Violation: stop-work orders for Palestinian structures.
Location: Anata, Jerusalem.
Date: January 29, 2013.
Victims: 12 Palestinian families, a total of 51 people including 26 children.
Details:
On January 29, 2013, officers of the so-called Inspection Subcommittee broke into Al Fheidat dwellings to the north of Anata and served 12 families stop-work orders designated for various structures. The orders were issued on the pretext of unlicensed construction in area classified ‘C’ according to Oslo Accords. The Inspection Subcommittee set February 13, 2013 as date of a hearing session to be held in regard to the targeted structures. Table 1 below lists the threatened structures:
No. | Victim | Family members | Children | Structures | Remarks | ||
Residence | Shack | others | |||||
1 | The heirs of Maher Fheidat (a martyr) | 4 | 3 | Brick house, 120 m2 | Barn 80 m2 | — | Built in 1990 |
2 | Saleh Fheidat | 4 | 2 | — | Barn 200 m2 | Junkyard 2.5 dunums in area | |
3 | Majdi Fheidat | 1 | – | Residence, 140 m2 | Barn 80 m2 | Caravan | Notified in 2004 |
4 | Majed Fheidat | 1 | — | Residence 120 m2 | — | — | |
5 | Yonis Fheidat | 6 | 2 | Residence 80 m2 | Barn 80 m2 | — | |
6 | Awad Fheidat | 1 | — | residence 100 m2 | — | — | Under construction |
7 | Zyad Fheidat | 7 | 5 | Residence 100 m2 | — | — | |
8 | Yaser Fheidat | 3 | — | — | Barn 40 m2 | — | |
9 | Mohammad Fheidat | 9 | 7 | Residence 100 m2 | Barn 40 m2 | — | |
10 | Husam Fheidat | 4 | – | Residence 120 m2 | Barn 50 m2 | — | |
11 | Mousa Fheidat | 4 | 2 | Residence 50 m2 | Barn 40 m2 | — | Built in 1998 |
12 | Ahmad Fheidat | 7 | 5 | Residence 80 m2 | Barn 60 m2 | — | Built in 1994 |
13 | Bedouin guesthouse | 100 m2 | Built in 1967 | ||||
14 | Cistern | 60 m3 | Built before 1967 | ||||
15 | Cistern (Jerusalem Zaka Committee) | 100 m3 | Built two months earlier | ||||
It is worthy to mention that the guest house was built before the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank but that did not spare it. This is considered a breach of the Geneva Fourth convention.
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Fheidat:
Fheidat family are Bedouins who were displaced for Beer Shiva after the Israeli conquest of Palestine in 1948. People took refuge in Anata, Jaba, and Al Auja in the West Bank and some of them went as far as Jordan.
Fheidat dwelling around Anata is inhabited by 71 people including 36 children. The community total area is 1420 dunums but 1200 were expropriated by the Israelis for the establishment of Antot military base. The Israelis also confiscated 38 dunums for the opening of a bypass that torn the community apart leaving less than 34 dunums for the people. The Israelis have put the community under all kinds of pressure in a bid to force them to leave, the community lack the basic services of electricity and water. But the people are determined to remain in their lands despite…
