Violation: Demolishing 8 workshops and commercial shops
Location: The industrial area of Barta’a ash Sharqiya
Date: 12/09/2013
Perpetrators: The Israeli occupation army
Victims: 3 Palestinian families
Details:
On 12/09/2013, the Israeli occupation army along with 2 military dozers carried out a large-scale demolition operation that targeted stores and vehicle maintenance workshops. That was done under the pretext of unlicensed construction in an area classified C according to Oslo. The so-called Planning and Construction Committee of the Israeli government delivered stop-construction orders to the proprietors of the structures in February, 2013. But that step was not refereed to judiciary until the structures were demolished in September, 2013.
The table gives information about the targeted structures:
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Affected citizen
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Family
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Area m2
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Structure
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Notes
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Hamza Qabha
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8
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600
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6 stores under construction
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Filed a suitcase but there was no court ruling
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Mohammad Qabha
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5
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150
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Mechanical workshop
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Did not go to court
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Samer Ribah
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6
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150
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Mechanical workshop
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Did not go to court
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Total
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19
|
900
|
|
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*Resource: Field research- Monitoring Israeli violations team- Land Research Centre (LRC)
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Pictures 1-2: The targeted structures while being demolished in Barta’a
The Israeli occupation on the eve of the 1948 war seized vast areas of Barta’a which severely affected the residents of it. The armistice line approved by the UN separated families as part of Barta’a became under the Israeli occupation grip while the eastern part became under the Jordanian control.
Barta’a ash Sharqiya (Eastern Barta’a) although under the Jordanian control has not been spared by the Israeli occupation. The residents and houses are under attack and structures are often targeted with demolition orders on the pretext of unlicensed construction in an area classified C according to Oslo. More than 200 structures are threatened of being demolished and 26 were actually demolished. This is all aims at kicking people out.
