Stop-work orders on structures in Khirbet Al-Fakhit

• Violation: serving stop-work orders on 15 structures
• Location:  Khirbet AL-Fakhit- Masafer Yatta
• Date:  February 21, 2016
• Perpetrators: Israeli Occupation Forces and Civil Administration
• Victims:  residents of the area

Details:

The Israeli occupation authorities served on February 21, 2016 stop-work orders on agricultural and residential structures owned by residents from Khirbet Al-Fakhit that is relative Masafer Yatta, south Hebron city.

It is reported that a vehicle from Israel Civil Administration accompanied by an army patrol raided the area, hung the orders on the targeted structures and took photos of them before the force had left.

The orders mentioned that the structures were unlicensed and ordered a halt on construction works. March 17, 2016 was assigned as the hearing session for the Regional Inspection Committee – the Israeli Occupation Civil Administration in the Israeli colony of Beit El to consider the status structures. The orders targeted none residences, three agricultural structures, two portable toilets and a kitchen. The following table shows information about the affected people:

Source : Field observation- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center-2016
 

Photos 1-3: view of the targeted structures

About Al-Fakhit:

Khirbet Al-Fakhit is relative to Masafer Yatta and populates 80 people who live off of agriculture and animal husbandry. The hamlet is edged by Khirbet Al-Majaz from the east, Khirbet Al-Tawamin and Shu'ub Al-Butm from the west, Khirbet Al-Tabban from the north and Khirbet Al-Halawah and the apartheid wall from the south.

Land Research Center documented the violations al-Fakhit area underwent during 2014 as follows :

1. Stop-work orders on residential tents in al-Fakhit area (Ar, Eng)
2. Stop-work and construction orders on water cisterns in al-Fakhit area( Ar, Eng)
3. The occupation uproots thousands of saplings in al-Fakhit area (Ar, Eng)
4. Stop-work order on a tent and a barn in al-Fakhit area (Ar, Eng)

Prepared by
 The Land Research Center
LRC