadel Al Rajabi
|
5
|
3
|
Water cistern
|
15 m3
|
2011
|
Final Demolition Order
|
|
|
House floor
|
100 m2
|
Source: Israeli Violation Monitoring Unit – LRC
Mr. Kamel indicated that the occupation forces have delivered to him an initial Stop Work Order in January 2011, yet he managed to hire a lawyer and open an objection file in its regard. The final demolition order given to him in January 2012 gave him only 3 days to “demolish the structures, otherwise the occupation forces would so at his own expense.”
Pic.A: The Demolition Order delivered to Mr. Kamel
As for the other houses and the school, the following table lists all of the information in its regard:
|
Name
|
Family Members
|
Children
|
Structure
|
Structure Type
|
Area
|
Year
|
Pic.
|
|
Yaser Musa Tarayra
|
5
|
3
|
House
|
Two story under construction
|
250
|
2011
|
|
|
Khaled Moh’d Mwas
|
7
|
5
|
House
|
3 story under construction
|
250
|
2010
|
|
|
Fayez Attiya Zeidat
|
5
|
3
|
House
|
Under construction
|
125
|
2007
|
|
|
Shihdeh Suleiman Yaqoob
|
10
|
3
|
House
|
2 story under construction
|
170
|
2011
|
|
|
Al Hajjeh Azizeh Girls School
|
—–
|
—–
|
School
|
Under construction
|
300
|
2011
|
Source: Israeli Violation Monitoring Unit – LRC
Pic.B: The Stop work Order delivered to Mr. Fayez Zeidat
Pic.C: The Stop Work Order delivered to Mr. Shihdeh Yaqoob
The Orders indicated that the structures were threatened of being demolished due to “lack of permits”. It demanded that the owners would stop the work immediately and that they have to come to the court in Bet El on February 9, 2012. The Bani Ne’im Municipality Director, Mr. Haroon Tarayra, indicated that the Orders come in line with the on-going Israeli policy of limiting the Palestinian expansion in the western areas of the town as a number of houses in the area have received additional Stop Work Orders as well as actual demolitions that took place by the occupation forces.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
The Land Research Center
LRC
