- Violation: serving stop-work orders
- Location: Azzun village- Qalqiliya
- Date: March 10, 2016
- Perpetrators: Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration
- Victims: 17palestinian families
Details:
The Israeli occupation has been working so hard to impose a de facto on residents of Azzun village through closures and military checkpoints that suffocate the area and negatively affect its commercial status.
It should be marked that a massive force from the occupation army accompanied by a staff from Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration raided on March 10, 2016 the northern neighborhood of Azzun village and delivered 17 Palestinian families stop-work orders. Noteworthy, the orders were served on 14 residences, of which 9 were still under construction in addition to three metal slaps barns.
According to the order, the affected were given a deadline until March 28, 2016 to complete all licensing procedures. This comes in time with the hearing session in Beit El colony to consider the legal status of the notified structures. The following table shows information about the affected owners and properties:
|
Affected citizen |
No. of threatened apartments |
Aream2 |
No. of structures |
Aream2 |
Family |
No. of orders |
Nature of notified structures |
Photo |
|
Imad Hussein |
2 |
160 |
4 |
160 |
4 |
Two story house (240m2) that is still under construction. First floor is composed of four stores while second one has two apartments |
||
|
Rashid Yasin |
2 |
290 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Two story building |
||
|
Ma'an Isleem |
2 |
120 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Two story building. First floor is inhabited while second one is under construction. A roof is there as well. |
||
|
Ashraf Sweidan |
1 |
145 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Under construction residence |
||
|
Maher Mish'al |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Under construction residence |
||
|
Mustafa Isleem |
0 |
0 |
1 |
60 |
6 |
Barn |
||
|
Iyad Al-Akhras |
0 |
0 |
1 |
90 |
8 |
Barn |
||
|
Adham Isleem |
1 |
160 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Under construction residence |
||
|
Ibrahim Inayah |
1 |
145 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Under construction residence |
||
|
Amjad Inayah |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Under construction residence |
||
|
Mohammad Sukkar |
1 |
145 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Under construction residence |
||
|
Khadija Isleem |
4 |
210 |
1 |
50 |
3 |
Under construction residence (two floors) |
||
|
Firdous Isleem |
1 |
134 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Under construction residence |
|
|
|
Salim Isleem |
2 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Two story building. First floor is under construction and the second is inhabited |
|
|
|
Saed Dawood |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Chicken farm |
|
|
|
Ayman Huessein |
2 |
140 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Two story house |
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|
Muhammad Sukkar |
1 |
120 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
One story house |
|
|
|
Total |
23 |
2129 |
7 |
360 |
97 |
|
|
|
Source : Field observation- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center-2016
About Azzun Attma:
Located 8km to Qalqiliya city with a total area of 9,472 dunums, of which 1,054 dunums are the village’s built-up area, Azzun is inhabited by 7,821 people (2007).
The occupation confiscated vast area from the village for the favor of colonization and the apartheid wall; the areas are detailed as follows:
- 276 dunums were confiscated for Maale Shamron colony that was established in 1980.
- 417 dunums were confiscated for the bypass road number 55
It should be marked that the vast majority of Azzun lands (6,927 dunums) is classified as area “C” according to Oslo accords; areas that are controlled by the Israeli occupation. The village has zero percentage of area “A” that is under the control of Palestinian Authority. As for other classifications, the village has 2,546 dunums classified as area “B”. (Geographical Information System- Land Research Center)
3 colonies are built on 'Azzun lands and they are:
- Maale Shomron: Built in 1980, the colony has a total area of 1903 and a built-up area of 216 dunums. 549 colonists live in it (according to a 2004 census).
- Genot Shomron: Built in 1985, the colony's built-up area is 484 dunums.
- Karni Shomron: Built in 1978, the colony's built-up area is 1351 dunums. 6270 colonists live in it (according to a 2005 census).
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
