Violation: confiscating stones and construction material
Date: 18/11/2013
Location: al-Deirat / Yatta
Perpetrators: the Civil Administration of the occupation
Victims: residents of al-Deirat
Details:
On November 11th 2013, the authorities of the Israeli occupation confiscated the construction material for a mosque in the area of al-Deirat village, east of Yatta in Hebron governorate.
The responsible of the mosque construction Muhammad Hamamdah asserted that a force of the occupation accompanied by the Civil Administration raided the village of al-Deirat around 6:00 am in the morning, confiscated the construction material for a mosque, and uploaded them on a truck with a winch to be moved to Kfar Zion colony. A record of evidence "minute" was delivered as a result of the confiscation .
He also pointed out that the occupation put hands on 140m2 of building stones and that residents were threatened of confiscating the remaining material if they intimate the construction.
It should be marked that on October 28th 2013, the authorities of the occupation served a stop work order on the mosque. In response to the act, residents sought an attorney to object the order but the occupation went further and confiscated the construction materials as means to put pressure on the residents to stop work. It should also be mentioned that the construction started on October 20th 2013 on a 1dunum piece of land, which was donated by one of the village's residents.
Residents of the area denounced what the occupation did of confiscation and construction termination inflected on sacred places of worshiping, denying the usual pretext of unlicensed construction, which the occupation made best of it to justify its violations. It is worth mentioning that residents of the village submitted many licensing applications for their structures in the village to the authorities of the occupation but they ended up rejected. As a result, the built-up area is being limited now and is even decreasing in a way that affects the overall status of the village.
About al-Deirat:
It is located 15km to the southeast of Hebron city and is considered part of Khallet al-Mayeih. The village is surrounded by Karnet al-Ras from the north, Khallet al-Mayeih from the west, Khirbet ez-Zwaidien from the east, and Um Lisfa from the south.
The total population of the village reached 795 people until 2007 where the total land area is estimated of 13,664 dunums, of which 68 dunums are built-up area.
It should be marked that the bypass road 356 devoured more than 452 dunums from the village's lands. According to Oslo Accords of lands classification, the villages lands are divided as follows:
2,135 dunums are classified as area A
1,933 dunums are classified as area B
9,569 dunums are classified as area C. The attached map explains the geographical location of the village and land classification according to Oslo Accords.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
