Notice to evacuate 5 dunums of Kafr Ad-Dik lands in Salfit Governorate

Violation: A notice to vacate five dunums of an olive farm.
Location: Kafr ad-Dik town / Salfit governorate.
Date of violation: 17/01/2022.
The perpetrator: the so-called government property’s inspector/ the Israeli Civil Administration.
The affected party: the farmer Saleh Ali Muhammad “Ali Ahmed”.

Details of the violation

On Monday morning, 17/1/2022, the so-called government property’ inspector in the occupied West Bank stormed the “Khalet al-Qamh” area to the north of the town of Kafr al-Dik, and placed a written military notice next to a plot of land there, demanding the land owner to vacate five dunums of agricultural land and restore them to their previous state within 72 hours from the date of the issuance of the military notice military notification which bears the number 1227. The occupation authorities threatened in their notice that if the farmer does not obey the order he will expose himself to trial and financial fines.

Picture 1: Copy of the military order issued by the
occupation concerning the land of Mr. Ali Ahmad

It is noteworthy that the targeted land was planted at the beginning of this year with 170 five-year-old olive trees. The targeted land is located at a distance of about one kilometer to the north of the town Kafr ad-Dik , where the occupation authorities have established an industrial zone called “Eli Zahav” near to the land. It is noteworthy that the land is owned by the farmer Saleh Ali Muhammad who is the breadwinner of a family of 7 children, including 3 girls.

According to LRC’s monitoring and documentation, farmer Saleh was exposed to an attack by a group of settlers whilst he was cultivating his land at the beginning of this year during which 80 olive seedlings were stolen by the settlers before they were planted, in addition to the confiscation of his tractor at the hands of the occupation army on the pretext of illegally entering a government property.

It is noteworthy that the LRC’s field researcher, over the past years, has monitored dozens of attacks carried out by the settlers in that particular area , including stealing and/or cutting of olive seedlings, destroying agricultural crops, beatings of farmers and denying Palestinian access to the area.