Stop-work Orders for 11 residences in Deir Nizam

Violation: stop-work orders for 11 residences.

Location: Ben al Mafareq area to the south of Deir Nizam village – Ramallah.

Date: May 6, 2013.

Perpetrators: the so-called Organization and Construction Committee – the Israeli Occupation Army.

Victims: 11 Palestinian families (66 people including 33 children).

Details:

On May 6, 2013, officers of the so-called Organization and Construction Committee broke into Dier Nizam village and handed 11 Palestinian families stop-work orders for their residences which are located nearby Halmish colony. Most of the targeted residences were built in the 1970s but some amendments were made in recent years which triggered the Israeli orders.

Head of Deir Nizam Village Council remarked: "the locals are concerned that the recent wave of military orders are a step towards the expansion of Halmish on the expense of these families; knowing that some of the residences are adjacent to the colony security fence." The owners were given till July 7, 2013 to respond to the orders and apply for construction licenses which is the date of a hearing session to be held in Beit El Military Court in regard to the residences.

Table 1: threatened residences:

No.	Victim	Family members	Children	Area (m²)	Status	Order no.	picture
1	Zayed Eid	6	2	150	inhabited	150671	1
2	Hasan Eid	3	0	190	inhabited	150673	2
3	Abul Razzaq Eid	6	4	85	inhabited	150668	3
4	Mahmoud Eid	9	7	150	inhabited	150665	4
5	Abdul Hafiz Mazhar	11	7	65	inhabited	150667	5
6	Haitham Mazhar	4	2	80	inhabited	150669	6
7	Mohammad Mazhar	5	0	70	inhabited	150666	7
8	Saleh Mazhar	5	2	500	inhabited		8
9	Kafour Mazhar	8	4	190	inhabited		9
10	Ali Mazhar	4	2	160	Under construction		10
11	Abdul Kashef Mazhar	5	3	140	Under construction		11
Total		66	33	1780

It is noteworthy that over 18 similar orders have been issued for residences in Deir Nizam; all under the pretext of unlicensed construction in area classified ‘C’ according to Oslo Accords.