- Violation: serving stop-work orders on structures
- Location: Al-Mu'arrajat area- north Jericho city
- Date: January 09, 2016
- Perpetrators: Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration
- Victims: two Bedouin families
Details:
The Bedouin community of Al-Mu'arrajat, south Jericho city witnessed on January 09, 2016 the serving of stop-work orders that targeted several residential and agricultural structures in the area. It should be noted that a force from the occupation army backed by a staff from Israel Civil Administration raided the area of Arab Al-Mu'arrajat and delivered two Bedouin families stop-work orders. The orders targeted two residential tents, sheep tent and a barn; they were issued on the claim of "unlicensed construction". According to the orders, the Israeli occupation gave the affected a deadline until February 02, 2017 to complete all licensing procedures. This comes in time with the hearing session of the Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration in the Israeli court of Beit El colony to consider the status of the notified structures.
Photo 1: the target location
The following table shows information about the affected residents and their properties:
|
Affected citizen |
Family |
Minors |
Notified structures |
No. of military order |
||
|
Residential tent\m2 |
Sheep tent\m2 |
Barn\m2 |
||||
|
Atta Mleihat |
9 |
2 |
60 |
45 |
90 |
|
|
Taleb Atta Mleihat |
3 |
1 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
12 |
3 |
120 |
45 |
90 |
|
During the past five years, the community was targeted more than six times in row. The latest attack was carried out in August 2016. The occupation intends to put a pressure on people of the area to force them leave their lands and residences for the favor of colonial expansionist plans.
It should be marked that Bedouins of Arab Al-Mleihat community hail from the area of Beer AL-Saba', from which they were expelled in the aftermath of 1948 war. Bedouins moved to the areas of south Hebron governorate and resided there.
The community now populates 230 member, who live in very hard conditions of life. Not only, the occupation army never stopped harassing them to push them leave the area again.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
