Violation: Leveling two barns to the ground
Location: Al Mu'arajat, al-Taybeh/ Ramallah governorate
Date: 13/02/2014
Perpetrators: The Israeli occupation army
Victims: Two Bedouin families that consist of 13 people, including 6 children
Details:
The community of Arab an-Nawaj'a witnessed a new wave of attack on Thursday, February 13 when a large force of the Israeli occupation army riding a military bulldozer broke into the area of al- Mu'arajat and posed a curfew while the bulldozer embarked on tearing down two sheep barns. The Israeli occupation justified the action by claiming the structures had been built without a permit in area classified "C" according to Oslo Accords.
Picture 1: The demolition operation
The table gives details of the destroyed structures:
|
Affected citizen |
Family |
Children |
Sheep |
Area/ m2 |
Remarks |
|
Ghalib an-Nawaj'a |
6 |
3 |
68 |
60 |
Three structures of his had been destroyed before |
|
Safi an-Nawaj'a |
7 |
3 |
50 |
45 |
|
|
|
13 |
6 |
118 |
|
|
*Source: Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre (LRC).
Arab an-Nawaj'a is one of the Bedouin communities that has suffered a lot because of Israeli measures. The inhabitants face day-to-day aggressions intended to drive them out. They are deprived from their basics rights including the right to live properly and with dignity on their lands.
Arab an Nawaj'a dwellers come originally from Beer Shiva area; they were forced to move away in 1948. They are now around 85 people leading a primitive life that lacks the most basic of services.
Arab an Nawaj'a has been a target for the Israeli aggressions like any other Bedouin community in the area. According to the tribe Chieftain, the community had been razed and people evicted four times during the last three years.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
