Violation: stop-work orders on Bedouins’ residents
Location: Rammun village-Ramallah
Date: May 13, 2015
Perpetrators: Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration
Victims: 7 families (46 members including 21 children)
Details:
A massive force from the Israeli occupation army accompanied by a staff from the Civil Administration on May 13, 2015 raided the area of Al-Shafaghoryih, east Rammun village in Ramallah governorate and delivered 7 Bedouin families stop-work orders on their structures under the claim of “unlicensed construction” within area classified “C” according to Oslo Accords.
According to the military order, the affected people were given a deadline until June 04, 2015 to complete all licensing procedures. This comes in time with the hearing session of the Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration in the Israeli court of Beit El to consider the status of the notified structures.
The targeted Bedouin community is reported to be located 1km away from the master plan of Rammun village (from the east) and 2km to the west of Alon bypass road.
The chieftain of the Bedouin community Sheik Harun Al-Kalha told a researcher from Land Research Center the following:
“The 42 members of the community have been residing the area since 2008 as per to a leasing contract with Citizen Khlaif Mlaihat, taking into account the land is classified Tabo and has never been notified with either stop-work or demolition. Residents of this community used to live in the area of Al-Mu’arrajat before they got displaced in the aftermath of a collective demolition on their community”. The following table shows information about the damage resulted due to the latest order:
|
Affected citizen |
Family |
Minors |
No. |
No. and nature of structure |
Photo |
Order |
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|
Residence |
Barns |
Bathroom |
Kitchen |
Storehouse |
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|
Mohammad Ja’lih |
8 |
0 |
250 sheep (partnership) |
2 metal slabs barracks (60m2)+ one tent (90m2) |
One barn(60m2)+ |
1 |
1 |
One storehouse (12m2) |
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|
Salman Ja’lih |
5 |
3 |
One metal slabs barrack (60m2)+ |
One barn(12m2)+ |
0 |
1 |
One storehouse (12m2) |
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|
Qusai Ja’lih |
4 |
2 |
One metal slabs barrack (60m2)+ |
One tent (16m2) |
0 |
0 |
|
|||
|
Khalil Mlaihat |
7 |
0 |
174 sheep (partnership) |
2 metal slabs barracks (45m2)+ one tent (16m2) |
two barn(60m2)+ |
1 |
1 |
One storehouse (9m2) |
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|
Mohammad Mlaihat |
6 |
4 |
One metal slabs barrack (60m2)+ |
One tent (45m2) |
0 |
1 |
One storehouse (9m2) |
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|
Habis Mlaihat |
8 |
6 |
One metal slabs barrack (45m2)+ |
One tent (45m2) |
0 |
00 |
0 |
|||
|
Ahmad Mlaihat |
8 |
6 |
One metal slabs barrack (45m2)+ |
|
0 |
|
0 |
11+12 |
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|
|
46 |
21 |
424 |
9 metal slabs barracks + 2 tents |
4 metal slabs barracks + 3 tents |
2 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Source: Field observation- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center-2015
In reality, the issue is not all about unlicensed construction than it is on the occupation’s intention to take over more lands in the area of their control (Area C according to Oslo Accords). The Israeli occupation considers such lands as a colonial reserve, which will be hard to negotiate on in any future agreements with Palestinians.
In a press conference, Israeli Minister of Economy Neftali Benet told journalist the following:
“The Oslo era is almost over; a real epoch is getting introduced to Israel’s politics. It is time to vision an economic peace through increasing investments ,enhancing the lifestyle of Palestinians, applying the Israeli sovereignty on areas classified “C” according to Oslo Accords and giving residents of the those areas full Israeli citizenship”
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
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