- Violation: Serving halt of work orders.
- Date: 13/08/2019.
- Location: She’ab Al-Butum – Masafer Yatta / Hebron governorate.
- Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation civil administration.
- Victims: Yousif Aj-Jabareen , Mahmoud Aj-Jabareen , Ishaq Aj-Jabareen.
Description:
Tuesday , 13 august 2019, the Israeli occupation authorities served halt of work orders on structures and facilities in She’ab Al-Butum.
Affected citizens said that a vehicle related to the building and organization department raided the area , and headed to the targeted structures , then the inspecting officer wrote military orders , pasted them on the structures , then took pictures before withdrawing.
The occupation forces requested the immediate stoppage of construction works on the pretext of building without licenses , and set (8/9/2019) , as the subcommittee session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structure.
The notices targeted the following owners and structures:
- Yousif Aj-Jabareen: Yousif received a halt of work notice on his residence ( which is a one room structure built of bricks and steal sheets) , it has an area of 30 m2 , and was built in 2018 , with the funding of a human rights institution. The room was inhabited by a family of 4 , 2 of them are children.
Photo 1: a notice targeting Yousif’s structure
Photo 2: The threatened structure
2 – Mahmoud Aj-Jabareen : Mahmoud received a halt of work notice on his family’s residence, which is a small room built of bricks and steal sheets , it has an area of 35 m2 , built in 2018 with the funding of a human right institution , and inhabited by a family of 2.
The notice also targeted a barn belongs to Mahmoud Aj-Jabareen , the targeted barn is built of cement and stones and has an area of 120 m2.
Photo 3: a notice targeting the structures of Mahmoud Aj-Jabareen
Photo 4 : The targeted facilities
4- Ismael Aj-Jabareen: Ismael received a halt of work order on the family’s house which is built of bricks and steal sheets , it has an area of 30 m2 , and inhabited by a family of 2. The notice also targeted a cattle barn with an area of 20 m2 and built of brocks and steal sheets.
Photo 5 : a notice targeting the structures of Ismael Aj-Jabareen
Photo 6: pictures of the targeted facilities
Noteworthy, the occupation authorities issue halt of work notices as a preceding procedure before a final demolition order. Usually, after receiving halt of work orders citizens prepare a licensing file to prove that they own the targeted land or structure area , then hire a lawyer to follow up the case in the Israeli court .
Recent studies conducted by the anti-colonization Israeli institution “Peace now” showed that only 1.5 % of the licenses applied by Palestinians are approved , and between the years (2010 -2014) Palestinian applied for 2020 licenses in C area , only 33 were approved, that is a percentage of 1.5 %.
Khirbet She’ab Al-Butum:[1]
Khirbet She’ab Al-Butum is located in Masafer Yatta, bordered by Khallet Ad-Dabe’a (east), bypass 317 (west), Al-Qawawis and Al-Karmel (north + south) , the Khirbet has an area of 110 dunums , and inhabited by 9 families that consist of 81 people , 37 of them are children, their homes are 7 tents , 3 barracks and a caravan, Residents of the Khirbet depend mainly on herding for living , the Khirbet consists of 443 cattle heads, 82 agricultural dunums , of which trees only cover 10 dunums and the rest are postures.
[1] GIS-LRC
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