Violation: 9 stop-work orders for residential and agricultural structures.
Location: Zbeidat village – Jericho.
Date: February 4, 2013.
Victims: 9 Palestinian families, a total of 76 people including 44 children.
Details:
On February 4, 2013, the Israeli Occupation Army served 9 families stop-work orders for their structures which are located in area 'C'. The orders gave the owners till March 13 to acquire the required construction licenses. the orders also set the date for a hearing session to be held at Beit El Military Court in regard to the structures.
Table 1: targeted structures:
No. |
Victim |
Family members |
Children |
Structure |
Area (m2) |
1 |
Farouq Zbeidat |
10 |
6 |
Residence/inhabited |
120 |
2 |
Ahmad Zbeidat |
7 |
4 |
Shed |
20 |
3 |
Atef Zbeidat |
7 |
5 |
Residence/inhabited |
100 |
4 |
Ibrahim Zbeidat |
10 |
6 |
Shed |
60 |
5 |
Mohammad Zbeidat |
9 |
5 |
Shed |
100 |
6 |
Salah Zbeidat |
7 |
4 |
Shed |
80 |
7 |
Farhan Suleiman |
6 |
4 |
Residence/inhabited |
120 |
8 |
Karim al Aryan |
9 |
4 |
Residence/inhabited + a container |
500 |
9 |
Ramez al Fa'ouri |
11 |
6 |
Toys shop |
400 |
total |
76 |
44 |
|
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Photos: Some of the theatened facilities in Zbeidat village
Zbeidat:
Zbeidat is located 39 km to the north of Jericho edging the Jordan River. It was called Zbeidat because Zbeidat family settled there after being removed from Beer Shiva after the Israeli Occupation in 1948.
The village total area is 4123 dunums including 131 dunums of built up area, inhabited by around 1500 people (2009 census). 99 % of the village area are classified as area 'C' according to Oslo, the rest are classified 'B'. Colonists captured 48 dunums of the village lands to erupt Arjman colony in 1970; the colony is now inhabited by 180 colonists.
It is worthy to me mention that any application for a construction permit is deemed unsuccessful for 'security reasons'. In 2009, the Israeli Occupation Authorities served the villagers 17 stop-work orders. In 2010, more than 50 trees were uprooted for the enlargement of bypass '90'.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC