A whole community is threatened of demolition in Samu’- Hebron governorate

Violation: notifying a big number of facilities in Ghuwein
Date: May15, 2014
Location: Samu’- Hebron governorate
Perpetrators: the Civil Administration of the occupation
Victims: the residents of the village

Details:

On May 13, 2014 the authorities of the occupation served a number of structures in Ghuwein, south of Samu’ town in Hebron stop work orders. Citizen Abdel Mune’m Hawamdeh(62) stated that: “ a patrol of the occupation accompanied by officers of the Civil Administration raided the village and served stop work orders to different structures and a  mosque”.

The orders indicated that the structures were unlicensed and assigned June11, 2014 a final date to consider whether to demolish the structures or leave them to their original status

Concerns were shown that the occupation will embark demolition on the notified structures to put a pressure on citizens to leave their lands, which facilitate achieving colonial plans. The stop work orders targeted 9 people living in Ghuwein as follows:

Citizen Abdul Mun’em Hawamdeh(62) who works in the agricultural sector and animals breeding. He is the supporter of six children family (3 kids). Orders targeted his structures as follows:

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

Citizen Ismael Daghamin(2) who works in the agricultural sector and animals breeding. He is the supporter of 11 children family (5 kids). Orders targeted his structures as follows:

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

Citizen Mansi Hawamdeh(70) who works in the agricultural sector and animals breeding. He is the supporter of 12 children family (1 kid). Orders targeted his structures as follows:

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

Citizen Khadir Hawamdeh(80) who works in the agricultural sector and animals breeding. He is the supporter of 4 children family. Orders targeted his structures as follows:

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

Citizen Jum’a Hawamdeh(41) who works in the woods trade, the agricultural sector and animals breeding. He is the supporter of a 7 children family including 4 kids. Orders targeted his structures as follows:

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

Citizen Ahmad Hawamdeh(40), who works the agricultural sector and animals breeding. He is the supporter of a 3 children family. Orders targeted his structures as follows:

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

Citizen Issa Hawamdeh(32) who works the agricultural sector and animals breeding. He is the supporter of a 6 children family including 4 kids. Orders targeted his structures as follows:

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

Citizen Khalil Hawamdeh(29) who works the agricultural sector and animals breeding. He is the supporter of a 4 children family including 2 kids. Orders targeted his structures as follows:

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

Citizen Halima Hawamdeh(60). Orders targeted her structures as follows:

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

The Mosque of the Khirbet: it was established in 2012 and built using bricks and metal slabs for the roof. It has a general area of 60m2.

Photo of the mosque order no.160892

Photos 26+27: A scene of the mosque

About Ghuwein :

The village is located 6km south to Samu’ town and is considered part of it. It has a total population of 150 until 2014 of 14 families of Hawamdeh and Dghamin. The Khirbet is linked to Samu’s by a rough uneven agricultural rood that crosses the bypass road no.317. With no kind of services available in the Khirbet, villagers fully depend on plantation and animals breeding. From the west of Ghuwein, there is Shani Levni colony, and from the east there is al-Kharaneh area. As for the north; there is Samu’a and a bypass road where from the south; there is the apartheid wall which was founded on more than 1000 confiscated dunums of the village.

Photo 28: A scene of Ghuwein

The Khirbet underwent several assaults from the Israeli occupation that as a matter of fact has closed its main gates by dirt and blocks. In addition, the electricity network of the village was demolished as well.

Therefore, the resident of the village demanded on the human rights organizations to step in and stop the occupation activities against them as well to provide them with a new electricity network.

About Samu’s:

The town is located 18km from the southern part of Hebron city. Form the north; there are Yatta town, Aziz, and al-Manather and from the east; there is Susya colony. Khirbet al-Harabeh and Ghuwein are there from the south.

The town has a population of 25340 people until 2014 and has a total area if 45250 dunums, 93 of which are the built-up area.

The Israeli occupation has confiscated 2786 dunums explained as follows:

• 284 dunums were confiscated for the favor of the following colonies:
• Shim’a colony that was established in 1985 with a population of 357 colonists confiscated 37 dunums.
• Shale  Levni hat was established in 1989 with a population of 438 colonists confiscated 37dunums.
• Ezlien colony that was established in 2004 confiscated 94 dunums.
• The bypass roads no. 30, 317, 3178 confiscated 1610 dumums.
• The apartheid road confiscated 892 dunums and segregated more than 1065 dunums. Noteworthy, the wall is of 18215m in length.

Smau’ roads, according to Oslo Accords, are classified as follows:

• 12702 dunms are classified as area A
• 9947dunums are classified as area B
• 22479 dunums are classified as area C

Prepared by:  
The Land Research Center

LRC