Stop-work orders on 30 residences and structures in the Qalqiliya village of Azzun

March 11, 2016

Violation: serving stop-work orders
Location: Azzun village- Qalqiliya
Date: March 10, 2016
Perpetrators: Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration
Victims: 17palestinian families

Details:

The Israeli occupation has been working so hard to impose a de facto on residents of Azzun village through closures and military checkpoints that suffocate the area and negatively affect its commercial status.

It should be marked that a massive force from the occupation army accompanied by a staff from Planning and Construction Committee- Israel Civil Administration raided on March 10, 2016 the northern neighborhood of Azzun village and delivered 17 Palestinian families stop-work orders. Noteworthy, the orders were served on 14 residences, of which 9 were still under construction in addition to three metal slaps barns.

According to the order, the affected were given a deadline until March 28, 2016 to complete all licensing procedures. This comes in time with the hearing session in Beit El colony to consider the legal status of the notified structures. The following table shows information about the affected owners and properties:

Affected citizen	No. of threatened apartments	Aream2	No. of structures	Aream2	Family	No. of orders	Nature of notified structures	Photo
Imad Hussein	2	160	4	160	4	201325	Two story house (240m2) that is still under construction. First floor is composed of four stores while second one has two apartments	1
Rashid Yasin	2	290	0	0	6	201329	Two story building	2
Ma'an Isleem	2	120	0	0	3	201338	Two story building. First floor is inhabited while second one is under construction. A roof is there as well.	3
Ashraf Sweidan	1	145	0	0	9	201327	Under construction residence	4
Maher Mish'al	1	90	0	0	7	201098	Under construction residence	5
Mustafa Isleem	0	0	1	60	6	201335	Barn	6
Iyad Al-Akhras	0	0	1	90	8	201337	Barn	7
Adham Isleem	1	160	0	0	11	201336	Under construction residence	8
Ibrahim Inayah	1	145	0	0	4	201331	Under construction residence	9
Amjad Inayah	1	90	0	0	2	201330	Under construction residence	10
Mohammad Sukkar	1	145	0	0	7	201328	Under construction residence	11
Khadija Isleem	4	210	1	50	3	201333	Under construction residence (two floors)	12
Firdous Isleem	1	134	0	0	2	201334	Under construction residence
Salim Isleem	2	90	0	0	8	201332	Two story building. First floor is under construction and the second is inhabited
Saed Dawood	1	90	0	0	6	201326	Chicken farm
Ayman Huessein	2	140	0	0	8	201099	Two story house	13
Muhammad Sukkar	1	120	0	0	3	141707	One story house
Total	23	2129	7	360	97

Source : Field observation- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center-2016

About Azzun Attma:

Located 8km to Qalqiliya city with a total area of 9,472 dunums, of which 1,054 dunums are the village’s built-up area, Azzun is inhabited by 7,821 people (2007).

The occupation confiscated vast area from the village for the favor of colonization and the apartheid wall; the areas are detailed as follows:

276 dunums were confiscated for Maale Shamron colony that was established in 1980.
417 dunums were confiscated for the bypass road number 55

It should be marked that the vast majority of Azzun lands (6,927 dunums) is classified as area “C” according to Oslo accords; areas that are controlled by the Israeli occupation. The village has zero percentage of area “A” that is under the control of Palestinian Authority. As for other classifications, the village has 2,546 dunums classified as area “B”. (Geographical Information System- Land Research Center)

3 colonies are built on 'Azzun lands and they are:

Maale Shomron: Built in 1980, the colony has a total area of 1903 and a built-up area of 216 dunums. 549 colonists live in it (according to a 2004 census).
Genot Shomron: Built in 1985, the colony's built-up area is 484 dunums.
Karni Shomron: Built in 1978, the colony's built-up area is 1351 dunums. 6270 colonists live in it (according to a 2005 census).

Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC