Violation: demolition of a pool
Date: Jiftlik village/ Jericho
Location: 24/12/2014
Perpetrators: the Israeli occupation army
Victims: 8 Palestinian families
Details:
The Israeli occupation authorities on December 24, 2014 demolished a pool for rainwater catchment, which is still under construction in the eastern part of Jiftlik village in the area known as al-Misfih.
It is indicated that the targeted pool was being implemented by Palestine Ministry of Agriculture with funds of 65,000 from the FAO .The pool was supposed to be of 1200m3 in volume to serve 8 families, who own around 142 dunums planted with field crops and various trees.
It should be marked that construction on the pool started on May 2014; a stop-work order was served on the pool on June by the Planning and Construction Committee in Israel Civil Administration. After many efforts to obtain a building permit, the Israeli tribunal system rejected all attempts and stressed on demolishing the pool.
Photo 1: the pool after being demolished
For further information about the stop-work order served on the pool, please read through the report issued by Land Research Center in this regard (Ar, Eng)
The following table shows information about the affected people due to demolition:
|
Affected citizen |
Family |
Plot area/dunum |
Area/dunum according to plantation |
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|
Dates |
Citrus |
Field crops |
Green |
Pasture |
|||
|
Mohamad Oudeh |
10 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Abdelkarim Oudeh |
9 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mahmoud Oudeh
|
12 |
13 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
|
Ahmad Oudeh |
6 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
|
Abdelhalim Oudeh |
6 |
80 |
13 |
6 |
35 |
15 |
11 |
|
Sheikh Oudeh |
9 |
4.5 |
0 |
0 |
4.5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fatima Oudeh |
1 |
4.5 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.5 |
0 |
|
Arham Oudeh |
1 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
|
Total |
54 |
142 |
30 |
9 |
53.5 |
25.5 |
14 |
About al- Jiftlik:
It is located 35km from the northern part of Jericho city and is edged by the village of Beit Daggan from the northwest and Massuah colony from the west.
The village has a population of 4789 people until 2014 and has a total land area of 185031 dunums of which 1110 dunums are built-up area. Noteworthy, the occupation expropriated around 12040 dunums as follows :
· 3207 dunums were confiscated for the favor of establishing colonies in the nearby.
· 3328 dunums were confiscated for the bypass roads no. (90, 505, and 508).
· 5505 dunums were confiscated for the favor of military camps.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
