Stop work orders on two residences in the Hebron village of Beit Ummar

• Violation: serving stop-work orders
• Location:  Beit Ummar- Hebron governorate
• Date:  April 25, 2018
• Perpetrators: Israel Civil Administration
• Victims:  Basim and Mohammad Alami 

Details:

Israeli Occupation Authorities notified on April 25, 2018 two residences  of stop-work in the Hebron village of Beit Ummar.

Residents of the area asserted that a vehicle relative to Israel Civil Administration accompanied by an army patrol raided the areas of Wadi Al-Sheikh hung the orders on the walls of the houses. The Patrol took photos of the place before they had left, witnesses said.

The order said that the structures were built before acquiring proper permits and that a hearing session will be held in Beit El Military Court on May 24, 2018  to decide on whether to demolish the structure or return to previous status.

The orders targeted the following:

1.  The residence of Basim Alami: the owner received the stop-work order number 050089, targeting his under construction house (150m²). The house was supposed to be home for 9 member family including two children.

Photo 1: the stop-work order

Photo 2: the targeted house

2. The residence of Mohammad Alami : the owner received a stop-work order  targeting a room (20m²) recently annexed to his house that was built tens of years ago

About Beit Ummar:

It is located 12 km to Hebron city. The village's total area is 21,285 dunums , of which 1,375 dunums are considered the built-up area; around 13, 548 people inhabit Beit Ummar.

The Israeli occupation authorities confiscated 560 dunums from Beit Ummar for the favor of the bypass road no.60.  The occupation also confiscated 1,216 dunums for the favor of the following colonies:

Source: Geographic Information System- Monitoring Israeli Violations Team- Land Research Center

Prepared by
 The Land Research Center
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