Violation: destroying two barns and notifying another with stop work
Date: 01/09/2014
Location: Deir Dibwan/ Ramallah governorate
Perpetrators: the army of the Israeli occupation
Victims: farmers Khadir and Fawwaz Awawdah
Details:
At morning of Monday September 1st 2014, the troops of the occupation destroyed two barns( for sheep husbandry) in the area of al-Karmeh, east of Deir Dibwan in Ramallah governorate.
The occupation pretext came this time as unlicensed construction within area classified C according to Oslo Accords. The two demolished structures belong to farmers Khadir and Fawwaz Awawadah from Deir Dibwan. Noteworthy, the barns were established on March 2014 after the occupation had demolished two barns in the same location owned by the same farmers in 13/02/2014.
Photo 1: the destroyed barns
The following table shows details resulted by the demolition:
|
Affected citizen |
Area/m2 |
Family |
Minors |
No. of sheep |
No. of demolished barns |
Notes |
|
Khadir Awawadah |
80 |
5 |
3 |
130 |
One( made of metal slabs) |
Had a structure demolished before |
|
Fawwaz Awawdah |
80 |
8 |
2 |
140 |
One( made of metal slabs) |
Had a structure demolished before |
|
total |
160 |
13 |
5 |
270 |
2 |
|
Source: field observation- Monitoring Israeli Violations Department- Land Research Center 2014
Notifying a barn with stop work:
It is indicated within the same context that the Inspection Committee of the Civil Administration served, on September 20th 2014, a stop work order on a barn owned by Khadir Awawdah in the same aforementioned area under the same pretext. The farmer was given a deadline until 11/09/2014 to complete all licensing procedures. The following table clarifies:
|
Affected citzen |
Family |
Minors |
No. of order |
Status |
No. of sheep |
Area/m2 |
|
Khadir Awawdah |
5 |
3 |
Made of metal slabs |
130 |
100 |
Source: field observation- Monitoring Israeli Violations Department- Land Research Center 2014
Mr. Khadir Awawdah to the LRC researcher asserted the following:
" the so-called Beit El rejected the licensing application that we submitted and insisted on the need to remove " demolish" the barn under the pretext of it being located on lands owned by the occupation, taking into consideration that the farmer has all documents which prove that he has bought the land (6 dunums) two years ago".
He also added: " In 2004, the occupation demolished our houses and barns that are located in the eastern part of the village. Therefore we were displaced and found no other location to reside but in al-Karmah. As a result, we bought a piece of land and moved there".
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
