- Violation: Halt of work notices for residences.
- Location: Kafr Ad-Dik town / Salfit governorate.
- Date: November 2nd 2021.
- Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.
- Victims: 5 families from the town.
Description:
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021, the Israeli occupation forces accompanied by the building inspector at the Israeli civil administration raided Kafr Ad-Dik town west Salfit, and gave 5 halt of work notices for residential structures, the notices target Al-Khalayil area west Kafr Ad-Dik town.
According to the military order , the occupation sat November 24th 2021 , as the date of the building and organization session in Beit El military court , to decide the fate of the structure.
The following table shows more information about the damages:
|
Affected citizen |
Family members |
Area m2 |
Military order number |
The targeted facility |
photo |
|
Mohammed Ahmed |
11 |
120 |
 |
Under construction house – one floor |
 |
|
Hani Ahmed |
5 |
30 |
 |
Room under construction |
 |
|
Sharif Ahmed |
13 |
900 |
 |
Stores and under construction upper floor |
 |
|
Mahmoud Ahmed |
8 |
300 |
 |
Under construction house two floors |
 |
|
Humam Ahmed |
9 |
180 |
 |
Four stores – under construction |
 |
|
total |
46 |
1530 |
|
|
|
During 2020 , the Israeli occupation targeted a large number of residential and agricultural facilities. Only during the past year, 13 facilities received halt of work notices.
Kafr Ad-Dik:
Kafr ad Dik is located 15 km to the west of Salfit. It is surrounded by Bidya (north), Rafat and Deir Ballut (west), Bruqin and Sarta (east), and Bani Zaid villages (south).
Kafr ad Dik has a population of 5551 people, according to a 2017 census.
Its total area is 15529 dunums; however, it has been suffocated by bypasses and 3 Israeli colonies that lay over its lands.
This has further limited its expansion knowing that it had already had a 791-dunum organizational plan (built-up area); it also isolated the village from its surroundings.
The Israeli occupation confiscated 2477 dunums of Kafr ad Dik lands for the benefit of:
- Colonies devoured 1225 dunums, and they are:
|
Name of colony |
Year of construction |
Area of confiscated land/ dunum |
Number of colonists |
|
Har Eli Zahav |
1983. |
134. |
339. |
|
Eli Zahav- Yoezer |
1982. |
290. |
424. |
|
Bedoel |
1984. |
800. |
1088. |
|
· |
1999. |
1. |
339. |
|
· |
1225. |
1512. |
|
*Source: Field Research- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Centre (LRC).
- Bypasses stole 362 dunums
- The Apartheid Wall seized 890 dunums and isolated 8824 dunums and is expected to be 8905 long in Kafr ad Dik lands.
Lands of Kfar ad-Dik are categorized according to Oslo Accords into lands under Area B (15% of the lands) and lands under Area C (85% of the lands).
Photo 6 : A view of Kafr Ad-Dik
Legal Commentary:
Demolition of Palestinian structures by the occupation authorities is a violation of international and humanitarian law presented by the following articles:
Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, dated December 10, 1948 states that “No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property”.
Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1948 prohibits the destruction of property, as this article states the following: “The occupying power is prohibited from destroying any private, fixed or movable property related to individuals or groups, the state or public authorities, or social or cooperative organizations, unless the war operations inevitably require this destruction.
Paragraph ‘g’ of Article 23 of the Hague Convention of 1907 AD also warned against destroying or seizing the enemy’s property, unless the necessities of war necessarily require such destruction or seizure.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
