Serving families stop-work orders in Nablus

Violation: Issuing for and handing six families stop work orders
Location: Al- Lubban ash Sharqiya village- Nablus governorate
Date: 02/03/2014
Perpetrators: The Planning Committee of the Israeli Civil Administration
Victims: Nine Palestinian families

Details:

On March 02, the so-called Planning Committee of the Israeli Civil Administration served six families from al-Lubban ash Sharqiya village orders to stop work (construction) on their residential and commercial buildings under the pretext of unlicensed construction in an area classified "C" according to Oslo Accords.

According to the military orders, the notified people were given a respite that ends on March 23, 2014. The date is final for finishing the procedures of obtaining permits. The same date was set for a session to be held in Beit El court for the Planning Committee to consider the legal status of the structures. The following table gives information about the structures threatened of being demolished in al- Lubban as Sharqiya village, south of Nablus:

Affected citizen	Family	Children	Area (m2)	No. of order	Nature of structure	No. of pictures
Abdul Rahman and his children (4 families)	23	9	650	160355	A 4-floor building that is under construction	1
Ihsan Daraghmeh	5	3	100	161004	Inhabited	2
Omar Owaisa	8	5	140	160352	Under construction	3
Mahmoud al Aqra'	5	1	60	160354	A shop made of metal slabs	4
Yousef Daraghmeh	7	4	120	160353	A house under construction
Ahmad Owaisa	2	0	120	160351	A house under construction
Total	50	22	1190

*Source: Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre (LRC).

The threatened houses and structures shelter nine families and were built a year ago in the eastern part of the village and they are adjacent to bypass road no. 60. According to the available data al Lubban village council , 20 stop-work orders were issued and served by the Israeli occupation to the people of the village since the beginning of 2014.

Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC