Serving stop work orders in Khalit Al Mayeh village – Yatta

Violation: Four structures notified with stop work orders
Date: 31/03/2014
Location: Yatta – Hebron governorate
Perpetrators: Civil Administration of the Israeli occupation
Victims: 32people including 16 minors

Details:

On 31/03/2014, the authorities of the occupation served four stop work orders for residences of Khalit al-Mayeh village, east of Yatta town in Hebron governorate.

Citizen Ibtahim Awad stated that the civil state accompanied by a patrol of the occupation raided the village, hanged the orders on the structures, and took photos of them before they had left.

The orders mentioned that the residences are” unlicensed” and requested them immediate termination. A court session of the Inspection Sub-Committee will be assigned on the 24/04/2014 in Beit El to consider whether to "demolish the structure or to return it to its original status".

The inhabitants asserted that their residences are located within the built-up area of their village and showed concern about the Israeli threats of demolition. Awad, who works in the Ministry of Education, is waiting impatiently to move to his new two floors house which has cost him around 200 thousand ISN and left him in debt.

The following table shows information about the owners of the notified houses:

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

About Khalet al-Mahyeh:

Is located to the east of Yatta town and is considered part of it.  The Khirbet is run by the village council, linked by a network of roads parts of which are unpaved, and not provided with a water network. The village populates around 4000 people. From the east, there is Um Lasfa village, from the west, there is Yatta town. The bypass road no.60 is to the north and al-Karmel town is to the south of the village.

Prepared by
 The Land Research Center
LRC