Violation: the occupation destroys barns and residential tents
Date:02/12/2013
Location: Khirbet al-Farisya and Bardala
Perpetrators: the army of the Israeli occupation and the planning Council of the Civil Administration
Victims: 9 Palestinian families residing the area
Details:
The area of northern ghoors ; the Palestinian Jordan Valley witnessed a new wave of demolition and indigenous displacement carried out by the forces of the occupation on the residents of Bedouin communities and the Khirbets.
At morning of December 02nd 2013, two families from al-Farisya woke up on the voices of the Israeli bulldozers surrounding their houses and the calls of a loudspeaker compelling them to evacuate without getting any of the belongings out.
As a result, two residential tents and two sheep barns were demolished causing two families( 10 members including 5 minors) to become homeless. In addition, the interiors of the structures remained under rubbles which made kids deprived even from their school books. In regard to the barns, around 212 sheep became without a shelter.
The occupation justified the demolition under the pretext of unlicensed construction within area classified C according to Oslo Accord. Noteworthy, the structures were notified with stop work by the beginning of past February. The following table shows information about the targeted structures:
|
Affected citizen |
Family |
Minors |
No. of sheep |
Demolished structure |
Notes |
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|
House |
Barrack |
Other |
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|
Yassin Dababat |
3 |
1 |
97 |
One house of 60m2 |
One barrack of 45m2 |
Bathroom |
Had structures demolished two years ago |
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|
Miqbil Dababat |
7 |
4 |
115 |
One house of 90m2 |
On barrack of 60m2 |
Bathroom |
|
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|
Total |
10 |
5 |
212 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
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Source: field observation- Monitoring Israeli Violation Team- Land Research Center-2013
It is indicated and within the same context that the troops of the occupation destroyed, on the same day, 7 barns for livestock( made of metal slabs) in the village of Bardala, east of Tubas( 26km away).
It is indicated that four of the targeted barns were funded by Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development ACTED as a support for the marginalized citizen of Palestinian ghoor.
It should be marked that the aforementioned barns were previously notified with stop work on the past September under the pretext of unlicensed construction on "State Land". Those structures ended up destroyed on this current December.
According to the chairman of Bardala village council Ahamad Rabai'a, farmers losses due to the demolitions were estimated of 270,000INS. The following table shows information about the demolition in Bardala:
|
Affected farmer |
Family |
Minors |
No. of sheep |
No. of cows |
Demolished structure |
Photo |
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|
Funded barn |
Unfunded barn |
Other |
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|
Haza' Rabai'a |
8 |
6 |
0 |
48 |
180 m2 |
120 m2 |
0 |
|
|
Mahmoud Rabai'a |
8 |
6 |
0 |
50 |
180 m2 |
150 m2 |
0 |
|
|
Hussien Rabai'a |
7 |
5 |
0 |
45 |
180 m2 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Ra'fat Rabai'a |
6 |
4 |
200 |
20 |
180 m2 |
180 m2 |
Damaging a ton of fodder |
|
|
Total |
29 |
21 |
200 |
163 |
4 |
3 |
A ton of fodder |
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Source: field observation- Monitoring Israeli Violation Team- Land Research Center-2013
About al-Farisya:
The Khirbet is located 17km away from northeast Tubas. It is surrounded by Tal el-Jamih frim the north, Tubas from the west, Shadmot Mehola colony from the east, and Rotem colony and al-Malih from the south.
It has a total population of 200 people according to the census of 2007. The area is relative to Ein al-Baeda and it has a built-up area of 5 dunum. Noteworthy, the bypass road no. 578 routes nearby al-Farisya.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
