Stop-work orders on residential and educational structures in Silwad town

Violation: issuing stop-work orders
Location: Silwad town- Ramallah governorate
Date: August 08, 2017
Perpetrators: Israel Civil Administration
Victims: number of Palestinian families

Details:

The Israeli Occupation Forces raided on August 08, 2017 Silwad town and issued military stop-work orders targeting a private school, a number of houses and some commercial workshops.

The occupation claimed that the targeted structures were "unlicensed" in area classified "C" according to Oslo Accords. Noteworthy, part of the school is located in area "B" ( under Palestinian authority), where the other part is within the boundaries of area "C" ( under Israeli control and authority).

According to the orders, the occupation assigned September 04, 2017 as the hearing session of Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration in the Israeli court of Beit El to discuss the legal status of the notified structures.

It is reported that the targeted school was established in 2011 and now accommodates 400 students from KG1 to tenth grade.

About Silwad :

It is located to the northeastern part of Ramallah with a total land area of 18,400 dunums, of which 5,100 dunum is the town's built-up area. The town populates around 10,000 people according to the data of Silwad local council.

Colonies like Ofra and Amonah, which are founded on the eastern part of Silwad, confiscated more than 21% of the town's lands. The following table shows information about the targeted structures and owners:

Affected owner\ body	Family	Minors	No. of order	Nature of structure	Remarks	Photo
Nu'man Ayyad	11	4	050637	Under construction house (200m²)		1
Bsheer Sa'd	7	2	050639	Aluminum company on 1 dunum area+ 100m² structure	The company provides living for 3 families	2
Abdelkarim Ayyad	6	0	050634	Villa (500m²)		3
Jihad Saleh	3	1	050636	Car service facility+ 12m² caravan+ 18m² structure+ 16m² barrack	The facility provides living for two families	4
Fathi Breikeh	12	1	050635	Breikeh Food Company+ 2000m² storage+ 170m² structure	The company provides living for 20 families	5+6+7+8
Al-Salam Private School and Kindergarten	410	400	050638	Three floors (620m²) structure founded on 1.5 dunum area	It accommodates 400 students from KG1 to tenth grade	9–10
Marwan Hammad	5	3	N/A	Carpenter shop		N/A
Abdelmajid Hammad	10	1	N/A	500m² house ( 3 floors)		11
Mahmoud Hammad	6	2	050641	180m² house		12
Mahmoud Ayyad	7	3	050643	170m² house ( 2 floors)		13