Around 10:330am of Thursday September 18th 2013, the troops of the occupation accompanied by a staff from the Civil Administration broke into the area of Kisan , southeast Bethlehem and served military orders compelling stop work on five residences that are still under construction. The pretext came under unlicensed construction within area classified C according to Oslo Accords, which as a matter of fact represent 49% of Kisan total lands.
According to the field observation conducted by the department of Monitoring Israeli Violation- Land Research Center, five families ( 30 members including 21 minors) were served stop work orders on their primitive residences. The following tables shows information about the targeted families:
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Name |
Area/m2 |
Family |
Minors |
No. of order |
Notes |
Photo |
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Abdelhadi Ibyat |
50 |
6 |
4 |
Under construction |
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Mahmuod Ibayat |
60 |
9 |
7 |
Under construction |
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Theib Ibyat |
40 |
3 |
1 |
Under construction |
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Nadir Ibyat |
80 |
7 |
5 |
Under construction |
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Hassan Ibyat |
120 |
14 |
4 |
Inhabited 6 months ago |
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Total |
350 |
39 |
21 |
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Field observation- Monitoring Israeli Violations Department- Land Research Center- 2014
About Kisan :
Located 18km south of Bethlehem, Kisan village is surrounded by Tuqu' (north), Sa'ir (west), the Dead Sea (east), Arab ar Rashayda/ Sa'ir/ Al Buweib (south). Kisan has a population of 560 people (till 2012). It has a total area of 133,278 dunums- 88,7 of which are built-up area.
The Israeli occupation confiscated 2201 dunums of Kisan lands to build the following colonies:
- Maale Amos which was built in 1981 and devoured 320dunums of Kisan. It is inhabited by 299 colonists.
- Mizpe Shalem which was built in 1971 and confiscated 396 dunums. 193 colonists live in that colony.
- Mizpe Shalem B which was built in 1980 and stole 58 dunums.
- Ibei Hanachal outpost which confiscated 166 dunums of Kisan.
Bypasses number 90 devoured more than 1000 dunums.
According to Oslo Accords, 11% of Kisan is considered nature reserve while 40% is under Area B (PA is in charge of civil matters with Israel responsible for security). However, most of the village lands (49%) is under Area C (Israel maintains full security and administrative control). Here are the area in dunums:
- Land considered natural preserve (24.480) dunums
- Area B (88.5) dunums
- Area C (108.455) dunums
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
