17 Palestinian homes, park declared illegal
Reageer (0)TULKAREM (Ma'an) -- Stop-work orders targeting 17 homes, a workshop, factory and municipal park were delivered to Tulkarem-area residents on Wednesday, village officials said, insisting that the construction was in "Area C" and therefore illegal.
"The orders said the buildings did not have licenses from Israel," head of the Far’un municipal council Abed Al-Karim Omer told Ma'an, calling the pretext that the homes, factories, and park were in areas under Israeli control "unjustified."
The buildings, Omer said, "are on the eastern side of the town. They are nowhere near the wall, which is always used as an excuse by the occupation forces to prevent building on the west side of the village."
A spokesman for the Civil Administration did not respond to requests for information on the orders.
Ordering a halt to work and requiring builders to appear in court in order to appeal the decision and request a retroactive permit "is unjustified. It is a procedure to tighten restrictions on the residents who are living far away from the wall," Omer said.
The village council, Omer said, appointed two lawyers to review the documents, vowing that the issue would be handled carefully.
If families served with stop-work orders fail to bring the issue to court and secure a permit, demolition orders will soon follow.
In Area C, the UN has recorded the demolition of 104 homes, agricultural buildings, and greenhouses over the past 30 days. All of the demolitions were carried out under the justification that the owners had no building permit.
According to Omer, "most of the buildings targeted today were homes that were nearly completed, with families ready to move in during Ramadan."
Municipal park targeted
The Far'un municipality was also handed a stop-work order, Omer said, for a 10-dunum park built in 1970, that was being rehabilitated. "The Ministry of Finance allocated $180,000 to the project, making the park a space for kids from the town to play," he said.
Omer said the orders, delivered to the following individuals, were issued by a subsidiary committee of the Israeli High Council for Building Regulations.
Mamoud Khaled Shu’la – Home under construction
Munir Hasan Adwan – Foundation and first floor of a home almost complete
Khaled Hassan Salamah – Blacksmith workshop
Mu’tasem Murshed Muhana- Completed home, walls being painted ahead of move-in
Nehad Saleh U’beid – Two-story home under construction
Ammar Fawzi Kahder and his brothers – A three-story home nearly complete
Bassam Salim Suleiman and Munir Abdallah Omer – Spice factory preparing thyme and Za'atar
Hammad Ahmad Drubi – Three-story home under construction
Ahmad Mahmoud Hattab – Foundation of home, under construction
Abed Ar-Rahman Rashid Hattab – Two-story home under construction
Mohammad Ahmad Mesleh – Two-story home under construction
Ali Ibrahim Abu Jamus – Two-story home under construction
Nu’man Theeb Jazmawi – Foundation of home under construction
Samer Mas’ud Khalil – Inhabited, recently completed home
Tawfiq Zaki Arafat – Foundation, first floor of home under construction
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