Violation: the Israeli Occupation Army serves 3 Palestinian families eviction orders.
Date: May 14, 2012.
Perpetrators: the so-called Regional Inspection Committee – the Israeli Occupation Civil Administration.
Victims: 3 Bedouin families (28 people including 16 children).
Details:
On May 14, 2012, an Israeli force broke into the Bedouin dwellings in At Tawil and handed Rafi’ bani Jaber a stop-work order for his simple residence, built of wood and sackcloth, on the basis of unlicensed construction in an area classified ‘C’ according to Oslo Accords. It must be noted that the Israelis demolished Rafi’ residence and barn 3 consecutive times since the beginning of the year.
60 meters away, Azmi bani Jaber, was handed an eviction order for being in a ‘closed military zone’; the ways might be different but the purpose is one. Azmi also suffered a previous demolition based on the same reason a year earlier.
Table 1: targeted structures:
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Victim
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Family members
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Children
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Damage
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Remarks
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Residence
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shack
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Rafi’ bani Jaber
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13
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7
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1
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1
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Suffered previous demolition
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Ahmad bani Jaber
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4
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2
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1
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Suffered previous demolition
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Azmi bani Jaber
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11
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7
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1
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1
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Suffered previous demolition
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total
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28
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16
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3
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2
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*source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Team – LRC
At Tawil – an overview:
At Tawil is part of Aqraba village; it is 1.5 km away from Aqraba residential area. At Tawil is full of Islamic and Roman ruins and it has a number of old wells. Its mild climate seemed to attract people over the centuries.
At Tawil total area is around 30,000 dunums, including 8,000 dunums of arid lands unsuitable for cultivation as well as 15,000 dunums that are used for seasonal crops and 7000 dunums that have been captured by the Israelis.
The area is subject to colonial activity presented in Jetit colony (established in 1973; its total area is 1720 dunums and inhabited by 191 colonists), Ma’ale Afraym (established in 1970; its total area is 4778 dunums and inhabited by 1423 colonists), Itmar colony (established in 1984; its total area is 7189 dunums and inhabited by 651 colonists).
It’s worth mentioning that At Tawil is inhabited by around 500 Palestinians who depend largely on agriculture and herding in their living.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
The Land Research Center
LRC
