Violation: Orders to evict 3 dunums of agricultural lands
Location: Al Absiyya- Al Khadr/ Bethlehem governorate
Date: 15/09/2013
Perpetrators: The so-called Civil Administration (C.A.) of the Israeli occupation
Victims: Rizq Salah
Details:
The C.A. informed Rizq Salah that he had to evict his 3-dunum pitch of land planted with olive trees and grapes. Salah was heading to his land as usual only to find a military order with a map attached lying on the ground. The order was issued on 15/09/2013 from (Israeli Army- Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria Area- Inspection Central Unit) and titled "Evacuation Order". The order demanded Salah to stop working in the land and return it to its previous status within 45 days starting from the day of receiving the order. The order also stated that in case Salah does not comply, special authorities will carry out the eviction order and will have the right to make him pay the eviction costs. According to the order, Salah’s land is state property (Israel’s property that is).
Picture 1: The threatened land
Since the land is near (Eliezer and Gush Etzion) colonies, it is a target for the colonists who seek to annex it to their colonies for expansion. It is worth mentioning that it is not the first time that Salah’s land is under attack. In 2012, the Israeli occupation ravaged his land and destroyed a well Salah used for watering his crops. The table gives information about the landowner:
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No.
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Name
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Family
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Children
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Area
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Land
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Order no.
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1
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Rizq Salah
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5
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3
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3 dunums
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Planted with olive and grapes
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*Source: Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre (LRC).
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About Al Khader:
4.5 km west of Bethlehem, Al Khadr has a population of 11, 062 people according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2012. From the east, there is Bethlehem. From the west and north, there are Husan and Battir. From the north and the north eastern side of Al Khadr, there are Ad Doha and Beit Jala. From the south and western south, there is ‘Gosh Etzion Complex’. Al Khadr has an area of 20090 dunums, 601 of which are built-up area. The Israeli occupation confiscated lands of Al Khadr upon which they built Kfar Etzion which is a kibbutz built in 1967 on a 4500 dunum pitch of land and has a population of 461 people. The other colony is Daniel which is a colonial residential village built in 1983 on a 200 dunum piece of land. Al Khadr is under a ferocious attack, especially during the current year. To know more about the issue, kindly check these reports:
- Stop-work orders for a cistern and a retaining wall in Al Khadr, 24/06/2013 (in Arabic)
- Colonists build a structure near am outpost, 11/06/2013 (in Arabic)
- Colonists close an agricultural road in Al Khadr, 09/06/2013 (in Arabic)
- Al Khadr is in the targeting cycle, 26/05/2013 (in Arabic)
- Colonists build a religious school in Al Khadr, 14/05/2013 (in Arabic)
- Colonists break in Solomon Pools in Al Khadr, 25/04/2013 (in Arabic)
- Colonists plant lands with olive seedlings in preparation to confiscation, 25/01/2013 (in Arabic, in English)
- Colonists open a colonial agricultural road and destroy 50 grape vines, 23/01/2013 (in Arabic, in English)
- Expansion of an outpost and uproot of more olive saplings, 20/01/2013 (in Arabic, in English)
- Stop-work order for an agricultural room , 04/01/2013 (in Arabic, in English)
- Burning a tool shed and damaging all its contents, 03/01/2013 (in Arabic, in English)
