WEST BANK: A DATA BASE OF ISRAELI LAND CONTROL AND ACQUISITIONS

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West Bank: A Data Base of Israeli
Land Control and Acquisitions
A Reference Aid
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Introduction
Information available
as of 1 June 1986
was used in this report.
West Bank: A Data Base of Israeli
Land Control and Acquisitions
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Since occupying the West Bank militarily in 1967, Israel has acquired.
control of some 319,000 hectares of land, or about 57 percent of the entire
territory. Of this total, either the state of Israel or Israeli citizens now have
direct possession of about 256,000 hectares?though they are actively
using only about 38 percent of the land. In addition, Israel effectively
controls another 63,000 hectares owned by Palestinians but on which it has
placed land use restrictions. However indicative of the Israeli presence in
the West Bank, these aggregate figures capture only a small portion of the
emotional impact such land acquisitions are having on Palestinians.
Palestinians believe that these land seizures and restrictions inhibit
agricultural expansion, curb economic development, and deny them an
important part of their cultural herita e. In short, the effect on Palestinian
quality of life is very negative.
In early 1986, US officials suggested to Israeli Civilian Administration
officials that the large number of fraudulent land transfer cases now in Is-
raeli courts presents an excellent opportunity for Israel to freeze new land
seizures. In March, Civilian Administration officials verified press reports
that it was returning hundreds of hectares, seized in the Janin area in the
mid-1970s, to local Palestinians. Although the press later reported the
return of another, smaller plot of land north of Hebron, these two unrelated
returns have yet to be indicative of a new trend. Indeed, the local Arab
press has reported the seizure of almost 500 additional hectares in five
different locations.
Scope and Organization of the Data
This report provides a case-by-case summary of individual instances of
Israeli land acquisition and control on the West Bank. It is designed as a
ready reference for US officials concerned with monitoring such cases and
with encouraging Israeli actions to improve the quality of life for West
Bank Palestinians. We have listed events alphabetically by the Palestinian
village that owned the land, then chronologically within each village
section. Our data do not represent a complete accounting of all Israeli land
acquisitions on the West Bank. We lack adequate information on some
seizures?especially in the years immediately following the occupation?
and know that a number of seizures have never been reported at all. We
are convinced, however, that the data are more complete as one progresses
toward the present.
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Our principal sources are reports from the US Consulate, Jerusalem, and
US Embassy, Tel Aviv, as well as articles in the local Arab and Jewish
press. The greatest amount of data necessarily comes from the Arab press,
either directly or through the Consulate's daily press report. In many
instances, there is no official record because Israeli officials often do not
provide landowners with written notification of seizure, and many of these
actions are not subsequently challenged in court by the Palestinian owners.
Nevertheless, although our main sources are not necessarily objective, we
believe that?after obvious duplications and exaggerations are excluded?
the resulting information is reasonably accurate and provides a ood sense
of the Arab perception of Israeli activities on the land.
Our data are listed by event. As available, each entry includes the
following:
? Village. The Palestinian community on whose lands the event took place.
All West Bank land is claimed by one of some 330 different villages and
Bedouin tribes. The source for the boundaries of these village lands is the
map, "Palestine: Index to Villages and Settlements," British Survey of
Palestine, 1946. Village names used in the data base are from the US
Board on Geographic Names 1971 Official Standard Names Gazetteer
cif Jordan.
? Coordinates. Latitude and longitude, as listed in the Jordan Gazetteer.
? Map Grid. A letter-number combination referring to our 1:150,000 map,
"West Bank and Vicinity," September 1984, as well as the map enclosed
with this report.
? Location. A descriptive reference provided as a compass direction from a
major town or landmark.
? Date. The day the event occurred. The exact date is listed when known;
otherwise, we estimate the date to the first of the month or the first of the
year, and .have indicated the date's inexactitude by an asterisk.
? Action. An Israeli action, Palestinian reaction, or Israeli-Palestinian
transaction dealing with West Bank land. The following actions are
included in the data base, of which the first seven are methods employed
by Israel to obtain West Bank land:
? Expropriation. Acquisition of land, generally for public purposes.
Based on an amended 1953 Jordanian law, expropriation has provid-
ed land for roads, reservoirs, sewage and water lines, transmitters,
firing ranges, and parking lots.
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? Requisition. Acquisition of land ostensibly for military reasons.
Based on Israeli interpretation of Article 52 of the 1907 Hague
Regulations, Israel used requisition as a way of acquiring land for
settlement before 1979.
? Declaration as State Land. Reclassification of land as state land on
the basis of the 1858 Ottoman Land Code. This has been the
preferred method of land acquisition for settlements since 1980.
? Purchase. Buying of land by Israeli organizations or individuals.
? Closure. Closing of land for military reasons based on Military Order
378 (1970). Some closed land has since been handed over to Israeli
settlers.
? Restriction. Prohibition of construction on, or use of, the land.
Restrictions include those applied to road right-of-ways, nature
reserves, and combat zones.
? Seizure. Generic term used in the case of unspecified method of
acquisition or control. The Arab press often uses this term (or the
similar one, "confiscation"), because many Palestinians do not distin-
guish one method of acquisition from another, seeing all as directed
toward the same goal.
? Survey. Israeli surveying of the land, either before or after a seizure.
Often, this is a Palestinian's first indication that his land is being
seized.
? Bulldozing. Israeli leveling of the land, before or after the land has
been taken.
? Protest. Palestinian complaint about land control through informal
methods such as a sit-in or a demonstration.
? Appeal. Palestinian complaint about land control through the formal
means of the Israeli courts.
? Injunction. Temporary or permanent cessation of Israeli and/or
Palestinian activity upon a given plot of land after the case has been
brought to court.
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? Return. Giving back of the land to the original owners. A return is
sometimes ordered by the courts because the method of Israeli
acquisition has been illegal or fraudulent.
? Fraud. Purchase or sale of the land through trickery or forgery.
Fraud is committed by both Arab and Israeli land dealers.
? Amount. The quantity of land involved, given in the local areal measure-
ment unit of dunams (1 dunam = .1 hectare = .2471 acres). In cases of
multiple sources reporting different amounts for the same case, we
generally have selected those amounts from the most current sources, as
earlier reports may tend to exaggerate the amount in question before all
the facts are known.
? Village Land. Total amount of land originally held by the village
according to "Palestine: Index to Villages and Settlements." This figure
is also provided in dunams.
? Purpose. The reason for which Israel has acquired control or possession
of the land.
? Land Use. The original use to which the Palestinian owners put the land.
A word of caution here: In some cases, Palestinian sources will claim that
the land is used for agriculture, when, in fact, only a small section of the
plot is under cultivation. Most of the land taken in recent years through
reclassification as state land has truly been unused, rocky wasteland.
? Source. All sources, both primary and secondary, are listed. Abbrevia-
tions used:
? ISOWB: FAPT?"Israeli Settlements in the Occupied West Bank:
Fait Accompli as a Political Tactic," by Paul Quiring, Mennonite
Central Committee, 22 February 1978.
? PEILEOT?"Palestinian Emigration and Israeli Land Expropriation
in the Occupied Territories," a research paper derived from an article
that appeared in the Arabic Bulletin of the Institute for Palestinian
Studies, 16 July 1973.
? Remarks. Additional information from the sources; reference to other
cases in the data base; and, in a few cases, editorial comment on the reli-
ability of the data.
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'ABUD
32 01N 35 04E 0-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 11 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,380/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,695
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: WHEAT AND OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 14 DECEMBER 1984
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Israeli authorities notified village elders and mukhtars in Rantis,
Al Lubban and 'Abud 11 December of their intention to confiscate 1,380
dunums of land belonging to the three Ram Allah area villages.
Israeli authorities declared the land 'state property.'
Landowners were given one month to file documents proving their
ownership. A landowner in Rantis said the areas in which land is to be
confiscated are: Mutasalat, Marba'a, Khalet Selman, Sheb Balout, Karam
Zewan and Khalet Abu Muqatel. Landowners said that 80 percent of the
land is in wheat and the rest planted in olive trees.
According to a Rantis landowner, Israeli military authorities in Ram
Allah informed village mukhtars and landowners that a meeting would take
place between authorities and landowners in Ram Allah 16 December. The
landowners could give no more details.
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'ABUD
32 01N 35 04E 0-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 12 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
1,380/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
13,695
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PURPOSE:
N/A
LAND USE:
WHEAT AND OLIVES
SOURCE:
AL FAJR, 12 DECEMBER 1984
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REMARKS:
Al Quds, Al Fajr, and Ashaab report that Ram Allah area villagers are
protesting the seizure of 1,380 dunams of their land in Al Lubban, Rantis,
and 'Abud.
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See 'Abud, 11 December 1984.
'ABUD
32 01N 35 04E D-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 16 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,380/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,695
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: WHEAT AND OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 21 DECEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
Palestinian villagers from 'Abud, Rantis, and Al Lubban held a sit-in
on their fields to protest the Israeli decision to confiscate large areas
of their land.
Residents of the three villages told Al Fajr that the area targeted
is more than 4,000 dunams--not only the 1,380 dunams as claimed. They
asserted that the rough description given by the Israeli officers who
conveyed the confiscation order suggested that more than 4,000 dunams
are at stake.
A five-member Land Defense Committee from the Arab Lawyers
League sent a letter to the Israeli military governorate legal advisor on
19 December. The letter requested clear delineation of the area in
question so villagers could know which land is affected. Villagers say
the land was not registered in their names because the survey and
registration initiated by the Jordanian Government in the 1960s was
disrupted by Israel's occupation of the West Bank in 1967. But they
said that the military government's finance department records, dating
before 1967, show they have been paying taxes on the land for generations.
See 'Abud, 11 December 1984.
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'ABUD
32 01N 35 04E D-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 30 APRIL 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,695
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL MITHAQ, 30 APRIL 1985
REMARKS:
Al Mithaq reported that villagers and mukhtars of 'Abud and Dayr Abu
Mash'al were informed in writing by the military governor and the custodian
of absentee property that 600 dunams of their land have been confiscated.
'ABUD
32 01N 35 04E 0-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 10 MAY 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,695
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 10 MAY 1985
REMARKS:
The military governor notified the owners of Jabal Dayr Surur area of
'Abud that their land had been confiscated. He gave them 45 days to file
an objection. The three landowners refused to sign the notification.
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ABU DIS
31 46N 35 16E G-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 26 APRIL 1981
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 25,850
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 28 JUNE - 4 JULY 1981
JERUSALEM 01250, 28 APRIL 1981
JERUSALEM 02982, 5 OCTOBER 1981
The West Bank military appeals committee on 26 April accepted a
petition filed by villagers from Abu Dis and Al 'Ayzariyah. The villagers
reportedly claim that the military government has seized land owned by
village families. The villagers were given 20 days to show proof (maps,
records, etc.) of ownership.
ABU DIS
31 46N 35 16E G-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1983*
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 25,850
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF NE'OT ADUMMIM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 10 AUGUST 1984
AL FAJR, 20 JULY 1984 (U)
AL QUDS, 13 AUGUST 1984
ASHA'AB, 17 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 02438, 2 AUGUST 1984
Residents of Abu Dis reportedly did not find out about the seizure
until settlers set up tents here in July 1984. The seizure is located in
the following area: Batin Bisharah, al-Rufaid, al-Hadab, Dinar al-Marah,
and Marajem al-Ghazalah. Village residents claim they have title deeds
proving their ownership.
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ABU DIS
31 46N 35 16E G-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 11 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 25,850
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00085, 11 JANUARY 1983 (U)
REMARKS:
Al Quds reports that the military governor general of the West Bank
upheld the recommendation by the military appeals committee to return to
several Arab landowners a tract of land east of Abu Dis. The case was
reportedly pending before the committee since 1981.
See Abu Dis, 26 April 1981.
ABU DIS
31 46N 35 16E G-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 13 JULY 1984
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 25,850
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF NE'OT ADUMMIM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
a REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 10 AUGUST 1984
AL FAJR, 20 JULY 1984
AL QUDS, 13 AUGUST 1984
ASHA'AB, 17 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 02438, 2 AUGUST 1984
Authorities recently expropriated between 2,000 and 2,500 dunams of
Abu Dis land.
Settlers cleared the land and set up tents for the new settlement of
Ne'ot Adummim.
See Abu Dis, 1 January 1983.
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ABU DIS
31 46N 35 16E G-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 17 JANUARY 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 25,850
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF NE'OT ADUMMIM
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: ASHA'AB, 17 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 00202, 17 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
The case of some 2,500 to 3,000 dunams of Abu Dis land, upon which the
Israeli settlement of Ne'ot Adummim has been built, is before the military
appeals committee, which has yet to issue a decision.
See Abu Dis, 1 January 1983.
'ABWAYN
32 02N 35 12E F-8 NORTH OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 23 DECEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,750
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 23 DECEMBER 1983
Amount of seizure probably exaggerated, as villagers appealed seizure
of only 1,300 dunams in following month.
See 'Abwayn, 19 January 1984.
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'ABWAYN
32 02N 35 12E F-8 NORTH OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 19 JANUARY 1984
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 25 JANUARY 1984
JERUSALEM 00253, 20 JANUARY 1984
REMARKS:
Villagers from 'Abwayn hired a lawyer to appeal the seizure of their
land to the Israeli Military Objections Committee.
See 'Abwayn, 23 December 1983.
'AJJUL
32 01N 35 11E F-8 NORTH OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 21 JULY 1981
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,240
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF HALLAMISH
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 78711, 10 AUGUST 1981
REMARKS:
Twelve Arab landowners from villages in the Ram Allah and Hebron
districts the obtained an order nisi from the High Court of Justice
temporarily halting work on their land. The appellants from the villages
of Umm Safa', 'Ajjul and Tarqumiyah claim that their lands were declared by
the military authorities as state land in June. Work on the settlements
of Hallamish and Telem has begun on the land without allowing the Arab
owners to have the transitional 21-day period during which the owners are
entitled to appeal the decision.
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AL 'AWJA'
31 57N 35 24E H-9 NORTH OF JERICHO
DATE: 01 MARCH 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 104,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
AL 'AWJA'
31 57N 35 24E H-9 NORTH OF JERICHO
DATE: 01 DECEMBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 104,955
PURPOSE: AGRICULTURE
LAND USE:
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
AL 'AWJA'
31 57N 35 24E H-9 NORTH OF JERICHO
DATE: 21 MAY 1982
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 104,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 21-27 MAY 1982
REMARKS:
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31 57N 35 24E H-9 NORTH OF JERICHO
DATE: 24 OCTOBER 1985
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 104,955
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL TALIAH, 14 OCTOBER 1985
REMARKS:
AL 'AWJA'
31 57N 35 24E H-9 NORTH OF JERICHO
DATE: 27 OCTOBER 1985
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 8,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 104,955
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: WATERMELONS AND VEGETABLES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 1 NOVEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
Israeli military authorities closed some 8,000 dunams of Al 'Awja'
land for military reasons. Authorities spread barbed wire around the land
and prevented landowners from entering it. Source estimates that more
than 500 families will be hurt by the closure of thousands of dunams of
farmland in the area. The property is owned by at least 15 Palestinians.
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AL 'AWJA'
31 57N 35 24E H-9 NORTH OF JERICHO
DATE: 05 NOVEMBER 1985
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 104,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL QUDS, 5 NOVEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
Landowners and farmers in Al 'Awja', near Jericho, have protested
military orders forbidding them from entering "thousands of dunams"
of their land adjacent to the security road along the Jordan River.
See Al 'Awja' 21 May 1982 and 24 October 1985.
AL 'AYZARIYAH
31 46N 35 16E G-11 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 02 SEPTEMBER 1976
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 750
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 1180, 2 SEPTEMBER 1976
REMARKS:
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AL 'AYZARIYAH
31 46N 35 16E G-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 26 APRIL 1981
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 28 JUNE - 4 JULY 1981
JERUSALEM 01250, 28 APRIL 1981
JERUSALEM 02982, 5 OCTOBER 1981
See Abu Dis 26 April 1981.
AL 'AYZARIYAH
31 46N 35 16E G-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 12 DECEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 260
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 04206, 12 DECEMBER 1983
AL QUDS, 12 DECEMBER 1983
AL FAJR, 16 DECEMBER 1983
260 to 290 dunams of land between the Mount of Olives and the Israeli
settlement Ma'ale Adummim were taken, allegedly to build a cemetery, "which
would solve the problem of burial sites in Jerusalem."
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31 54N 35 13E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1972
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,325
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
AL BIRAH
31 54N 35 13E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 02 SEPTEMBER 1976
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,325
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: FBIS MEA-76-173, 3 SEPTEMBER 1976
JERUSALEM 1180, 2 SEPTEMBER 1976
REMARKS:
The municipality of Al Birah is protesting a military government order
that prohibits building on 2,500 to 3,000 dunams of land in the Jabal al
Tawil and Mutrabah areas. The municipality interprets the order as a first
step in expropriation of the land.
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31 54N 35 13E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 20 JULY 1978
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,325
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
FBIS MEA-78-239, 12 DECEMBER 1978
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
1 SEPTEMBER 1978
The Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported that the Town Council of Al
Birah protested to Defense Minister Ezer Weizman an order forbidding Arab
landowners to build on their own land.
Al Birah Mayor Jamil Tarifa claimed Israel was using security as a
pretext for establishing new settlements near Bet El.
Closure orders were issued in 1976, then again in May 1978 covering a
new area northwest of the town.
See Al Birah 2 September 1976.
AL BIFtAH
31 54N 35 13E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1981*
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,325
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00458, 19 FEBRUARY 1981
Closure located west of Jerusalem-Nablus Road, across from the Bet El
Military Base and settlement complex.
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31 41N 35 05E D-12 SOUTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 30 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 83116, 23 MARCH 1983
HA'ARETZ, 30 JANUARY 1983
REMARKS:
The land will reportedly be leased to the Mount Hebron Regional
Council.
AL JAB'AH
31 41N 35 05E 0-12 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 27 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,600/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
Some 2,600 dunams were seized from al Jab'ah and Surif.
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31 41N 35 05E D-12 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 18 AUGUST 1985
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES, FRUIT, WHEAT
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 6 SEPTEMBER 1985
JERUSALEM 02966, 4 SEPTEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
Five farmers from Surif and al Jab'ah were forced off their land on
the pretext that it belonged to Israel. One week later, the land was
confiscated for military purposes.
The land was seized in the following areas: Khalet Barackeh, Dayr
Musa, Wadi Halouseh, She'eb Farham, Nadkah, Ta'mah, and Khour.
Farmers were denied entry on 4 September 1985.
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31 41N 35 05E D-12 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 30 MARCH 1986
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 490/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 01259, 31 MARCH 1986
WEST BANK ARABIC NEWSPAPERS, 30 MARCH 1986
JERUSALEM 01635, 1 MAY 1986
The Israeli Attorney General announced that 490 dunams of land
belonging to Al Jab'ah, Surif and Si'ir villages will be returned as a
result of an appeal by the villagers. The land was declared state land in
1985.
Ali Ghuzlan, the attorney representing the landowners, said that 454
dunams were returned, but another 200 dunams remain in dispute. Most of
the land lies between the villages of Surif and Nahhalin, southwest of
Bethlehem.
Ghuzlan claims that this return of land is not part of a new Israeli
land policy; rather it is merely one of the few cases that he has managed
to win over the years.
See Al Jab'ah, 18 August 1985.
AL JANIYAH
31 56N 35 07E E-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 07 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,675
PURPOSE: MILITARY, ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11 FEBRUARY 1983
JERUSALEM 10708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
See Baytuniya, 7 February 1983.
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31 56N 35 07E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 02 OCTOBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 03066, 2 OCTOBER 1984
REMARKS:
AL JIB
31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 12 JANUARY 1981
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,400/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
REMARKS:
Ram Allah Magistrate Judge Said Abu Swai stated that, as a result of
threats made against the lives of a group of area businessmen who were
negotiating the sale of land to Israelis, he had been asked by the
Palestinians involved to annul the transaction. The judge said that
landbroker was serving as the intermediary in the deal
that involved approximately 1,400 dunams at Al Jib and An Nabi Samu'il.
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31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1981
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 1 MAY 1981
REMARKS:
A group of Ram Allah residents who claim ownership of land on the
Giv'on Hadassa staged a demonstration on this land. The land was recently
declared state domain land. A civilian staff officer was called to the
scene, and, after explaining the appeals system, the demonstrators dispersed
voluntarily.
AL JIB
31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 18 JUNE 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: ?N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 21-27 JUNE 1981
REMARKS:
Settlers from Giv'on bulldozed this area.
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31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 16 MARCH 1983
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 25 MARCH 1983
REMARKS:
The Israeli daily Davar reported that an Arab landbroker was
sentenced to three years imprisonment for forging the documents for
600 dunams of land belonging to Al Jib village, in order to sell it
to a Jewish landbroker for US $200,000. The court also sentenced
his Jewish partner to one-year suspended imprisonment and declared
the land sale void.
AL JIB
31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 08 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: ORCHARDS, FIELD CROPS
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 11 NOVEMBER 1983
JERUSALEM 03183, 8 NOVEMBER 1983
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31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 23 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: PURCHASE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 2 DECEMBER 1983
JERUSALEM 04025, 25 NOVEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
Residents from Al Jib said that almost 200 dunams of their land
was purchased illegally using forged documents.
AL JIB
31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 28 FEBRUARY 1984
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 25 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
Land owned by Abdullah Salman Kalaifeh was bulldozed in the
construction of a new road linking Giv'at Ze'ev to Jerusalem.
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31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 28 MARCH 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 100
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF GIV'AT ZE'EV
LAND USE: WHEAT AND OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 28 MARCH 1984
During the past month, settlers from Giv'at Ze'ev have encroached on
more than 100 dunams of Al Jib land.
See Al Jib, 28 February 1984.
AL JIB
31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 21 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 04003, 26 DECEMBER 1984
A group of farmers from Al Jib village plowed up a road that
they claimed had been illegally laid on land belonging to Abdullah
Khalayfeh. Khalayfeh also filed a criminal trespass complaint against
the Israeli construction company, and plans to file a restraining order
against the company. "In the meantime, Ram Allah police have apparently
allowed both the company and the farmers to work on the same plot."
See Al Jib, 28 February 1984.
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31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 13 JANUARY 1985
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 18 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
An on-going battle between Abdullah Khalayfeh from Al Jib and Israeli
settlers reached a new stage this week. Khalayfeh fenced off part of his
own land and planted olive tree seedlings that had been destroyed in
August. In doing so he defied threats and acts of intimidation by
officials of the Moreshet Binyamin company, which had "illegally"
bulldozed a road over Khalayfeh's property ten months ago.
See Al Jib, 28 February 1984 .and 21 December 1984.
AL JIB
31 51N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 14 JANUARY 1985
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,240
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 18 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
The Israeli settlement construction company, Moreshet Binyamin,
returned to Abdullah Khalayfeh's land with bulldozers and widened the
illegal road. They dumped tons of dirt on Khalayfeh's land but left the
fence and the new seedlings untouched.
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31 52N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 04 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,915
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: ORCHARDS
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 03540, 2 DECEMBER 1981
Israeli bulldozers began roadbuilding work just outside the village
of Al Judayrah.
AL KHIDR
31 42N 35 10E E-12 SOUTH OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 08 JULY 1979
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF EFRATAH
LAND USE: VINEYARDS, UNCULTIVATED
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 9 JULY 1979
REMARKS:
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31 42N 35 10E E-12 SOUTH OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 15 JULY 1979
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 272
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF EFRATAH
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: DAVAR, 15 JULY 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 15 JULY 1979
REMARKS:
Villagers claim that a few days ago surveyors, accompanied by army
and police officers, went onto a tract of land that their family has owned
for many generations and began to take measurements. In their opinion, the
authorities intend to seize this land--which they say they cultivate--for
the purpose of establishing the Jewish town Efratah.
See Al Khidr, 8 July 1979.
AL KHIDR
31 42N 35 10E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 24 JULY 1979
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 272
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF EFRATAH
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: TEL AVIV 16108, 26 JULY 1979
TEL AVIV 22929, 25 OCTOBER 1979
WASHINGTON POST, 25 JULY 1979
WASHINGTON POST, 26 JULY 1979
REMARKS:
The Israeli Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice issued
an interim injunction ordering the Defense Ministry and the West Bank
military government to halt preliminary work on land near Bethlehem slated
for the planned new city of Efratah. Authorities were also ordered to show
cause why they should not refrain from seizing and using some 270 dunams of
cultivated land at Umm Salomona belonging to the lssa family.
See Al Khidr, 15 July 1979.
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31 42N 35 10E E-12 WEST OF-BETHLEHEM
DATE: 12 MAY 1980
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: FBIS MEA-80-096, 15 MAY 1980
REMARKS:
Twenty-one residents of Al Khidr appealed to the high court of
justice to stop the military government from fencing off some 700 dunams
of land the villagers lay claim to.
AL KHIDR
31 42N 35 10E E-12 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 27 JANUARY 1981
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
ASHA'AB, 26 JANUARY 1981
JERUSALEM 00195, 26 JANUARY 1981
JERUSALEM 00213, 27 JANUARY 1981
Land closed near ruins of Khirbat Bayt Sawir.
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31 42N 35 10E E-12- SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 13 JULY 1981
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02087, 13 JULY 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Anabta, 13 July 1981.
AL KHIDR
31 42N 35 10E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 20 OCTOBER 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 03227, 20 OCTOBER 1982
REMARKS:
Land owned by Greek Orthodox Convent.
AL KHIDR
31 42N 35 10E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 21 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
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31 42N 35 10E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 SEPTEMBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 17 MAY 1985
REMARKS:
AL KHIDR
31 42N 35 10E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 17 MAY 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 17 MAY 1985
REMARKS:
Al Khidr villagers appealed to the Israeli High Court to stop
settlement construction on their land taken in September 1984. The court
has yet to look into the case.
See Al Khidr, 1 September 1984.
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31 42N 35 10E E-12 SOUTH OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 27 JUNE 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVE AND ALMOND TREES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 5 JULY 1985
REMARKS:
Israeli authorities confiscated a 20-dunam plot owned by Salah Hindi
Saleh, from Jurat ash Sham'ah village. No reason was specified for the
action. Israeli bulldozers have already destroyed olive and almond trees
planted on the land.
AL KHIDR
31 42N 35 10E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 12 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,600/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 19,650
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: HOUSES, STONE-CUTTING WORKSHOPS
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00635, 13 FEBRUARY 1986
WEST BANK ARABIC NEWSPAP S
12 FEBRUARY 1986
Al Khidr and Artas villagers petitioned the military government not to
allow construction of the proposed 200-meter-wide, 8-kilometer-long highway
number 60, planned to link the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo with the
settlement of Efratah.
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32 02N 35 02E D-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 11 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,380/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,285
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: WHEAT AND OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 14 DECEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
See 'Abud, 11 December 1984.
AL LUBBAN
32 02N 35 02E D-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 12 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,380/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,285
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: WHEAT AND OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 12 DECEMBER 1984
AL FAJR, 14 DECEMBER 1984
JERUSALEM 03875, 12 DECEMBER 1984
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32 02N 35 02E D-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 16 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,380/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,285
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: WHEAT AND OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 21 DECEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
See 'Abud, 16 December 1984
AL MAZRA'AH AL OIBLIYAH
31 57N 35 09E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 20 JULY 1983
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,760
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 29 JULY 1983
JERUSALEM 02623, 21 JULY 1983
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31 57N 35 09E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 18 SEPTEMBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,760
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: ORCHARDS, GRAIN
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 21 SEPTEMBER 1984
JERUSALEM 03066, 2 OCTOBER 1984
TEL AVIV 02312, 12 FEBRUARY 19851
The Israeli military authorities confiscated more than 1,300 dunams of
land belonging to more than 30 families from the village of al Mazra'ah al
Qibliyah.
Three officials from the Israeli military governorate in Ram Allah,
including the Custodian of Absentee Property, handed the mukhtars an order
declaring the land government property. The mukhtars refused to sign the
order because they were afraid their signatures would be taken as approval
of the confiscation. The officers refused to go out on the land in order
to point out the confiscated areas to the mukhtars. Instead they said the
targeted areas had been surveyed and marked in red.
Landowners are reportedly preparing land deeds in order to fight the
confiscation order in court. Landowners say they do not possess official
registration papers and titles to the land because the land registration
process that the Jordanian Government was carrying out was stopped by the
Israeli occupation. The owners said they would try to obtain records of
property tax payments.
AL MAZRA'AH ASH SHARQIYAH
32 OON 35 16E G-8 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 08 SEPTEMBER 1981
ACTION: SURVEY
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,415
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 18 SEPTEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
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32 OON 35 16E 0-8 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,415
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 20-26 SEPTEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
Taken concurrently with 100 dunams from adjacent Kafr Malik.
AL MAZRA'AH ASH SHARQIYAH
32 OON 35 16E G-8 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 05 AUGUST 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,415
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: ? N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 5 AUGUST 1983
Land belongs to some 20 families, who claim they have the necessary
documents to show their ownership.
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31 56N 35 00E 0-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 16 JULY 1985
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,065
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 16 JULY 1985
REMARKS:
Al Midyah residents appealed the military government's recent
declaration of some 700 dunams as state land. While awaiting appeal,
villagers obtained an injunction prohibiting the Debel Construction Co.
from all settlement preparatory work on the land. Meanwhile, the Israeli
Agriculture Ministry reportedly ordered them to uproot olive trees from
several dunams of their land. The villagers claim to have documents
proving their ownership.
AL MUGHAYYIR
32 01N 35 21E H-8 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 JUNE 1972
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,350
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
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32 01N 35 21E H-8 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 04 JANUARY 1982
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,350
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 4 JANUARY 1982
The military government closed some 2,000 dunams of Al Mughayyir land,
concurrently with 500 dunams in adjacent Kafr Malik.
AL QUBAYBAH
31 50N 35 08E E-10 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 13 JUNE 1982
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,065
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 18-24 JUNE 1982
REMARKS:
More than 106 citizens of Al Qubaybah village sent a protest
memorandum against the new regional planning scheme to the Higher Council
of Planning and to the interior officer at the military government.
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32 19N 35 07E E-5 EAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 21 MARCH 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 15,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 15-21 MARCH 1981
REMARKS:
The mayor of 'Anabta, Wahid AI-Hamdallah, was warned about his
participation in a demonstration against the confiscation of 5,000 dunams of
his town's lands.
'ANABTA
32 19N 35 07E E-5 EAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 13 JULY 1981
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 15,150
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02087, 13 JULY 1981
REMARKS:
The Israeli Supreme Court has issued a temporary injunction stopping
settlement activities in several West Bank locations. The injunction was
reportedly issued in response to a petition by some 30 landowners from
'Anabta, Tarqumiyah, Salfit, Biddu, Al Khidr, and Hans. The petitioners
reportedly maintain that a military order declaring village land "state
land" was illegal.
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31 49N 35 16E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 27,825
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
Shu'fat, Hizma, and 'Anata village land taken for then planned
military installations.
'ANATA
31 49N 35 16E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JULY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 27,825
PURPOSE: INDUSTRIAL AREA
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized for industrial area.
'ANATA
31 49N 35 16E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 05 MAY 1977
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 27,825
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 2905, 24 OCTOBER 1978
Grazing, cultivation, and harvesting are forbidden without special
permission of the military government.
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31 49N 35 16E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 24 OCTOBER 1978
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 27,825
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 24 OCTOBER 1978
JERUSALEM 2905, 24 OCTOBER 1978
The original military order concerning this land dates from 5 May
1977. At that time, grazing, cultivation and harvesting were forbidden
without special permission of the Ram Allah military government. That
order, however, was never enforced, but on 19 September 1978 village
leaders were summoned by a Captain Mansur of the military government.
Captain Mansur offered to rent the land in question for an undisclosed
purpose, but that offer was refused. Fencing began on 7 October 1978.
At present, nearly 2 kilometers of fencing along the south side of
the secondary road from Hizma to Ma'ale Adummim are completed, a
respresentative of the village said. Villagers believe 4,650 dunams will
eventually be enclosed because that is the parcel of land that has been
marked off on maps at the land registry office in Ram Allah.
A village representative claims that individual Arabs have clear title
to most of the land and that much of it is under cultivation. Prior to
1967, Jordan controlled only isolated, mountainous parcels within that
area, he said.
Villagers believe enclosed land is intended for a new settlement or
expansion of existing one(s).
See 'Anata, 5 May 1977.
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31 49N 35 16E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 21 JANUARY 1979
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 27,825
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 21 JANUARY 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 26 JUNE 1979
The Supreme Court has made public its reasons for rejecting (in
December 1978) the suit filed by some 40 landowners from 'Anata against the
military government's closure of land there. The judges maintain that the
Office of the Attorney General had informed the court that a military camp
would be built on the land that was taken and that there is no intention of
establishing a settlement. Thus, the land seizure should be viewed
as a military measure that is permitted by international law with respect
to conquered territories.
The judges rejected the claim by the plaintiffs to the effect that the
IDF has sufficient land to build a military camp in another place, saying
that the location of the camp is solely for the IDF authorities to decide.
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31 49N 35 16E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 25 JUNE 1979
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 27,825
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF KEFAR ADUMMIM
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE, QUARRIES, WASTELAND
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 26 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM 2078, 26 JUNE 1979
STATE MEMORANDUM, 17 JANUARY 1980
A spokesman for the IDF in Jerusalem said last night that an order
banning building on 7,000 dunams of 'Anata village land--much of it
privately owned--was issued this week. He added that this action was
evidently done in preparation for the siting of Kefar Adummim.
Officers in the military government at Ram Allah yesterday summoned the
mukhtars of 'Anata and the neighboring village of Hizma and informed them
that the landowners would be served with expropriation and requisition
orders. (It later became apparent that no lands belonging to the villagers
from Hizma are involved.) The mukhtar of 'Anata was asked to convey a
compensation offer to the landowners, who promptly rejected the offer.
According to one legal advisor approached by the villagers, several of
the villagers were already served with expropriation orders yesterday.
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31 49N 35 16E 0-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 27,825
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ALMON
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 8 OCTOBER 1982
JPRS 82343, 29 NOVEMBER 1982
The settlement of 'Anatot (later renamed Almon) will be built on
nearly 4,000 dunams of land taken from the villages of Hizma and 'Anata.
'Anata residents told Al Fair that they had heard nothing official of the
land grab. All they knew, one villager said, was that the residents were
told by the settlers working on the hillside that they had bought the land
from unnamed individuals.
'ANIN
32 30N 35 10E E-2 WEST OF JANIN
DATE: 05 NOVEMBER 1979
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 22,000/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,915
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AMMAN 07045, 8 NOVEMBER 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 5 NOVEMBER 1979
TEL AVIV 24384, 15 NOVEMBER 1979
Some 22,000 dunams in two areas were closed in lands belonging to the
following villages: 'Anin, Zibdah, Ya'bad, 'Araqah, Barta'ah, and Silat al
Harithiyah.
Press reported closure of some 70,000 dunams, but actual measurement
places the total at 22,000.
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32 01N 35 07E E-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 APRIL 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
Land taken is between villages of Dayr Nizam and An Nabi Salih. The
land is to be used by Jewish settlers.
AN NABI SALIH
32 01N 35 07E E-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 02 FEBRUARY 1978
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: ORCHARDS, GRAIN
SOURCE: ISOWB: FAPT, BY PAUL QUIRING, 22 FEB. 1978
REMARKS:
An Nabi Salih villagers claimed that Israeli settlers erected a barbed
wire fence around 500 dunams of their land. The settlers had been assisted
by soldiers from the guard contingent at the settlement.
After erecting the fence, the Israelis planted a line of pine trees
seedlings (which extended beyond the length of the barbed wire fence) to
demarcate the area that the settlers claimed now belonged to the new
settlement. They warned the settlers not to enter the area or touch the
newly planted pine seedlings.
A large portion of the land inside the fenced area is currently under
cultivation; grain, fruit and nut trees. The villagers had received no
written order of confiscation.
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32 01N 35 07E E-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 MARCH 1978*
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: ORCHARDS, GRAIN
SOURCE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
REMARKS:
Settlers from Hallamish erected another fence that encloses a 200-
dunam parcel belonging to An Nabi Salih villagers. The Gush Emunim
settlers informed the villagers they were not allowed inside the fenced-off
area, despite the fact that the farmers were cultivating grain and orchards
there. The farmers were threatened with violence if they attempted to go
in to tend their fields.
See An Nabi Salih, 2 February 1978.
AN NABI SALIH
32 01N 35 07E E-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 MAY 1978
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: ORCHARDS, GRAIN
SOURCE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
REMARKS:
On 25 May the Supreme Court granted the request for an order nisi and
gave the Army 45 days to show cause why they should not evacuate the lands
of the An Nabi Salih villagers.
See An Nabi Salih, 2 February 1978 and 1 March 1978.
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32 01N 35 07E E-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 23 MAY 1978
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 50
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: DAVAR, 23 MAY 1978
REMARKS:
Five Jewish National Fund bulldozers carried out the work of
establishing the temporary settlement of the Hallamish nucleus that has
taken up residence in the adjacent Taggart fort.
See An Nabi Salih, 1 May 1978.
AN NABI SALIH
32 01N 35 07E E-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 04 FEBRUARY 1979
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 90
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 5 FEBRUARY 1979
REMARKS:
The argument between An Nabi Salih villagers and the Israeli
Government over the contested ownership of 90 dunams of An Nabi
Salih land that the government wants for expansion of the settlement
of Hallamish will be decided by an appeals committee of the West
Bank military government.
According to an agreement reached between the parties under the
auspices of the High Court of Justice, further development of Hallamish
settlement beyond its present 40 dunams will be delayed until the committee
rules.
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32 01N 35 07E E-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 10 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 15 APRIL 1983
REMARKS:
The military government authorities informed the owners of some 2,000
dunams of land in the villages of Jibiya, Umm Safa' and An Nabi Salih, of
the confiscation of their land. The landowners have decided to present a
case at the Israeli High Court. The land is known by the name Makr al
Sud.
AN NABI SAMU'IL
31 50N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1970
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,065
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
Land taken from an Nabi Ya'qub, Shu'fat, Bayt Hanina, an Nabi Samu'il,
and Jerusalem for houses for new immigrants.
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31 50N 35 11E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 12 JANUARY 1981
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,400/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,065
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
See Al Jib, 12 January 1981.
AN NABI YACI'UB
31 51N 35 14E F-10 NORTH JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 APRIL 1968*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 585
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
AN NABI YAQ'UB
31 51N 35 14E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 585
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
See An Nabi Samu'il, 1 June 1970.
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32 08N 35 21E H-7 SOUTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1969*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 44,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 138,745
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
'AQRABAH
N/A
32 08N 35 21E H-7 SOUTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE:
ACTION:
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
PURPOSE:
LAND USE:
01 MAY 1971*
EXPROPRIATION
8,000
138,745
SETTLEMENT
N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land taken in the AI-Tawil area of 'Aqrabah village.
'AQRABAH
32 08N 35 21E H-7 SOUTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE:
ACTION:
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
PURPOSE:
LAND USE:
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
Land purchased for new settlement.
01 JUNE 1971*
PURCHASE
5,000
138,745
SETTLEMENT
N/A
PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
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32 08N 35 21E H-7 NORTH OF JERICHO
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 138,745
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land taken near Al Fasa'il village.
"AQFtABAH
32 08N 35 21E H-7 SOUTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 MAY 1979*
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 138,745
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF GITTIT
LAND USE: WHEAT
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JORDAN TIMES, 23 MAY 1979
In May 1979, wheatfields belonging to farmers from 'Aqrabah were
bulldozed. This land reportedly was defoliated by aerial spraying in 1972.
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32 08N 35 21E H-7 SOUTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 26 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 138,745
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
'AGRABAH
JERUSALEM 01436, 26 APRIL 1983
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
32 08N 35 21E H-7 SOUTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 13 MAY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 138,745
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 13 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
Israeli authorities confiscated some 1,600 dunams of 'Aqrabah
village land, and also announced that they plan to confiscate
additional land in the Khallat al-Rahib, Marwibe, and Tal al-Tawil
areas that are owned by 30 families of the Beni Fadel, Miadimy,
Beni Fami, Shtery and Hamad families. Their lawyer, Said Attil,
plans to file a complaint within the next two days.
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32 08N 35 21E H-7 SOUTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 18 NOVEMBER 1985
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 10,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 138,745
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 22 NOVEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
The Israeli army tried to expropriate 10,000 dunams of land belonging
to the village of 'Aqrabah. The land is owned by the local farmers, who
have vowed to fight against the planned expropriation. Army bulldozers
tried to pave a road leading to one of the settlements in the area, but
were confronted by the landowners and residents.
'ARAB AR FtASHA'IDAH
31 46N 35 23E H-12 SOUTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 21 NOVEMBER 1969
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 126,065
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: GRAZING
SOURCE: AMCONSUL JERUSALEM, A-154, 26 NOV. 1969
REMARKS:
A military official told the Rasha'idah tribe that their lands in the
Hasasa Valley (about 5 kilometers west of the Dead Sea) would be used for
military maneuvers and they had three days to move to a new area 5
kilometers farther west. The Rasha'idah protested that they were innocent
of any wrongdoing and that the land to the west was not suitable for
agriculture or grazing, and was too cold because of the altitude. The
300-member tribe picked up its tents and moved west leaving behind some
of their camels.
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31 46N 35 23E H-12 SOUTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 24 OCTOBER 1985
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 126,065
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: GRAZING
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 03484, 24 OCTOBER 1985
Members of the Rasha'idah tribe protested the seizure of "thousands of
dunams" of their grazing land southeast of Bethlehem.
The seizures in question probably took place as early as 1969.
'ARAB AS SAWAHIFtAH
31 46N 35 23E H-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 27 JANUARY 1981
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 65,760
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
ASHA'AB, 26 JANUARY 1981
JERUSALEM 00195, 26 JANUARY 1981
JERUSALEM 00213, 27 JANUARY 1981
REMARKS:
-Thousands of dunams" were closed in the 'Arab as Sawahirah region.
See Bayt Jala, 27 January 1981.
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31 46N 35 23E H-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 17 NOVEMBER 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 65,760
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 4 MARCH 1983
REMARKS:
'ARAB AS SAWAHIRAH
31 46N 35 23E H-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1983*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 350
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 65,760
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 4 MARCH 1983
REMARKS:
'ARAB AS SAWAHIRAH
31 46N 35 23E H-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 22 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 65,760
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 4 MARCH 1983
An official from the land registration department in Ram Allah notified
Ali Ayed, a local mukhtar, that his land was seized for military reasons.
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'ARAB AS SAWAHIRAH
31 46N 35 23E H-11 EAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 27 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 65,760
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 4 MARCH 1983
REMARKS:
Three Israeli bulldozers moved onto land at Himoun Beqa'ah belonging
to members of the 'Arab as Sawahirah clan before any land confiscation
orders were issued. The Israelis said they work for the Histadrut-owned
Solel Boneh construction company and Meqorot, the state water company.
Landowners have not received any notification from authorities about
confiscation of this area.
The land of Himoun Begia'ah, thousands of dunams in all, has been
owned by five of the 11 Sawahirah clans for generations. The owners have
Ottoman and British certification of property.
'ARAB AT TA'AMIRAH
31 40N 35 23E H-13 SOUTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1973*
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,370
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF TEQO'A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
REMARKS:
In 1973 about 3,000 dunams of 'Arab at Ta'amirah land near the
village of Rafidiyah were closed off for construction of the settlement of
Teqo'a. Rafidiyah is now left with a few hundred dunams of relatively poor
ground. The villagers have receipts from the tax department verifying that
they have been paying property tax on the land that was confiscated for
the settlement.
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31 40N 35 23E H-13 SOUTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 27 JANUARY 1981
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 217,285
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
ASHA'AB, 26 JANUARY 1981
JERUSALEM 00195, 26 JANUARY 1981
JERUSALEM 00213, 27 JANUARY 1981
REMARKS:
Land closed in the Teqo'a area.
See Bayt Jala, 27 January 1981.
'ARAB AT TA'AMIRAH
31 40N 35 23E H-13 SOUTH OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 16 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION'. SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,400
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 217,285
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 19 AUGUST 1983
AL FAJR, 25 FEBRUARY 1983
The military appeals committee heard the appeal of 16 residents from
Walajah village against the confiscation of 1,400 dunams. The land has been
inhabited by 50 families for hundreds of years.
The committee later ruled in August that those parcels of lands with
more than half of their area under cultivation would not be subject to
seizure.
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31 40N 35 23E H-13 SOUTH OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 10 JANUARY 1986
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 10
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 217,285
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: OLIVES AND GRAIN
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 17 JANUARY 1986
REMARKS:
On 10 January 1986, settlers attempted to expand the settlement of
Teqo'a by some 10 dunams. They moved the settlement's iron gate and placed
it in the middle of the road connecting the village of Khirbat at Tuqu with
the nearby city of Bayt Sahur and Bethlehem. At the same time, bulldozers
plowed through 10 dunams outside the settlement fence and began placing
metal stakes in the ground in order to construct a wire fence around the
new areas.
Residents of the village led by the owners of the land in question--
the al-Asakreh tribe and village leaders--went to the site on 12
January and pulled the stakes.
The military governor suggested the residents file a complaint and
take the case to court. But the villagers refused saying that they had
every right to work on the land and to pull out anything placed there by
trespassers. The settlers contended that the disputed land had been part
of a 4,000-dunam confiscation order in 1980, but that they had not used up
all the land that was part of the original order.
The military governor agreed that the stakes be removed and set a date
two days later for a meeting at which the settlers could bring their maps
to them. The settlers removed the disputed metal gate and the meeting was
canceled. The villagers responded by replanting the land in olive
seedlings. They have also advised their lawyer to sue the settlers for
the loss of their grain crop and other damage to the land.
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31 40N 35 23E H-13 SOUTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 12 JANUARY 1986
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 217,285
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00287, 22 JANUARY 1986
REMARKS:
After two attempts (11 and 12 January) local villagers led by
nonviolence activist Mubarak Awad succeeded in regaining agricultural
land on which Teqoa' settlers had encroached.
'ARAB IBN 'UBAYD
31 43N 35 18E G-12 EAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1982*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 60,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,630
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00533, 7 FEBRUARY 1984
REMARKS:
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31 43N 35 18E G-12 EAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 06 FEBRUARY 1984
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,630
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00533, 7 FEBRUARY 1984
REMARKS:
Al 'Ubaydiah villager failed to prevent Israeli workers, backed by
border guards, from starting work on a road over their land. Owners say
that they were not informed about the authorities' plans to build the road
that reportedly goes through their farmlands.
Possibly an exaggerated report of the paving of the existing road to
the Dayr Mar Saba monastry.
'ARAB IBN 'UBAYD
31 43N 35 18E G-12 EAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 30 OCTOBER 1984
ACTION: SURVEY
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 6,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,630
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 00282, 24 JANUARY 1985
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31 43N 35 18E G-12 EAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 27 MARCH 1985
ACTION: SURVEY
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 6,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,630
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
'ARAB IBN 'UBAYD
AL MITHAQ, 27 MARCH 1985
JERUSALEM 01028, 27 MARCH 1985
31 43N 35 18E G-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 21 AUGUST 1985
ACTION: PURCHASE/FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 6,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,630
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
ASHA'AB, 21 AUGUST 1985
JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
JERUSALEM 03012, 10 SEPTEMBER 1985
A land fraud scheme was reportedly uncovered concerning the sale of
some 6,000 dunams of land by three landbrokers who work for the Israeli
company Dekel.
This is probably the same 6,000-dunam area reported as seized on 23
April 1985.
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32 28N 35 12E F-3 WEST OF JANIN
DATE: 05 NOVEMBER 1979
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 22,000/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,630
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
'ARFtABAH
AMMAN 07045, 8 NOVEMBER 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 5 NOVEMBER 1979
TEL AVIV 24384,15 NOVEMBER 1979
See Anin, 5 November 1979.
32 24N 35 12E F-4 SOUTHWEST OF JANIN
DATE: 01 JUNE 1971*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 38,175
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
This land was annexed to a former Jordanian military camp.
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31 51N 35 14E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 APRIL 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land taken belongs to Bayt Hanina and Ar Ram.
AR RA'S
32 15N 35 04E D-5 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 27 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,225
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,045
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 6 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
AR FIA'S
32 15N 35 04E D-5 SOUTH OF TULKARM
DATE: 28 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,225
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,045
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 05795, 28 APRIL 1983
REMARKS:
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31 41N 35 11E F-12 SOUTH OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 APRIL 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 250
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,695
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized for installation of four stone-crushing plants.
ARTAS
31 41N 35 11E F-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 12 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,600/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,695
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: HOUSES, STONE-CUTTING WORKSHOPS
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
'ARU RAH
JERUSALEM 00635, 13 FEBRUARY 1986
WEST BANK ARABIC NEWSPAPERS
12 FEBRUARY 1986
See Al Khidr, 12 February 1986.
32 03N 35 10E F-8 NORTH OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 19 JULY 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 350
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,870
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 22 JULY 1983
REMARKS:
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32 03N 35 10E F-8 NORTH OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 23 FEBRUARY 1984
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): ? 114
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,870
PURPOSE:
LAND USE: FIELD CROPS, ORCHARDS
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 29 FEBRUARY 1984
JERUSALEM 00713, 24 FEBRUARY 1984
REMARKS:
Three members of the Saleh family (Mahmoud Ahmad Saleh, Taleb Awad
Saleh, and Ziad Yousef Saleh) of 'Arurah village fought a decree made last
year that their land was state property. The military objections committee
heard statements under oath from landowners that their land had been
planted with fruit trees and cultivated since 1980. Reports from
agricultural experts were read in court and photographs of the cultivated
land were also provided.
ASH SHUYUKH
31 35N 35 09E E-14 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 30 MARCH 1981
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 77850, 16 APRIL 1981
REMARKS:
The military authorities have informed the Hebron mukhtars that Ash
Shuyukh lands (no amount given) near Qiryat Arba' have been declared state
lands. Attorneys of local inhabitants claimed that one of the plots of
land includes a school as well as houses. A clash between IDF soldiers and
inhabitants of the village occurred when a large group of villagers came to
plant trees on land. The soldiers prevented them from doing so and
uprooted the plants but the villagers moved to an adjacent plot of land
where they repeated their action. The IDF soldiers surrounded them to
again prevent the planting. The acting mayor of Hebron claims that the
soldiers beat the villagers but the military authorities deny this.
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31 35N 35 09E E-14 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 31 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 4 FEBRUARY 1983
Villagers claim that six bulldozers are opening a 10-meter wide road
on the seized land.
ASH SHUYUKH
31 35N 35 09E E-14 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 28 OCTOBER 1984
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 40
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
ASH SHUYUKH
31 35N 35 09E E-14 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 14 NOVEMBER 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
"Hundreds of dunams" of land seized from Ash Shuvukh village. No
reason was given.
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31 35N 35 09E E-14 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 02 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,500
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT, ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 7 DECEMBER 1984
JERUSALEM 03769, 1-3 DECEMBER 1984
JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
Israeli authorities in Hebron notified landowners in Ash Shuyukh and
Bayt lmmar villages that some 1,200 dunams of their land would be declared
as state land. The land in question is in the following areas:
Alqinniyeh, Khallat Ash Shuyukh, Ar Rahwah, Wadi al Dour and Jad
Dalabah. The landowners intend to take the case to court.
Land is planned to be used for a new settlement and a road linking
Kefar 'Ezyon with Qiryat Arba'.
'ASIRAH AL QIBLIYAH
31 11N 35 13E F-6 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 11 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF YIZHAR
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11-17 DECEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
The Israeli authorities informed residents of 'Asirah al Qibliyah,
Burin, Huwwarah, and 'Urif that some of their land on Jabal Salman would be
taken for the establishment of a new settlement.
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31 11N 35 13E F-6 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 15 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 18 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
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32 15N 35 16E G-5 NORTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 MAY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 31,000
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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32 12N 35 17E G-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 19 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 28,000/5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,825
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
TEL AVIV 01558, 1 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
Twenty-eight thousand dunams were seized from 'Azmut, 'Askar, Bayt
Funk, Dayr al Hatab, and Salim.
Military government authorities claim the area in question is only
7,500 dunams.
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DATE: 01 MAY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 30
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 52,740
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized is in the area of the security post in As Samu'.
AS SAMU'
31 24N 35 04E 0-16 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 10 FEBRUARY 1981
ACTION: FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5Z740
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00370, 11 FEBRUARY 1981
REMARKS:
The magistrate's court in Hebron canceled a land transaction between
residents of As Samu' and the Jewish Agency on the grounds that the owners
of the land were minors and that the deal had been obtained by fraudulent
means. Lawyers who brought the case before the court reportedly charged
that the transaction involving some 600 dunams was facilitated by a
go-between from Ram Allah who used forged documents in trying to get the
deal through the local land registry office.
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31 24N 35 04E 0-16 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 25 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 52,740
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
HA'ARETZ, 25 JANUARY 1983
JERUSALEM 00275, 26 JANUARY 1983
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
Inhabitants of the village of As Samu' complained that settlers took
over land belonging to them and have begun laying groundwork for a new
settlement.
The land in question is 1,500 dunams large, located in the
southeastern part of the village. Reportedly, no decree has yet been issued
proclaiming it state land. The landowners claim they have documents
attesting to their ownership of the land, and have filed a complaint with
the civilian administration.
AS SAMU'
31 24N 35 04E 0-16 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 24 SEPTEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 50,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 52,740
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 30 SEPTEMBER 1983
Israeli authorities reportedly notified the residents of As Samu' of
their intention to confiscate some 50,000 dunams of their land.
This report most probably is exaggerated.
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31 24N 35 04E D-16 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 12 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 52,740
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
ASHA'AB, 12 DECEMBER 1984
JERUSALEM 03875, 12 DECEMBER 1984
Lawyers contesting military government seizure of 600 dunams of As
Samu' village land have accused Israeli of arbitrarily shifting the 1967
border to incorporate West Bank land into Israel's Beersheba District. The
military government argues part of the Arab land was registered as state
land in 1978 at the Beersheba land office. The lawyers demanded a survey
of the area using the original UN Armistice Line maps as the only valid
determination of the pre-1967 border. The attorneys claim the Beersheba
office has no jurisdiction over As Samu' land. The land is owned by the
Hawamdeh, Dagamin, Rawshdeh, and Mahariq clans.
AS SAMU'
31 24N 35 04E D-16 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 25 JANUARY 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 52,740
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
HA'ARETZ, 27 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 00295, 25 JANUARY 1985
JPRS NEA 85-032, 2 MARCH 1985
Military authorities informed village mukhtars that the owners have
one month to appeal to the military appeals committee.
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31 24N 35 04E 0-16 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 23 DECEMBER 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 400
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 52,740
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 17 JANUARY 1986
AL FAJR, 3 JANUARY 1986
REMARKS:
Four hundred dunams of land were seized from the Abu Awwad clan. The
land lies to the west of As Samu' village.
AS SAWIYAH
32 05N 35 16E G-7 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 SEPTEMBER 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01919, 19 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
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DATE:
15 AUGUST 1978
ACTION:
BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
400
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
545
PURPOSE:
LAND USE:
N/A
SOURCE:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 15 AUGUST 1978
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Jewish National Fund tractors plowed 400 dunams of land around
'Atarut to establish clear ownership. The director of the
JNF said that these lands were purchased by the fund in 1942 but that
under the Jordanian rule they were given to Arab owners. Only after
an eight-year legal struggle did the fund succeed in getting this land back.
Several families were evacuated and compensated.
AT TUR
31 47N 35 15E F-11 EAST JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1969*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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31 47N 35 15E F-11 EAST JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 FEBRUARY 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land turned into Jewish cemetery.
AT TUR
31 47N 35 15E F-11 EAST JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: JEWISH CEMETERY
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
AT TUR
31 47N 35 15E F-11 EAST JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 SEPTEMBER 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSAELM 01919, 19 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
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32 10N 35 17E G-7 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 12 JUNE 1979
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 330
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,260
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: FBIS MEA-79-116, 13 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM 1969, 15 JUNE 1979
REMARKS:
This land, belonging to 22 'Awarta residents, was taken at the same
time as the more noteworthy seizure at adjacent Rujayb. Unlike Rujayb,
however, there is no record that 'Awarta's land was ever returned.
See Rujayb, 10 June through 22 June 1979.
'AYN 'ARIK
31 54N 35 08E E-10 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 07 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,610
PURPOSE: MILITARY, ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 10708, 7 MAY 1983
See Baytuniya, 7 February 1983.
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31 56N 35 09E E-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 07 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,610
PURPOSE: MILITARY, ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11 FEBRUARY 1983
JERUSALEM 10708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
See Baytuniya, 7 February 1983.
'AYN YABRUD
31 57N 35 25E G-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 07 JANUARY 1981
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,085
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: ORCHARDS
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00037, 7 JANUARY 1981
REMARKS:
Israel confiscated 200 dunams of land in Silwad and 'Ayn Yabrud,
reportedly with the intention of cutting an access road so that water
pipes may be laid to the nearby settlement of Ofra.
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'AVN YABRUD
31 57N 35 15E G-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 FEBRUARY 1981*
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,085
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: FIG AND OLIVE ORCHARDS
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 16-22 AUGUST 1981
JPRS 79087, 29 SEPTEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Ayn Yabrud, 7 January 1981.
'AYN YABRUD
31 57N 35 15E G-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 10 AUGUST 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,085
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT, MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02422, 10 AUGUST 1981
REMARKS:
Asha'ab reports that the military authorities have issued two orders
confiscating "vast areas" of agricultural land in the village of 'Ayn
Yabrud. The first order reportedly sets aside land for water pools and
sewage tanks to serve the settlement of Ofra. The second order reportedly
seizes land "for military purposes."
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31 57N 35 15E
G-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE:
ACTION:
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAM
PURPOSE:
LAND USE:
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
16 AUGUST 1981
BULLDOZING
300
Sy 11,085
SETTLEMENT OF 'OFRA
AGRICULTURE
AL FAJR, 16-22 AUGUST 1981
JPRS 79087, 29 SEPTEMBER 1981
JERUSALEM 02422, 10 AUGUST 1981
Israeli bulldozers began to plow up lands belonging to 'Ayn Yabrud .
The 300 dunam plot in question is 100 to 150 meters away from the built-up
area of the village. The land is a cultivated area that was fenced off.
The area extends from the limits of the Jewish settlement 'Ofra to a
place 100 meters away from the eastern side of the village.
In a related incident, large quantities of soil have been taken from
the village to 'Ofra.
See 'Ayn Yabrud, 10 August 1981.
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31 57N 35 15E G-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 16 DECEMBER 1983
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,085
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'OFRA
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 16 DECEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
Israeli settlers expanded 'Ofra settlement last week by clearing
cultivated land next to the settlement belonging to residents of 'Ayn
Yabrud village, and installing prefabricated houses.
The settlers' action implemented a 1981 military confiscation order
affecting more than 20 landowners from 'Ayn Yabrud. At the time, the
villagers were told they could obtain compensation from the military's
custodian of absentee property. However, none of the villagers
relinquished legal rights to their land except Rizeq Mahmoud Yahya Jabra,
who sold his father's 57-dunam plot to Israelis in 1982.
Ahmad Mohammed Hussein Jabra, whose 10 dunams were confiscated two
years ago, told Al Fajr that settlers began expansion work in early
December 1982 on the Gush Emunim settlement by adding prefabricated
buildings. Jabra said his land had been planted with olive, fig and
almond trees and vineyards.
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31 25N 34 58E C-16 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 JUNE 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
AZ ZAHIRIYAH
31 25N 34 58E C-16 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 100
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11-17 DECEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
The land in question belongs to the Al Tal family.
AZ ZAHIRIYAH
31 25N 34 58E C-16 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 14 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 14 JANUARY 1983
REMARKS:
Located near the 1949 Armistice Line.
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31 25N 34 58E C-16 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 MAY 1983
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 6 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
See Az Zahiriyah 14 January 1983.
AZ ZAHIRIYAH
31 25N 34 58E C-16 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 AUGUST 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,955
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 18 OCTOBER 1985
REMARKS:
The land was confiscated in August by the military authorities, but
the village council, which learned of the confiscation then, did not inform
the landowners until a few days before the end of the 21-day appeal period.
The villagers immediately hired a lawyer to follow up the case.
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31 25N 34 58E C-16 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 04 SEPTEMBER 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 13 SEPTEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
Land closed with barbed wire.
AZ ZAHIRIYAH
31 25N 34 58E C-16 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 14 OCTOBER 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 15 OCTOBER 1985
ASHA'AB, 14 OCTOBER 1985
Villagers intend to lodge a complaint with the Military Appeals
Committee.
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31 25N 34 58E C-16 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 24 OCTOBER 1985
ACTION: SURVEY
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 24 OCTOBER 1985
REMARKS:
Israeli surveyors were seen working on a 3,000-dunam plot near
Az Zahiriya, southwest of Hebron. The surveyors told the owners of
the land that it had been confiscated and that they would have to
prove ownership.
AZ ZAHIRIYAH
31 25N 34 58E C-16 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 06 NOVEMBER 1985
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 15,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: ASHA'AB, 6 NOVEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
The Hebron Military Governor told Ramadin Bedouin mukhtars that
their tribe would not be permitted to enter 15,000 dunams of land
near Az Zahiriyah. The mukhtars intend to appeal the ruling to the
Military Appeals Committee.
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32 13N 35 19E 0-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 19 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 28,000/5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,695
PURPOSE: N/A
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REMARKS:
See 'Askar, 19 January 1983.
'AZMUT
32 13N 35 19E G-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 MARCH 1983
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,695
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 1 MARCH 1983
REMARKS:
Fourteen landowners from Nablus and the villages of Rujayb and 'Azmut
appealed to the High Court of Justice to stop the civilian administration's
decision to pave a road leading to Elon More.
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32 11N 35 03E D-6 EAST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 19 JUNE 1979
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 40
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 24,150
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 19 JUNE 1979
WASHINGTON POST, 8 JULY 1979
A bulldozer began clearing ground for a road to a new Jewish
settlement. Some 200 meters of the road passed through 'Azzun's
cultivated lands and several olive trees and saplings were knocked down.
'AZZUN
32 11N 35 03E D-6 EAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 13 OCTOBER 1981
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 400
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 24,150
PURPOSE:
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 03046, 15 OCTOBER 1981
REMARKS:
Israeli buldozers levelled some 400 dunams of 'Azzun village land.
Israeli security forces reportedly arrested the owner of the tract and his
family after the owner attempted to halt the bulldozers. The Israeli High
Court of Justice reportedly had issued a restraining order against
seizure of the tract when it learned that the tract had been fraudulently
sold.
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32 11N 35 03E D-6 EAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 24 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7,000/5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 24,150
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ELQANA
LAND USE: GRAZING, ORCHARDS
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 24 DECEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
Mukhtars in five Qalqilya district villages--'Azzun, Kafr ThuIth,
Mashah, Sanniriyah, and Zawiyah?received notices this week from the local
military government informing them that some 7,000 dunams of land in the
area are to be transferred to the nearby settlement of Elqana.
The residents of the villages petitioned the military government
against the seizure, claiming that the tract's seven artesian wells and
numerous fruit trees constituted the villagers' sole source of livelihood.
'AZZUN
32 11N 35 03E D-6 EAST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 26 MAY 1983
ACTION: PROTEST/FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 24,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: ASHA'AB, 26 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 02026, 26 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
Residents of 'Azzun have protested that Arab land brokers are using
forged documents to enable the Israelis to seize village land.
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32 11N 35 03E 0-6 EA-ST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 03 AUGUST 1983
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 80
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 24,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 12 AUGUST 1983
REMARKS:
Unidentified vandals uprooted or destroyed more than 80 trees in an
80-dunam olive grove belonging to Omar Mas'oud Abu Khalil of the hamlet of
'Isiah. Police have launched an investigation.
BAL'A
32 20N 35 07E E-4 NORTHWEST OF TULKARM
DATE: 31 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 120
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 21,780
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 31 JANUARY 1983
REMARKS:
The High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction barring the
military government from carrying out work on land belonging to two
residents of Bal'a village. The two petitioned the High Court after the
military governor of Tulkarm informed them that the government intended to
lease the land, and survey work had already begun on the land. The
petitioners claim that the land has been taken for settlement, and that the
military needs by which the military government explained its action are
nonexistent.
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32 20N 35 07E E-4 NORTHWEST OF TULKARM
DATE: 01 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 120
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 21,780
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 4 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
Residents complained earlier that Israeli bulldozers had begun
preparing the land by opening a road leading to Al Mintar Mountain, east of
the village.
See Bal'a, 31 January 1983.
BANI NA'IM
31 31N 35 10E E-14 EAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 MAY 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 203,045
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 21-27 MAY 1982
REMARKS:
Residents claim that all documents proving ownership have been
prepared. The owners of the land will appeal against the confiscation to
the Military Advisory Committee, and the Israeli High Court.
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31 31N 35 10E E-14 EAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 19 AUGUST 1985
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 203,045
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: GRAZING
SOURCE: ASHA'AB, 19 AUGUST 1985
JERUSALEM 02770, 19 AUGUST 1985
REMARKS:
Authorities informed the head of Bani Na'im village council that
20,000 dunams of land in the Musfara area east of the village were
confiscated and that they could not use the land for farming or grazing.
The village council claims the seizure hurts shepherds and leaves 25,000
head of sheep without a place to graze. The villagers plan to present
their case to the military appeals committee.
BARTA'AH
32 28N 35 05E E-3 WEST OF JANIN
DATE: 01 JULY 1972*
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,480
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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32 28N 35 05E E-3 WEST OF JANIN
DATE: 05 NOVEMBER 1979
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 22,000/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,480
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
BATTIR
AMMAN 07045, 8 NOVEMBER 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 5 NOVEMBER 1979
TEL AVIV 24384, 15 NOVEMBER 1979
See 'Anin, 5 November 1979.
31 44N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1983*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,870
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 24 AUGUST 1984
AL QUDS, 21 AUGUST 1984
REMARKS:
Villagers petitioned the High Court but received no reply.
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31 44N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 26 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 560
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,870
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE, GRAZING
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 4 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
The area is known as Jabal Khamar.
The officers took the village mukhtar to the military government
headquarters and showed him a map and informed him that the villagers had
21 days to oppose the decision.
BATTIR
31 44N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 30 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 100
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,870
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 83116, 23 MARCH 1983
HA'ARETZ, 30 JANUARY 1983
REMARKS:
The civilian administration canceled the declaration as state land
of 100 dunam near the village of Battir after it discovered that the land
is owned by a Greek church.
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31 44N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 27 APRIL 1983
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 760
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,870
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 6 MAY 1983
Battir residents appealed to the military appeal committee concerning
some 760 dunam of land threatened with confiscation.
BATTIR
31 44N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 21 AUGUST 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 100
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,870
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF HADAR BETAR
LAND USE: ORCHARDS
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL HAMISHMAR, 22 AUGUST 1984
AL FAJR, 24 AUGUST 1984
AL QUDS, 21 AUGUST 1984
JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
The confiscated land is owned by the Uwienah, Al Batha, Abu Harthyeh,
Abu Ne'meh and Al Batmah families, and is planted in olives, figs,
almonds, and grapevines. The nearest house is 50 to 100 meters away.
Israeli settlers have already introduced two prefab units on the land
and brought bulldozers and tractors to begin establishing the new
settlement.
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31 36N 35 02E 0-13 NORTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 17 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 21,350
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 04038, 28 NOVEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
The military government seized 4,000 to 6,000 dunams of Bayt Awla farm
land. The village headmen said villagers had tax documents dating to
Mandate times.
BAYT AW LA
31 36N 35 02E D-13 NORTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 23 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILE,AGE LAND (DUNAMS): 21,350
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 30 DECEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
More than 46 Bayt Awla residents were handed military orders declaring
1,000 dunams in the Wadi Deir and Baten Sharqi areas to be state land.
The order told landowners to take documents and maps to the military
headquarters to register for compensation. Owners were told to sign copies
of the maps to indicate acceptance.
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31 36N 35 02E 0-13 NORTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 20 JULY 1984
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 750
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 21,350
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02291, 20 JULY 1984
REMARKS:
The military appeals committee ruled that "no activities should be
undertaken" on 750 dunams of Bayt Awla village lands until a final decision
has been reached following a hearing on 22 October.
BAYT AWLA
31 36N 35 02E D-13 NORTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 25 OCTOBER 1984
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 750
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 21,350
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 2 NOVEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
The military appeals committee decided to see the land in question on
21 November.
Land is owned by the families of Nimr, Akel and Sarahin.
See Bayt Awla, 20 July 1984.
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32 12N 35 22E H-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1970*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 100
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 43,650
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF HAMRA; AGRICULTURE
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
JORDAN TIMES, 23 MAY 1979
REMARKS:
In 1970 the military authorities informed Azzat Abu Isash that he did
not have clear title to the land in Wadi Farah that he was farming and that
therefore the land was not his. All 100 dunams were confiscated from him.
The Israelis then argued to let him stay in the house by offering to rent
the house and a total of 6 dunams back to him for a yearly fee. Although
the house is small, the authorities have informed him that if he attempts to
make any improvements in the building, it will be torn down. The nearby
settlement of Hamra cultivates his remaining 94 dunams. He is now
considered a guest on land that he inherited from his father and must pay
a small rent to the Israelis to retain this "privilege."
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32 12N 35 22E H-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 02 JANUARY 1970*
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 350
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 43,650
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF HAMRA
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
REMARKS:
Three hundred fifty dunams of agricultural land (including a well
and a house) owned by Yousef Shahiin were closed to his use in 1970.
Yousef Shahiin owns 450 dunams in the vicinity of the Hamra
settlement. In 1964 he took out a loan of $120,000 for the construction
of a home and the development of his farm land. He had a well drilled
and constructed a reservoir. In 1970 the military authorities ordered
him off his land, claiming that he did not have clear title to the
property. Once he was out of the house, the well, the reservoir and his
home were all destroyed by the army. The land was cleared and it is now
being farmed by the settlers from Hamra. The government of Jordan is
still holding him liaible for the loan that he received in 1964, although
he is not making payments. Yousef estimates the productive value of the
land lost at approximately $10,000 per year.
Of the 450 dunams of land he owns, 100 dunams still remain in his
control. He continues to farm this land and has entered other areas of
business.
BAYT DAJAN
32 12N 35 22E H-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 APRIL 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 14,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 43,650
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF HAMRA
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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31 37N 35 09E E-13 SOUTH OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 15 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,760
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
BAYT FURIK
32 11N 35 20E H-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1970*
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 15,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,675
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MEKHORA
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS.
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
REMARKS:
At the time the settlement of Mekhora was established in 1970, 15,000
dunams owned by Bayt Funk villagers were closed off by the military
government. Many of the villagers have land registry documents dating from
the Ottoman period. Although the settlement is not currently using all
15,000 dunams the villagers are forbidden to cultivate, graze, or enter the
land.
BAYT FURIK
32 11N 35 20E H-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1978*
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,675
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MEKHORA
LAND USE: WHEAT
SOURCE: JORDAN TIMES, 23 MAY 1979
REMARKS:
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32 11N 35 20E H-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 19 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 28,000/5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
See 'Askar, 19 January 1983.
BAYT FURIK
32 11N 35 20E H-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 05 AUGUST 1983
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 15,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,675
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 5 AUGUST 1983
Bulldozers have been digging up Bayt Funk lands in apparent
preparation for the settling of a new settlement.
Villagers fear the authorities may be contemplating building an
airport near Bayt Funk and Bayt Dajan. Contractors claimed they have been
prospecting for oil in the area.
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32 11N 35 20E H-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 04 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 7 FEBRUARY 1986
Land belongs to some 70 members of the Hanmi, Mailat, and Nasasra
families.
BAYT FURIK
32 11N 35 20E H-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 05 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00509, 6 FEBRUARY 1986
REMARKS:
BAYT HANINA
31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,935
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
See An Nabi Samu'il, 1 June 1970.
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31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,935
PURPOSE: 'ATAROT INDUSTRIAL ZONE
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
BAYT HAN INA
31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 DECEMBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 150
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
BAYT HANI NA
31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 APRIL 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land taken belongs to Bayt Hanina and Ar Ram.
See Ar Ram, 1 April 1972.
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31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 50
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,935
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
BAYT HANINA
31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1980*
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,935
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 04062, 9 DECEMBER 1985
AL FAJR, 9 DECEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
Construction on road began in December 1985.
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31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 20 MARCH 1983
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
12,935
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N/A
LAND USE:
N/A
SOURCE:
AL FAJR, 25 MARCH 1983
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belonging to Bayt Hanina, near the Hama road. The area of land involved is
more than 5,000 dunams, which its Arab owners are not allowed to use for
building or agriculture.
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31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 23 MARCH 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
See Bayt Hanina, 20 March 1983.
BAYT HANINA
31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 02 DECEMBER 1983
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,935
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 2 DECEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
A 150-meter-long barbed wire fence was erected around houses in the
Bab al Hawa quarter of Bayt Hanina, thereby closing a road leading to 10
houses. The area was seized "for military purposes," in September.
Omar Yusef Hroum, who owns the 1,250 dunams upon which his licensed
two-story house was built in 1975, said that an Israeli engineer and three
soldiers erected the fence within 15 meters of his house. Two days
earlier, Israeli surveyors were seen drawing maps of the 20 dunams of
built-up land and the area around it.
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31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 20 NOVEMBER 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 19 NOVEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
Land located along the Jerusalem-Ram Allah Road.
BAYT HANINA
31 50N 35 12E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 09 DECEMBER 1985
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,935
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 04062, 9 DECEMBER 1985
AL FAJR, 9 DECEMBER 1985
See Bayt Hanina, 1 January 1980.
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31 51N 35 09E E-10 SOUTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 MAY 1981
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,435
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 1 MAY 1981
REMARKS:
Bayt ljza residents who claim ownership of land at the Giv'on Hadassa
settlement site staged a demonstration on this land. The land was recently
declared state domain land. A civilian staff officer was called to the
scene, and, after he explained to them the existence of an appeals board,
the demonstrators dispersed voluntarily.
BAYT IJZA
31 51N 35 09E E-10 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 08 APRIL 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 77
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,435
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF GIV'ON HADASSA
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 25 MAY 1984
REMARKS:
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31 51N 35 09E E-10 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 17 MAY 1984
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 77
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,435
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF GIV'ON HADASSA
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 25 MAY 1984
STATE 134058, 30 APRIL 1986
REMARKS:
The Israeli High Court issued an order nisi May 17 to stop the
confiscation of a 77-dunam plot and the destruction of an eight-room house
belonging to the family of Sabri Gharib.
The lawyers, Avigador Feldman and Jonathan Kuttab, claim that the High
Court case challenges the confiscation of "miri" lands. Kuttab explained
that they will use Jordanian and British laws to challenge the Israeli
authorities assumption that land designated by the Ottoman Turks as miri
reverts to the 'state' or military occupiers. The legal team will also
argue, based on international law, against the Israeli Government turning
over such land for the exclusive use of a Jewish settlement.
Sabri Gharib and 13-member family have official papers documenting
their ownership of the disputed land since 1913.
In April 1986, lawyers for Sabri Gharib requested US intervention in
this case.
See Bayt ljza, 8 April 1984.
BAYT IKSA
31 49N 35 11E F-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land in question is east of the village.
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31 49N 35 11E F-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 100
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,195
PURPOSE: FOREST
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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31 49N 35 11E F-11 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 AUGUST 1980
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 5 AUGUST 1983
REMARKS:
BAYT IKSA
31 49N 35 11E F-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 05 DECEMBER 1982
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 82519, 22 DECEMBER 1982
REMARKS:
A villager from Bayt lksa claims that Israeli bulldozers entered his
land in the An Nabi Samu'il area. The military government informed him
that this land had been expropriated 12 years ago.
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31 49N 35 11E F-11 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 05 AUGUST 1983
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 10
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVE AND FRUIT TREES; MOST UNCULTIVATED
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 5 AUGUST 1983
REMARKS:
Israeli contractors' bulldozers uprooted more than 1,000 olive and
fruit trees from an orchard, after the owners--Yusef and Yasin Hussein
Habbabeh?lost a three-year court battle. Nearly one month before the
Jerusalem district court, in a session in which the two landowners were
absent, handed down a decision affirming a confiscation decision which
was said to have been in effect since 1970. The owner countered that
he never heard of any confiscation order against his land. The first
time he became aware of such an order was in 1980, when he went to court
against the nearby Ramot neighborhood for dumping dirt in his fields and
destroying his trees. During that session, the representative of the
Israeli Land Administration stated that the land was confiscated, along
with nearly 4,500 more dunams in that area, for "public purposes." A
written form of the order was submitted to the mukhtar of Bayt lksa, the
home village of most of the landowners.
Habbabeh's 10 dunams of land is the only plot in the area that has
been cultivated. Israeli authorities claimed that Habbabeh's trees had
been planted after 1970, but an agricultural expert affirmed that they
were planted in the early 1950s. The court, as a result, offered to
give him compensation but Habbabeh refused to take any money, insisting
that he was not ready to sell the land.
See Bayt lksa, 1 August 1980.
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31 59N 35 07E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 12 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: PURCHASE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 411/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES, FIGS, GRAPES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 25 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
Residents of Baytillu and Kawbar villages discovered that vast tracts
of land in their villages have been sold to an Israeli settlements building
company. The reportedly fraudulent deal was based on Tabu documents taken
from the land registration department in Ram Allah.
BAYTILLU
31 59N 35 07E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 12 MARCH 1983
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 411/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 8 APRIL 1983
REMARKS:
The southern district magistrates court in Ram Allah issued a
temporary injunction, 12 March, halting all registration transfer
procedures for 411 dunams of land belonging to Baytillu and Kawbar
villages. The injunction was issued on the landowners' request to
stop a fraudulent attempt to sell their land.
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31 59N 35 07E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 24 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 411/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 29 APRIL 1983
REMARKS:
See Baytillu, 12 March 1983.
BAYTILLU
31 59N 35 07E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 13 MARCH 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 800
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,500
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
ASHA'AB, 30 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 00900, 13 MARCH 1984
JERUSALEM 0349, 30 JANUARY 1985
The military government announced plans to confiscate between 800 to
2,000 dunams of land from Baytillu village for military purposes.
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31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1968*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
Expropriated for use as an army training course. Villagers received
a token payment for rental of the land to the army.
BAYT IMMAR
31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 16 JUNE 1969
ACTION: REQUISITION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,205
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF KEFAR 'EZYON
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AMCONSUL JERUSALEM, A107, 16 JULY 1969
REMARKS:
Land formed by Khirbat Safa residents. About 45 families live on the
land. Deputy Prime Minister AlIon claims that 860 dunams of the
requisitioned land belonged to Jews and the Jewish National Fund before
1948. He promised that farmers would be provided with other land in the
area, that they could gather their harvest, and those who lived on the land
during the entire year would not be evicted before new houses could be
built from the compensation paid them. He also told them that a 24-dunarn
section owned by the Muslim Waqf and a monument to Zachariah were exempted
from the requisition.
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31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1976*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 50
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MIGDAL 'OZ
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
REMARKS:
The Migdal 'Oz settlers now grow commercial flowers on this land,
which was seized under the pretext of military usage.
BAYT IMMAR
31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 DECEMBER 1976*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02546, 12 AUGUST 1980
REMARKS:
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31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1977*
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 450
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: PLUM TREES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
JORDAN TIMES, 23 MAY 1979
Early in 1977, 450 dunams adjacent to Migdal Oz settlement were closed
for security reasons. A portion of the 450 dunams were planted with 600
15-year-old plum trees. The owners of the trees in the closed area
petitioned the Lands Authority in Bethlehem to allow them to harvest their
plum crop, and received a written permit to harvest the 1977 crop. The
plum trees were cut down by Israeli settlers in December 1977.
BAYT IMMAR
31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 08 AUGUST 1980
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MIGDAL 'OZ
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02546, 12 AUGUST 1980
REMARKS:
Land had been expropriated in December 1976 ostensibly for military
purposes. The Israeli Supreme Court accepted the military government's
arguments that the settlement's establishment had been urged by the Defense
Minister and the Chief of Staff at the time of the expropriation (December
1976) to protect the transportation corridor between Bethlehem and Hebron.
The court also ruled that the case, brought by the villagers of Bayt Ummar,
had been brought to court too late, rejecting the argument of the
villagers' lawyer that the case had not been brought until the land was put
to obviously civilian use.
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31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 27 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
Taken in the Arrub area.
BAYT IMMAR
31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 27 APRIL 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 350
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MIGDAL 'OZ
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
BAYT IMMAR
AL FAJR, 27 APRIL 1983
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 09 MAY 1983
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01774, 9 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
The Hebron District Court issued a restraining order against the sale
of land in Si'ir and Bayt lmmar (Arrub area) because of evidence that
documents involved in the transaction were forged.
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31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 09 JUNE 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 80
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
BAYT IMMAR
AL FAJR, 10 JUNE 1983
AL QUDS, 9 JUNE 1983
31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 22 AUGUST 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 80
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF OARNE ZUR
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
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31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 07 NOVEMBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 03769, 3 DECEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
The Israeli deputy military commander in Hebron announced that plots
in Qinieh, Khalit Ash Shuyukh, Rahweh, Wadi al Dour, and Dilbeh areas near
Arrub will be declared state land. Military authorities claimed the land
in question was about 300 dunams, but, after locals surveyed the area, they
discovered it to be more than 1,500 dunams.
Residents say the confiscated area is agricultural land from which
they earn their livelihood. Sales from the crops, such as grapes, wheat
and plums, make up Arrub's primary source of income. More than 40 families
work the land in the confiscated area.
BAYT IMMAR
31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 02 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT, ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
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31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 12 JUNE 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 50
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 21 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
Israeli authorities confiscated a 50-dunam plot owned by Mahmoud Abd
al Hamid Mustafa Abu Sarah al Alami. Alami had received a warning to give
up the land within 24 hours, otherwise he would be punished for trespassing
on the land.
BAYT IMMAR
31 37N 35 06E E-13 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 13 JUNE 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 50
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 29,085
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MIGDAL 'OZ
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
Fifty dunams of land was confiscated in the Arrub area for expansion
of Migdal 'Oz settlement.
BAYT l'NAN
31 50N 35 07E E-10 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,610
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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31 50N 35 07E E-10 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 16 APRIL 1985
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 87
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,610
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 16 APRIL 1985
REMARKS:
The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that Bayt l'nan lands must be
returned to villagers. Villagers have been contesting the purchase of the
87-dunam tract by several Israeli settlement construction companies for
four years.
BAYT l'NAN
31 50N 35 07E E-10 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 13 MAY 1985
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 24
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,610
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 01633, 13 MAY 1985
JERUSALEM 02-080, 22 JUNE 1985
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31 43N 35 11E F-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
BAYT JALA
31 43N 35 11E
F-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1973*
ACTION: PURCHASE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
BAYT JALA
31 43N 35 11E
DAVAR, 19 JUNE 1973
F-12 WEST. OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 03 AUGUST 1976
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 5 AUGUST 1976
REMARKS:
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31 43N 35 11E F-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 05 AUGUST 1976
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 5 AUGUST 1976
REMARKS:
The municipality of Bayt Jala and a number of public institutions of
the town cabled the defense minister and the military administration to
protest the closing-off of 500 dunams of land in an area called Rosh
Bayt Jala.
BAYT JALA
31 43N 35 11E F-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 02 SEPTEMBER 1976
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 1180, 2 SEPTEMBER 1976
REMARKS:
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31 43N 35 11E F-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 26 JANUARY 1981
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 450
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,305
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
ASHA'AB, 26 JANUARY 1981
JERUSALEM 00195, 26 JANUARY 1981
JERUSALEM 00213, 27 JANUARY 1981
The military government issued an order setting aside land along
many roads on the West Bank. As a result, 26 dunams inside Bethlehem
municipality, 450 dunams near Bayt Jala, 2,500 dunams of 'Arab at
Ta'amirah land near Teqoa and thousands of dunams in the 'Arab as
Sawahirah area have been closed to construction..
BAYT JALA
31 43N 35 11E F-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 13 MAY 1981
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 15
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,305
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01429, 14 MAY 1981
REMARKS:
The Israeli Supreme Court yesterday rejected the petition (filed 17
March 1981) of a Bayt Jala landowner who claimed that a 15-dunam tract of
his in the 'Ezyon Bloc had been seized unlawfully. The court reportedly
accepted the military government's statement that the tract is to be used
as an army outpost. The appellant reportedly claimed that his cultivated
land was fenced off in February by 17 settlers from nearby AlIon Shevut
accompanied by a soldier.
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31 43N 35 11E F-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 1981
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,305
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 20-26 SEPTEMBER 1981
"Vast lands" from Bayt Jala are expected to be expropriated by the
authorities.
BAYT JALA
31 43N 35 11E F-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 07 MARCH 1985
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,306
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00777, 7 MARCH 1985
REMARKS:
Israeli Electric Grid authorities cleared agricultural land near Bayt
Jala for future high-tension lines. Fruit trees, fences, and retaining
walls reportedly were removed without the consent or knowledge of the
owners.
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ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,305
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
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REMARKS:
Residents of three villages near Bayt Jala have protested against
access roads built through their farm lands by the Israeli Electric
Company.
BAYT LID
32 16N 35 08E E-5 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 08 MARCH 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 15,545
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'ENAV
LAND USE: WHEAT, RYE, AND OLIVES
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 15 MARCH 1981
JPRS 77884, 21 APRIL 1984
REMARKS:
Jerusalem Domestic Service reported that, on 15 March 1981 about 300
people from the villages of Bayt Lid, Kafr al Labad, and Ramin protested
the bulldozing of their land, after only one week's notice that the land
was to be seized. Villagers claim the land in question covers 5,000
dunams; the military government reports that it is an uncultivated area of
some 1,500 dunams.
Later reports identified the amount of seized land as 3,000 dunams.
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32 16N 35 08E E-5 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 17 MARCH 1981
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 15,545
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'ENAV
LAND USE: WHEAT, RYE, AND OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE 15 MARCH 1981
JPRS 77884, 21 APRIL 1984
Twenty inhabitants of the 'Anabta area from the villages of Bayt Lid,
Kafr Labad and Ramin yesterday appealed to the High Court of Justice
demanding that the military government stop at once work that began on
their land last week in the area earmarked for the establishment of 'Enav.
The appellants further claimed that they are the owners of the land and
have owned it for generations. Three days after the Mukhtars and the heads
of the village councils were notified by an IDF officer, a bulldozer
arrived on the site and began working on the land. Normally, two to three
weeks are allowed to appeal the expropriation.
The appellants claim that the entire area is cultivated. Olive trees
have been planted on one tract of land for 40 years and the rest has been
planted with wheat and rye. The land provides a living to thousands of
persons.
The appeal added that the appellants had not been given any
expropriation or seizure orders. They claimed that the military government
has been working on the site intermittently.
See Bayt Lid, 8 March 1981.
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32 16N 35 08E E-5 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 18 MARCH 1981
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 15,545
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: ASHA'AB, 18 MARCH 1981
JERUSALEM 00752, 18 MARCH 1981
REMARKS:
Al Fajr, Asha'ab, and the Jerusalem Post report that the Israeli
Supreme Court yesterday granted a temporary injunction forbidding
demolition and excavation work on 3,000 dunams claimed by Bayt Lid, Kafr al
Labad, and Ramin villagers. The villagers' lawyers reportedly claimed that
although no expropriation order had been issued, earthmoving equipment had
nevertheless begun leveling the land for settlement purposes, and the
owners had been given no opportunity to appeal.
See Bayt Lid, 8 March 1981.
BAYT LID
32 16N 35 08E E-5 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 03 MAY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 11,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 15,545
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 6 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 01624, 3 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
Eleven thousand dunams of land was seized from Bayt Lid, Kur,
Saffarin, and Shufa villages. The village mukhtars were told by Israeli
authorities that farmers are now prohibited from entering these lands.
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32 16N 35 08E E-5 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 26 APRIL 1984
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 15,545
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL TALIAH, 26 APRIL 1984
REMARKS:
Saffarin and Bayt Lid villagers protested military government plans
to seize thousands of.dunams of their land to build a new road linking
nearby settlements.
See Bayt Lid, 3 May 1983.
BAYT SAFAFA
31 45N 35 12E F-12 SOUTH JERUSALEM
DATE: 27 JUNE 1985
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 1,630
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL MITHAQ, 25 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
Bayt Safafa villagers complained about Mayor Kollek's plan to enlarge
a road that runs through their village. The residents claim that the
enlargement will require the demolition of houses and will lead to the
confiscation of hundreds of dunams on either side of the road.
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31 42N 35 13E F-12 EAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 250
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,760
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
BAYT SAHUR
31 42N 35 13E F-12 EAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 APRIL 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,130
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,760
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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31 42N 35 13E F-12 EAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 12 DECEMBER 1978
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,760
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: URBAN
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 12 DEC. 1978
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 20 DEC. 1978
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC TV SERVICE, 13 DEC. 1978
JERUSALEM POST, 14 DECEMBER 1978
JERUSALEM 3385, 16 DECEMBER 1978
According to Bethlehem's Mayor Freij, the area, which is not enclosed
by a fence, surrounds the existing IDF military camp located just east of
Bayt Sahur. The military order specifies a halt to present construction
and bans future construction without written permission from the military
government but does not preclude access to the estimated 140 structures.
BAYT SAHUR
31 42N 35 13E F-12 EAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 15 DECEMBER 1978
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,760
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: URBAN
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 3431, 15 DECEMBER 1978
JERUSALEM 3498, 21 DECEMBER 1978
REMARKS:
The military government exempted 200 dunams within the city limits
from the construction ban.
See Bayt Sahur, 12 December 1978.
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31 42N 35 13E F-12 EAST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 07 OCTOBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 250
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,760
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 14 OCTOBER 1983
JERUSALEM 04206, 12 DECEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
Israeli soldiers expanded the western edges of their military camp in
Bayt Sahur on 9 December. They erected a barbed wire and barrel fence
around a five-dunam plot owned by Iskandar Badr. The land is part of the
250 dunams of land in 'Ush al Ghurab, confiscated on 7 October 1983.
According to Mukhtar Elias Khair, the land is a hilly, agricultural
area planted with fruit trees and wheat.
BAYT SURIK
31 50N 35 09E E-11 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 DECEMBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,955
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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31 50N 35 09E E-11 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 21 SEPTEMBER 1981
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,955
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02850, 21 SEPTEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
Al Quds reports that Ram Allah military government informed
residents of Biddu and Bayt Sunk that 500 dunams of their land
had been declared a "military area."
BAYT SURIK
31 50N 35 09E E-11 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1982*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,955
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 82343, 29 NOVEMBER 1982
REMARKS:
Land on Radar Hill was taken in January 1982, for the then planned
establishment of a new Israeli settlement, Kefira. Land was bulldozed on
2 October 1982.
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31 56N 35 10E F-10 SOUTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 24 OCTOBER 1978
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,390
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 24 OCTOBER 1978
REMARKS:
Located near the Israeli settlement of Giv'on.
BAYTUNIYA
31 56N 35 10E F-10 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 07 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,390
PURPOSE: MILITARY, ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 11 FEBRUARY 1983
JERUSALEM 10708, 7 MAY 1983
Israeli authorities seized some 500 dunams of land in the Jabal
Maidarous area belonging to Baytuniya, 'Ain Qiniya, Kafr Ni'amah, Dayr
Ibzic Al Janiyah and 'Ain 'Arik.
Officials have notified local owners of the impending confiscation and
reportedly have begun bulldozing the area, which is to be used for road
connections and "military purposes." The owners, who claim some of the
land will be used to expand the settlement of Giv'on, refused financial
compensation and instead have sent a letter of protest to the authorities.
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31 56N 35 10E F-10 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 08 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,390
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00420, 8 FEBRUARY 1983
JERUSALEM 10708, 7 MAY 1983
Hundreds of dunams of land in Baytuniya and surrounding areas have
been seized by the Israeli authorities. Civilian administration officials
have notified local owners of the impending confiscation and reportedly
have begun bulldozing the area, which is to be used for road connections
and "military purposes." The owners, who claim the land will be used to
expand the settlement of Givon, refused financial compensation and instead
have sent a letter of protest to the authorities.
According to Jerusalem 01708, 7 May 1983, 500 dunams of land was
seized from Baytuniya.
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31 56N 35 10E F-10 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 15 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 33
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,390
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JPRS 83255, 13 APRIL 1983
REMARKS:
Israeli military authorities confiscated a total of 200 dunams of Dayr
Dibwan and Baytuniya property from the Islamic waqf committee in Ram Allah
7 February. The measure, the first of its kind against Islamic property
drew condemnation from the head of the Ram Allah committee. The order
was signed by the Israeli custodian of absentee property, who is also
responsible for state property. The letter said that the takeover was for
"military and public purposes."
The largest portion of the land is located in Dayr Dibwan, north of
Ram Allah. The estimated 167 dunams are agricultural land, usually leased
to local farmers. Portions of the plot are planted in olive trees while
the bulk is used for grain.
The remaining 33 dunams, located in Baytuniya, are also cultivated.
The Muslim holy shrine of Sheikh Abu Zeitoun is located on the site.
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31 56N 35 10E F-10 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 27 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,390
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 6 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
Israeli authorities confiscated some 1,000 dunams from Baytuniya in
the Balou' region. The authorities put up barbed wire to prevent
landowners from entering the land and harvesting crops. The Committee for
the Defense of the Land has decided to take the matter to the High Court to
stop the confiscation and get the decision canceled.
On 6 May 1983, the court upheld the authorities' claim that the land
is needed for military purposes.
BAYTUNIYA
31 56N 35 10E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 16 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,390
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 30 DECEMBER 1983
JERUSALEM 04038, 28 NOVEMBER 1983
Fifteen hundred dunams of land were seized from Ram Allah, Baytuniya,
and Rafat. The land forms a single block and was seized for military
purposes.
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31 56N 35 10E F-10 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 14 OCTOBER 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 60
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,390
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: VEGETABLES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 18 OCTOBER 1985
ASHA'AB, 14 OCTOBER 1985
REMARKS:
Israeli authorities informed several residents of Baytuniya that 60
dunams of their land was confiscated for military purposes. Landowners
reportedly rejected the order and decided to take the case to the High
Court.
Fourteen landowners received notices from the Israeli Department of
Absentee Property instructing them to come collect compensation payment for
their lands. The owners were also required to present valid documents
proving their ownership before they were awarded compensation. The land is
located some 300 meters from an Israeli military camp.
BAYT WAZAN
32 14N 35 13E F-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 22 APRIL 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,480
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: UNIVERSITY
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 26 APRIL 1985
REMARKS:
Israeli military authorities confiscated 5.5 dunams belonging to An Najah
National University for stated military purposes. The confiscation is seen
by university officials as a step toward expansion of the adjoining prison,
and seriously jeopardizes university expansion plans.
The university purchased the plot in 1978 for the purpose of expanding
the university by constructing engineering and science buildings.
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32 14N 35 13E F-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 23 APRIL 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,480
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: UNIVERSITY
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 26 APRIL 1985
REMARKS:
See Bayt Wazan, 22 April 1985.
BETHLEHEM
31 43N 35 12E F-12 SOUTH OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 400
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 28,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land located in the Taif al Wa'r area.
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3,1 43N 35 12E F-12 SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JULY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 28,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land annexed to Jerusalem.
BETHLEHEM
31 43N 35 12E F-12 BETHLEHEM
DATE: 27 JANUARY 1981
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 26
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 28,935
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
ASHA'AB, 26 JANUARY 1981
JERUSALEM 00195, 26 JANUARY 1981
JERUSALEM 00213, 27 JANUARY 1981
REMARKS:
Land located inside the Bethlehem municipality.
See Bayt Jala, 27 January 1981.
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32 07N 35 05E 0-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1981*
ACTION: PURCHASE/FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,060
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,260
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 10 AUGUST 1984
In 1981, 1,060 dunams reportedly were sold illegally to the Gal and
Ya'e Yaqir Construction Companies.
BIDDIYA
32 07N 35 05E 0-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 02 MAY 1983
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,800
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,260
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 01601, 2 MAY 1983
The High Court decided that 2,800 dunams seized earlier for a road
belonged to Arab claimants, following a dispute involving document forgery.
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32 07N 35 05E D-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 09 MAY 1983
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,060
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,260
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 01774, 9 MAY 1983
Eighteen court injunctions were issued to Israeli-owned Gal
Development Company to halt development of the lands of Biddiya village.
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32 07N 35 05E 0-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 15 JULY 1983
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,060
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,260
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT, ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 10 AUGUST 1984
REMARKS:
Four Israeli bulldozers started working in three land plots that
reportedly were sold illegally in 1981 to Gal and Ya'e Yaqir Construction
Companies. The bulldozers are opening roads through lands to prepare the
infrastructures of new settlements in the area. Some 60 trees were
uprooted in the process.
The construction companies are violating an order issued by the
magistrates court in Nablus in April 1983 prohibiting work on this land and
changing its features.
The magistrates court in Nablus issued another order 19 July akin to
the last order. However, the bulldozers continued working, and some
landowners who attempted to stop the bulldozers were told to leave their
land and to bring another notification from the High Court.
The construction companies claim that the land was officially sold.
Landowners say that the land (1,060 dunams) in Sawafet, Hazima and Katayef
Ammar areas was sold by a landbroker called Mustafa Salim Shawehnah,
mukhtar of Biddiya and head of the village council. The mukhtar then sold
the land to another landbroker in Hablah village, Ahmad Odeh, who sold it
to Gal Company.
See Biddiya, 9 May 1983 and 1 January 1981.
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32 07N 35 05E 0-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 FEBRUARY 1984*
ACTION: APPEAL/FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 6,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,260
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL QUDS, 30 OCTOBER 1984
Biddiya villagers appealed the reportedly fraudulent purchase of some
6,000 dunams of their land by Gamba, an Israeli development company.
BIDDIYA
32 07N 35 05E D-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 18 MAY 1984
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,260
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ELQANA E
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 20 JULY 1984
The work is being done by the Ya'e Yaqir Company of Investments, Ltd.
Olive trees reportedly have been uprooted.
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32 07N 35 05E 0-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 13 FEBRUARY 1985
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,260
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ELOANA E
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 15 FEBRUARY 1985
REMARKS:
The Israeli High Court in Jerusaelm issued an order nisi that the
Israeli construction company, Yaqir, must halt all activity on Arab-owned
land in the village of Biddiya. The company, which is building a road to
the Elqana E settlement, had continued to raze crops in violation of
several previous orders issued by the local Nablus court in 1983 and 1984
to stop uprooting olive and almond trees and bulldozing on land while
ownership was under court investigation.
BIDDU
31 50N 35 09E E-10 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 13 JULY 1981
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,565
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02087, 13 JULY 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Anabta, 13 July 1981.
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31 50N 35 09E E-10 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
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ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,565
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A ?
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02850, 21 SEPTEMBER 1981 25X1
REMARKS:
See Bayt Sunk, 21 September 1981.
BIDDU
31 50N 35 09E E-10 SOUTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 13
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES, GRAPES, COMMERCIAL
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
A store was demolished, 100 olive trees and grape vines uprooted, and
a newly dug well filled in during the process of confiscation. The Israeli
military authorities said they were unlicensed.
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31 50N 35 09E E-10 SOUTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 15 AUGUST 1984
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,565
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF GIV'ON HADASSA
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 02590, 15 AUGUST 1984
The Israeli Supreme Court decided in favor of Giv'on Hadassa settlers
in a land contest brought by Biddu villagers.
BILIN
31 56N 35 04E D-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 20 SEPTEMBER 1981
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02850, 21 SEPTEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
The Ram Allah district court issued an order invalidating a recent
sale of 500 dunams of land in Bil'in. The head of the Ram Allah area
village leagues had claimed ownership of the land and contracted to sell
the land to an Israeli firm.
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31 56N 35 04E D-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 21 SEPTEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 02850, 21 SEPTEMBER 1981
Land is adjacent to the settlement of Shilat. Possibly the same land
the sale of which was invalidated on 20 September 1981.
See Bil'in, 20 September 1981.
BIL'IN
31 56N 35 04E D-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 04 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
BIL'IN
JERUSALEM 00509, 6 FEBRUARY 1986
AL FAJR, 5 FEBRUARY 1986
31 56N 35 04E 0-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 05 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 15
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,565
PURPOSE: PARK
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00509, 6 FEBRUARY 1986
AL FAJR, 5 FEBRUARY 1986
REMARKS:
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31 56N 35 04E 0-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 02 APRIL 1986*
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
BURIN
JERUSALEM 00509, 6 FEBRUARY 1986
AL FAJR, 5 FEBRUARY 1986
32 11N 35 15E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 11 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,760
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF YIZHAR
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11-17 DECEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Asirah al Qibliyah, 11 December 1984.
BURIN
32 11N 35 15E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 09 FEBRUARY 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,760
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 10 FEBRUARY 1982
REMARKS:
The military government informed residents of Kafr Qallil and Burin
in the vicinity of Mt. Gerizim that 200 dunams of their land has been
seized for military purposes.
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32 11N 35 15E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 18 OCTOBER 1982
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,800
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,760
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: FBIS MEA-82-205, 18 OCTOBER 1982
REMARKS:
BURIN
32 11N 35 15E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 22 MAY 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,760
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF BERAKHA
LAND USE: FRUIT TREES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 31 MAY 1985
JERUSALEM 01774, 23 MAY 1985
JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
Villagers were told they must procure permits to cultivate and
harvest their fruit trees on the mountain.
Landowners decided to appeal to the Israeli High Court and
international bodies against the seizure of their land.
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32 11N 35 15E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 04 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 400/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,760
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00486, 4 FEBRUARY 1986
ASHA'AB, 4 FEBRUARY 1986
REMARKS:
Burin and Tall land fenced off with barbed wire.
DAYR ABU DA'IF
32 27N 35 22E H-3 WEST OF JANIN
DATE: 18 AUGUST 1983
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 26 AUGUST 1983
REMARKS:
The Israeli High Court upheld the legal status of privately owned land
that landowners suspected was being prepared for Israeli settlements.
According to the decision, the Dayr Abu Da'if land must be restored to its
owners by the end of August 1983 after work on the extension of water pipes
is completed.
The 15 landowners made the complaint on 15 July, after they found
bulldozers of an Israeli contracting company working on land located
between Qabatiyah and Dayr Abu Da'if.
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32 OON 35 04E D-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 30 APRIL 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL MITHAQ, 30 APRIL 1985
REMARKS:
See 'Abud, 30 April 1985.
DAYR ABU MASHAL
32 OON 35 04E D-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 05 JULY 1985
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02235, 5 JULY 1985
REMARKS:
Villagers are reportedly organizing volunteer groups to work on 1,500
dunams of land that Israeli authorities are reportedly trying to
confiscate.
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DAYR AL HATAB
32 13N 35 19E G-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1981*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,455
PURPOSE: INDUSTRY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00458, 19 FEBRUARY 1981
REMARKS:
Between 1,000 and 1,200 dunams were seized from Dayr al Hatab villages
for the construction of an industrial park for the Elon More settlement.
the seizure is located on the southern slopes of Jabal al Kabir.
DAYR AL HATAB
32 13N 35 19E G-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 19 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 28,000/5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,455
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
See 'Askar, 19 January 1983.
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31 58N 35 06E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 16 APRIL 1981
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,215
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 16 APRIL 1985
REMARKS:
Some 52 inhabitants of the village of Dayr 'Ammar submitted an appeal
to the High Court of Justice against the expropriation of lands for the
purpose of paving a road to a settlement near the village. The appellants
claim that the lands are cultivated and vines and olive trees are planted
on some of them.
DAYR BALLUT
32 04N 35 01E D-8 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1984*
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,215
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 25 JANUARY 1985
One thousand dunams of land in Jamma'in, Rafat, Zawiyah and
Dayr Ballut villages were declared to be state land in 1984.
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32 04N 35 01E D-8 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 22 JANUARY 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,215
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 22 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
The Israeli Custodian of Absentee Property refused the request of
lawyers representing the villages of Jamma'in, Rafat, Zawiyah, and Dayr
Ballut for details of land seized there in 1984. Israeli authorities
reportedly announced the seizure of more than 1,000 dunams of village
land without delineating the seized land's location, or the names of
the owners.
See Dayr Ballut, 1 January 1984.
DAYR DIBWAN
31 55N 35 16E G-10 EAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 02 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 74,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 11 FEBRUARY 1983
JERUSALEM 00364, 3 FEBRUARY 1983
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
Israeli authorities seized some 3,000 to 4,000 dunams of Dayr Dibwan
land. The owners of the land reportedly refused financial compensation and
instead are preparing to challenge the decision in court.
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31 55N 35 16E G-10 EAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 15 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 167
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 74,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00538, 15 FEBRUARY 1983
JPRS 83255, 13 APRIL 1983
REMARKS:
See Baytuniya, 15 February 1983.
DAYR DIBWAN
31 55N 35 16E G-10 EAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 07 MARCH 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 74,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
DAYR DIBWAN
31 55N 35 16E G-10 EAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 29 OCTOBER 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 74,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
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31 55N 35 16E G-10 EAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 28 NOVEMBER 1984
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 74,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL QUDS, 28 NOVEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
Israeli bulldozers began working on a 5,000-dunam plot of Dayr Dibwan
village land. Notices of the confiscation were issued to the plot's
owners, but they refused to accept the confiscation order and have grouped
together to take legal action.
DAYR DIBWAN
31 55N 35 16E G-10 EAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 11 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: RETURN/FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 85
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 74,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00600, 11 FEBRUARY 1986
ASHA'AB and AL MITHAQ, 11 FEBRUARY 1986
REMARKS:
The Ram Allah District Court ruled that the Israeli construction
company, Hamenuta, had acquired the land fraudulently from Saleh Mohammad
Shiha Awawdeh.
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DAYR IBZI'
31 55N 35 07E E-10 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 07 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,480
PURPOSE: MILITARY, ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 11 FEBRUARY 1983
JERUSALEM 10708, 7 MAY 1983
See Baytuniya, 7 February 1983.
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32 08N 35 08E E-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1981*
ACTION: SEIZURE/FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 150
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 31,500
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'IMMANU'EL
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 2-8 JULY 1982
AL FAJR, 28 MAY - 3 JUNE 1.982
REMARKS:
In 1981 land dealers contacted Abd al Hadi al Razaq, reportedly 100
years old, of Dayr lstiya, in an attempt to purchase his land.
After some harassment, the land dealers reportedly succeeded in
deceiving him. They asked him to sign on a white sheet of paper
because they needed to defend him from the accusation that he kept
a weapon in his house. The next day, after the landdealers received
his signature, Israeli settlers' bulldozers started working his land.
At that time, the bulldozers also began work on adjacent land owned by
Sayf Abd al Rahman Bahloul. Saif Bahloul complained to the Magistrate
Court in Nablus, and at the beginning of 1982 the court issued a decision
confirming his ownership of the land and ordering the bulldozers to stop
working. The order was ignored.
On 24 May 1982, Israeli settlers' bulldozers uprooted 2,500 olive
trees there.
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32 08N 35 08E E-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 27 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 31,500
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'IMMANU'EL
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 4 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
The Israeli High Court has ordered expansion of the 'Immanu'el
settlement to stop on some 300 dunams of Dayr lstiya land, after the matter
was brought to court by the lawyer representing landowners, and after
bulldozers reportedly uprooted 2,200 olive trees and destroyed walls in
the area.
DAYR ISTIYA
32 08N 35 08E E-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 30 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 31,500
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'IMMANU'EL
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JPRS 83116, 23 MARCH 1983
HA'ARETZ, 30 JANUARY 1983
REMARKS:
Some 4,000 dunams were seized for the expansion of 'Immanu'el. The
land includes several enclaves of cultivated land that are not part of the
seizure.
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32 08N 35 08E E-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 19 AUGUST 1984
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 31,500
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'IMMANU'EL
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 19 AUGUST 1984
REMARKS:
Saif al Rahman Mustafa Bahloul of Dayr lstiya appealed to the Israeli
High Court of Justice to order the army and police to explain their failure
to evict alleged trespassers working for 'Immanu'el and for the Kochav
Hasharon construction firm. Through his lawyer Felicia Langer, Bahloul
accused the workers of causing damage to his property and applied for an
injunction forbidding further use of his land.
DAYR ISTIYA
32 08N 35 08E E-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 23 AUGUST 1984
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):. 31,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 23 AUGUST 1984
REMARKS:
The High Court of Justice has issued an interim injunction forbidding
continuation of construction activity at 'Immanu'el. The decree was issued
at the request of a local inhabitant, who claims ownership of the plot.
The man said that earlier injunctions the High Court of Justice had issued
on the matter had not been observed.
See Dayr lstiya, 19 August 1984.
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31 58N 35 18E G-9 NORTHWEST OF-RAM ALLAH
DATE: 29 SEPTEMBER 1980
ACTION: REQUISITION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 30,240
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: STATE MEMORANDUM, 15 OCTOBER 1980
REMARKS:
The Dayr Jarir village mukhtar said that documents were received by
villagers informing them of the requisition of privately owned land for
security purposes. The mukhtar also produced the official registration
book (Tabu) showing private ownership of plots in question. Villagers
believe the land will be added to that already taken for the settlement of
Kokhav Hashahar.
DAYR NIZAM
32 OON 35 07E E-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 JUNE 1982
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 50
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 1,780
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 28 MAY - 3 JUNE 1982
Israeli settlers reportedly erected a barbed wire fence around land
owned by Dayr Nizam mukhtar Abu Omar Khatib.
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DAYR QIDDIS
31 57N 35 03E 0-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 13 NOVEMBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
DAYR QIDDIS
AL FAJR, 16 NOVEMBER 1984
JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
31 57N 35 03E D-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 10 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,675
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
DURA
JERUSALEM 03844, 10 DECEMBER 1984
TEL AVIV 02312, 12 FEBRUARY 1985
31 30N 35 02E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 04 JUNE 1981
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 14-20 JUNE 1981
REMARKS:
Land located near Khirbat Bayt Awwa.
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31 30N 35 02E D-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 DECEMBER 1981*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 120
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
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Land is located on Tarus, a hill on the western side of Dura. It is
owned by Awwad Khalayel al Masalmeh and two brothers.
DURA
31 30N 35 02E D-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 26 AUGUST 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 12 OCTOBER 1985
AL FAJR, 22 FEBRAURY 1985
JERUSALEM 00512, 18 FEBRUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 01633, 13 MAY 1985
Land belongs to the al Rujab clan.
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31 30N-35 02E D-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 12 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 16,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 18 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
The Israeli authorities informed residents of Dura that some 16,000
dunams of land in the Ain Faris, Abu Zuluf, Ras Canat Saleh and Far'a
regions would be declared state land.
The landowners state they possess land deeds proving their ownership
of the land.
DURA
31 30N 35 02E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 09 MARCH 1983
ACTION: APPEAL?
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 18 MARCH 1983
The military appeals committee heard an appeal by Dura's Sharha tribe
against the seizure of some 2,000 dunams of their land.
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31 30N 35 02E D-14 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 10 JUNE 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 10 JUNE 1983
REMARKS:
The land is located near Khirbat al Burj village.
DURA
31 30N 35 02E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 20 OCTOBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 03630, 20 OCTOBER 1983
The Amr clan of Dura village hired a lawyer to contest the
confiscation of 4,000 dunams of land belonging to them.
DURA
31 30N 35 02E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 08 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 14 DECEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
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31 30N 35 02E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 10 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 03844, 10 DECEMBER 1984
Dura villagers have hired a number of Arab agricultural experts to
contest the authorities' claim that the land is uncultivable.
DURA
31 30N 35 02E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 18 FEBRUARY 1985
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 12 OCTOBER 1985
AL FAJR, 22 FEBRUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 00512, 18 FEBRUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 01633, 13 MAY 1985
REMARKS:
DURA
31 30N 35 02E D-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 14 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 100
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 142,110
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
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DURA AL OAR'
32 57N 35 13E F-9 NORTH OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 12 AUGUST 1983
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,480
PURPOSE: ROADS
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02611, 14 AUGUST 1980
REMARKS:
The land is located east of Jalozone Refugee Camp.
FAHMAH
32 23N 35 11E F-4 SOUTHWEST OF JANIN
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,325
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
HALHUL
31 35N 35 07E E-14 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 27 APRIL 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 35,000
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL QUDS, 27 APRIL 1984
REMARKS:
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31 35N 35 07E E-14 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 APRIL 1985*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 35,000
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 28 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
The residents were given 45 days to appeal the decision.
HALHUL
31 35N 35 07E E-14 NORTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 13 JUNE 1985
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 35,000
PURPOSE:
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 28 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
Halhul residents clashed with Israeli settlers and removed a fence
the settlers had erected earlier around Halhul land confiscated
in April.
The scuffle came after the Israeli High Court issued an order nisi on
13 June barring both the landowners and the settlers from working on the
land until the court rules on its ownership. The court hearing is expected
to take place within three months. Neither the settlers nor the landowners
complied with the court order.
See Halhul, 1 April 1985.
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32 07N 35 08E E-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1981*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 6,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,370
PURPOSE: ARI'EL INDUSTRIAL SITE
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00458, 19 FEBRUARY 1981
Between 6,000 and 7,500 dunams were seized for construction of an
industrial area that will provide employment for Ari'el settlers.
HARIS
32 07N 35 08E E-7 SOUTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 13 JULY 1981
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,370
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02087, 13 JULY 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Anabta, 13 July 1981.
HARIS
32 07N 35 08E E-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 04 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 215
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,370
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVE AND ALMOND TREES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00486, 4 FEBRUARY 1986
ASHA'AB, 4 FEBRUARY 1986
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31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 01 JULY 1969*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land belongs to 32 families.
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1969*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
A tourist rest house near the Mosque of Abraham was taken and
turned into a branch of Bank Leumi Israel.
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31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 01
ACTION:
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EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
750
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
73,175
PURPOSE:
MILITARY
LAND USE:
N/A
SOURCE:
JERUSALEM POST, 23
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Land taken for military bases. Part of this land was settled
in September 1973.
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 02 APRIL 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 31,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT, MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 01 APRIL 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: INDUSTRY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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31 32N 35 06E E-14 EAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 AUGUST 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized for establishing a settlement.
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 230
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 01 APRIL 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 740
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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31 32N 35 06E E-14 EAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 MAY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 45
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized is located in the Khillat Jalis area. It is to be used
for a shooting range.
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 14 DECEMBER 1978
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF GIV'AT HARSINA
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 14 DECEMBER 1978
The West Bank military government ordered 200 dunams to be
fenced off reportedly for "security reasons."
Military government officials said that an order seizing the
Hebron lands had been issued seven years ago "but the move was postponed"
until yesterday.
Hebron Mayor Fahd Kawasma believes the land is intended for augmenting
the Giryat Arba' settlement. The land is occupied by 28 Arab families,
mostly members of the family of former Mayor Ali Ja'abari.
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. 31 32N 35 06E E-14 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 17 JANUARY 1980
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF GIV'AT HARSINA
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 28 JANUARY 1980
REMARKS:
Hebron Mayor Fahd Kawasma and 24 Arab landowners from the Hebron area
petitioned the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem to order an immediate
halt of excavation work on land they claim they own at Giv'at Harsina.
Among the petitioners are four people who own and live in houses situated
on the land in question.
Earlier in January, a tractor began leveling the site at Giv'at
Harsina and the landowners were told they could no longer enter the area.
The land was closed in 1970.
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 12 MAY 1980
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
FBIS MEA-80-096, 15 MAY 1980
JERUSALEM POST, 18 SEPTEMBER 1981
JERUSALEM 02805, 17 SEPTEMBER 1981
Local landowners, among them members of the prominent Ja'bari clan,
are contesting attempts to construct the Jewish settlement of Giv'at
Harsina on their land.
The Israeli High Court later blocked this seizure.
See Hebron, 14 December 1978.
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31 32N 35 06E E-14 EAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1981*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF QIRYAT ARBA'
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00458, 19 FEBRUARY 1981
Between 600 and 1,000 dunams were seized from Hebron and planted with
fruit trees by Qiryat Arba' settlers.
The military governor contends that this is, in fact, part of an
earlier seizure for the "expansion" of Kiryat Arba. Arab land owners say
that they had not been notified of any Israeli intention to seize the land.
Until the time of the actual seizure, no attempt had been made to remove
the Arab inhabitants.
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 31 MARCH 1981
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00871, 31 MARCH 1981
REMARKS:
The military government notified Hebron area mukhtars that an
unspecified amount of land inside Hebron has been declared state lands.
Residential buildings and a school reportedly are located on the land
marked for seizure.
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31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 14 JULY 1981
ACTION: PURCHASE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 18
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02094, 14 JULY 1981
AL FAJR, 14 Jay 1981
REMARKS:
Al Fajr reports that Rabbi Moshe Levinger has used money collected
during his recent tour of the United States to buy 18 dunams of land
in the heart the Hebron Jewish Quarter. The land reportedly will be
used to build dozens of housing units for Jewish families.
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 17 AUGUST 1981
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 18 SEPTEMBER 1981
JERUSALEM 02805, 17 SEPTEMBER 1981
The Ja'abari family received an order informing them that land they
claim in the Ar Ra's area near Hebron is considered state land. Family
members will appeal the action.
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31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1982
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00022, 5 JANUARY 1982
Qin/at Arba' settlers began leveling land in the Biyar al Muhawer
quarter in the Ar Ra's area of eastern Hebron.
See Hebron, 17 August 1981.
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 JUNE 1982
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 40
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: FRUIT TREES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 4-10 JUNE 1982
REMARKS:
Qiryat Arba' settlers plan to construct a road on 40 dunams of Arab
agricultural land in the areas of Wadi al Groos, Abat al Bayyar, Bogan al
Ghoul and Marhan al Dayr in the south of Hebron. The land belongs to the
Ja'abari, Salymeh, ldrees and Marar families.
The landowners appealed to the military advisory committee and won an
order nisi preventing the settlers from working on the land.
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31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 09 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 120
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 14 JANUARY 1983
On 6 January a bulldozer driven by a settler from Qiryat Arba' and
escorted by armed men drove into the area to raze electric line pylons.
The landowners filed a complaint against the settlers' action.
The municipality immediately began reconstructing the pylons, but
on 9 January the bulldozers returned and demolished them again.
Settlers claim that the land was seized nearly one year ago, when
their bulldozers drove onto it, reportedly uprooting some 1,000 newly
planted olive trees. The land is owned by five extended families from
Hebron who possess registration documents dating back to Ottoman times.
HEBRON
31 32N 35 06E E-14 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 09 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 03847, 9 NOVEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
The Israeli High Court issued an injunction to the military government
to stop work on land seized from the Damiri family south of Hebron and
ordered the military government to show cause why the expropriation should
not be canceled. The Damiri family had successfully blocked the military
government's declaration of their land as state land. The military
government then claimed that the land was needed for undeclared military
purposes. The military government is now being asked to prove this
assertion.
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31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 24 FEBRUARY 1984
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 217
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00713, 24 FEBRUARY 1984
Two hundred and seventeen dunams of land confiscated by an Israeli
company were ordered returned to Hebron villagers.
HEBRON
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ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2 N,
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 2 DECEMBER 1985
One and a half dunams were taken in the center of the Hebron's
vegetable market.
Construction of a yeshiva was reported here in December 1985.
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31 32N 35 06E E-14 HEBRON
DATE: 07 MAY 1985
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 73,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01530, 7 MAY 1985
REMARKS:
Military government authorities erected a fence around the Tel Rumeida
archeological/settlement site in Hebron. The fenced area exceeds the plot
where the archeological dig was conducted. Earlier attempts by Gush Emunim
settler to fence this area were halted by the military government under the
antiquities statutes.
HIZMA
31 50N 35 16E G-10 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,455
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
See 'Anata, 1 May 1970.
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31 50N 35 16E G-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 20 JANUARY 1979
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,455
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 1 FEBRUARY 1979
REMARKS:
Some 150 landowners from the villages of Hizma and Jaba' were
summoned to the office of the custodian for absentee and state
property in the military government to receive payment for their
land. They announced, however, that they had no intention of
presenting themselves and were considering legal action.
HIZMA
31 50N 35 16E G-10 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1982*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,455
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ALMON
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 82343, 29 NOVEMBER 1982
REMARKS:
See 'Anata, 1 October 1982.
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31 43N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1981*
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 20 JULY 1984
AL QUDS, 15 JULY 1984
Israeli military authorities confiscated 4,000 dunams of land from the
villages of Husan, Wadi Fukin and Nahhalin.
HUSAN
31 43N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 28 JUNE 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: ORCHARDS, WHEAT
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 18 JANUARY 1984
AL FAJR, 2-8 JULY 1982
After being summoned by the the Israeli authorities, five Husan
village mukhtars refused to sign an order of confiscation for some 5,000
dunams. The military authorities then reportedly confiscated their stamps
of office and mukhtar's credentials. The mukhtars resigned from their
positions and decided to oppose this order of confiscation. The mukhtars
claim they have title deeds and will pursue their case in court.
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31 43N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 19 MAY 1983
ACTION: SURVEY
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL QUDS, 19 MAY 1983
Villagers attempted to stop surveyors on 25 May 1983. Land is located
in the al Masaya area, near Wadi Fukin.
HUSAN
31 43N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 05 JUNE 1983
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 10 JUNE 1983
REMARKS:
A restraining order was issued against construction work on lands
owned by the residents of Husan village. The order is effective for
two months, or until such time as the committee can look into the
villagers' objections.
See Husan, 1 June 1981.
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31 43N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 28 JUNE 1983
ACTION: SURVEY
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 83939, 20 JULY 1983
REMARKS:
An Israeli company again surveyed the al Masaya area.
See Husan, 19 May 1983.
HUSAN
31 43N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 13 JULY 1984
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 20 JULY 1984
AL QUDS, 15 JULY 1984
REMARKS:
Israeli settlers opened a road on Husan village land in apparent
violation of a 1983 stopwork order by the military objections committee.
The land, an estimated 4,000 dunams from the villages of Husan, Wadi
Fukin and Nahhalin, was declared state property in June 1981. Settlers
already have dug up a large section for the planned road and are preparing
to build a settlement on the confiscated land.
Meanwhile, Israeli bulldozers widened a 15-meter road that will link
the Husan road with Israeli settlements on the other side of the 1967
'green line' border. Reportedly, scores of trees were uprooted, supporting
walls demolished, and a water supply pipe damaged. The land that the
military authorities declared as 'state property' extends from Khalet
Sarawil in Husan to Merah Ghuzlan in Nahhalin and borders the road leading
to the 'Ezyon bloc settlements.
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31 43N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 SEPTEMBER 1984*
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF HADAR BETAR
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 17 MAY 1985
REMARKS:
HUSAN
31 43N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 03 MAY 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF HADAR BETAR
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 17 MAY 1985
REMARKS:
Husan villagers appealed to the Israeli High Court to stop
construction of the new settlement of Hadar Betar on their land. The
owners of the land took the case to the Israeli High Court as soon as the
construction started, but the court has yet to look into case. As soon as
the construction started on 8 May a group of 15 Gush Emunim families
moved in to establish a temporary encampment. J?PP
See Husan, 1 September 1984.
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31 43N 35 08E E-12 -WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 12 NOVEMBER 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF HADAR BETAR
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 12 NOVEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled against the designation of some 2,500
dunams of Husan village lands as state lands. Nevertheless, the settlement
of Hadar Betar has remained on the land.
See Husan, 3 May. 1985.
HUSAN
31 43N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 27 MARCH 1986
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01207, 27 MARCH 1986
REMARKS:
1982.
AL FAJR AND AL QUDS, 27 MARCH 1986
Villagers currently are contesting the seizure of the land in 1981 or
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31 43N 35 08E - E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 28 MARCH 1986
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01242, 28 MARCH 1986
AL FAJR, 28 MARCH 1986
REMARKS:
IDF soldeirs dispersed Husan villagers protesting the bulldozing of
their land.
See Husan, 27 March 1986.
HUSAN
31 43N 35 08E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 29 MARCH 1986
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,175
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01242, 28 MARCH 1986
AL FAJR, 29 MARCH 1986
REMARKS:
a row.
Residents protested the bulldozing of their land for the second day in
See Husan, 28 March 1986.
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32 09N 35 15E G-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 11 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,585
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF YIZHAR
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11-17 DECEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Asirah al Qibliyah, 11 December 1981.
IDNAH
31 34N 34 59E C-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 FEBRUARY 1985
ACTION: SURVEY
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 20,065
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 8 FEBRUARY 1985
REMARKS:
Land located in the Tiran al Haman area.
'ILLAR
32 22N 35 07E E-4 NORTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 28 MAY 1982
ACTION: SURVEY
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,870
PURPOSE:
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 28 MAY - 3 JUNE 1981
Villagers from 'Illar report that Israeli surveyors have begun
work on 4,000 dunams for a possible new settlement.
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32 22N 35 07E E-4 NORTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 01 NOVEMBER 1982*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,870
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: UNCULTIVATED
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 14 JANUARY 1983
REMARKS:
The plot is known locally as Badwin and is owned collectively by 15
families from the village. An Israeli officer reportedly told the head of
the village council that the landowners "can come to the military compound
and get the rent."
IMMATIN
32 12N 35 09E E-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 15 JANUARY 1982
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: TREES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 15-21 JANUARY 1982
REMARKS:
Bulldozers owned by Israeli settlers uprooted trees on Immatin village
land. The owners of the land filed a complaint to the Israeli police who
came to the site and stopped the work. Late in the afternoon, the settlers
returned to the land and uprooted the remaining trees.
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32 18N 35 01E D-5 SOUTHWEST OF TULKARM
DATE: 06 APRIL 1984
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 900/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 1,435
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 6 APRIL 1984
REMARKS:
The Israeli military government plans to open a new road on Tulkarm
and Irtah land along the Green line. Right of way will be approximately
300 meters. Much of the land involved is planted in fruit trees.
'ISAWIYAH
31 48N 35 17E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1968*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 660
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,065
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
'ISAWIYAH
31 48N 35 17E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 APRIL 1969*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,065
PURPOSE:
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land used for playing fields for Hebrew University students.
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31 48N 35 17E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JULY 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,065
PURPOSE: HEBREW UNIVERSITY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
'ISAWIYAH
31 48N 35 17E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 SEPTEMBER 1982*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,065
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 83883, 14 JULY 1983
JERUSALEM 01919, 19 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
The authorities confiscated about 5,000 dunams of land from
'Isawiyah and the neighboring village of al-Tur.
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31 48N 35 17E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 19 MAY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,065
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01919, 19 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
The military authorities informed the mukhtar, Mahmud Muhammad 'Ubayd,
of their decision to confiscate some 7,000 dunams of land located east of
the village in the following areas: al-Ruwabah, al-Hara'iq, Wadi Mahmud,
al-Bugay', Umm Sultan, Shi'b al-Qanatir, Shi'b Hamid, and East and West
al-Hawasinah, as well as three reservoirs.
The land will be used for the new Jerusalem-Ma'ale Adummim Road.
'ISAWIYAH
31 48N 35 17E G-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 21 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 25
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,065
PURPOSE: FOREST
LAND USE: WHEAT, BARLEY
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 21 DECEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
Israeli workers employed by the Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus in
East Jerusalem began foresting a 25-dunam plot belonging to residents of
'Isawiyah village. The Palestinian landowners (Hamdan Mustafa, and three
sons of Ali Mohammed--Ahmad, Mohammed and Hassan) have land deeds proving
their ownership and say they are prepared to take the issue to court if
necessary.
Israeli hospital officials claim the land is government property and
the hospital was renting it from the government.
Village residents say the land plot is a flat fertile stretch extending
from the slopes of Giv'at Shapira and Hadassah Hospital. Until last year,
despite the fencing of the land plot by hospital employees, Palestinian
landowners continued to cultivate wheat and barley on the land.
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32 19N 35 13E G-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 20 JANUARY 1979
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 1 FEBRUARY 1979
REMARKS:
See Hizma, 20 January 1979.
JABA'
32 19N 35 13E G-10 SOUTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 09 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 10,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE, QUARRIES
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00563, 9 FEBRUARY 1984
REMARKS:
Amount seized probably is exaggerated.
JABA'
32 19N 35 13E G-10 SOUTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 26 JANUARY 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 1 FEBRUARY 1984
JERUSALEM POST, 12 FEBRUARY 1984
REMARKS:
Villagers were given 30 days to protest.
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32 19N 35 13E G-10 SOUTHEAST
DATE: 18
ACTION: SURVEY
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OCTOBER 1984
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
18
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
14,150
PURPOSE:
N/A
LAND USE:
N/A
SOURCE:
JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
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JAMMA'IN
32 08N 35 12E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,630
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 11 NOVEMBER 1983
Israeli military authorities declared more than 200 dunams of Jamma'in
village land to be state land.
The land seizure notice, which was issued by the Israeli custodian of
absentee property, stated that only 60 dunams of land were in question.
The notification, which was handed to the village mukhtar, Ali Abd al
Rahman Mohammed, did not include the customary map of the seized land or
any other specifications. The mukhtar and the head of the village council,
Mahamoud Abdallah Mahmound, discovered on visiting the threatened land plot
with the Israeli custodian of absentee property that the area in question
exceeded 200 dunams.
rocky.
Most of the land is planted in olive trees. A portion, however, is
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32 08N 35 12E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1984*
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,630
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 25 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
See Dayr Ballut, 1 January 1984.
JAMMA'IN
32 08N 35 12E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 22 JANUARY 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,630
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 22 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
See Dayr Ballut, 22 January 1985.
JANIN
32 28N 35 18E G-3 NORTH OF JANIN
DATE: 02 AUGUST 1984
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 240
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 20,850
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02438, 2 AUGUST 1984
REMARKS:
A new military government order prohibited construction within
120 meters of the recently opened Janin Road. This area had
reportedly been zoned for construction.
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31 52N 35 27E 1-10 JERICHO
DATE: 01 JUNE 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
JERICHO
? 31 52N 35 27E 1-10 JERICHO
DATE: 01 JUNE 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,800
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
? PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
There were two seizures for Jericho in June 1972, one was for 800
dunams and the other was for 1,000 dunams.
JERICHO
31 52N 35 27E 1-10 JERICHO
DATE: 03 DECEMBER 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 33,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
DAVAR, 5 DECEMBER 1982
JERUSALEM 01328, 23 APRIL 1985
Land owned by the Husni Shawan family.
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31 47N 35 14E F-11 JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 70
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,130
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM
31 47N 35 14E F-11 JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 APRIL 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,130
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
Land along the walls of the old city near the new gate taken and
turned into public garden.
JERUSALEM
31 47N 35 14E F-11 EAST JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 AUGUST 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,640
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,130
PURPOSE: ? N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized for the "Greater Jerusalem" project.
Expropriated area probably includes land of neighboring villages.
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31 47N 35 14E F-11 JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,130
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Expropriated area probably includes land of neighboring villages.
JERUSALEM
31 47N 35 14E F-11 JERUSALEM
DATE: 30 JANUARY 1979
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,130
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 0370, 1 FEBRUARY 1979
REMARKS:
An Israeli District Court ruled in favor of an Arab, Daoud Mika'il,
whose land in Jerusalem was fraudulently sold to a subsidiary of the Jewish
National Fund.
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31 47N 35 14E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 17 AUGUST 1979
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,130
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: STATE 215807, 18 AUGUST 1979
TEL AVIV 17875, 17 AUGUST 1979
REMARKS:
The ministerial committee on Jerusalem recently adopted a secret
resolution to expropriate several thousand dunams of privately owned Arab
land in the northern suburbs of Jerusalem between Giv'at Shapira and Newe
Ya'aciov. The purpose of the intended expropriation is to prevent the
isolation of Newe Ya'atiov. The expropriated land reportedly is to be used
for housing and the expansion of government installations in the area. The
committee decided that a special team would be formed to look into
implementing the decision.
JERUSALEM
31 47N 35 14E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 18 NOVEMBER 1981
ACTION: PURCHASE/FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,130
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 18 NOVEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
The Jerusalem District Court ruled that the buyer of a 5-dunam plot
of land in the Ramot neighborhood, which was originally owned by a resident
of East Jerusalem but sold to the buyer by another man claiming to be the
legitimate owner, shall retain title because he purchased it innocently on
the basis of land registry documentation, even though such documentation
was false.
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JIBIYA
32 OON 35 09E E-9 NORTH OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 10 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 1,240
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 15 APRIL 1983
REMARKS:
See An Nabi Salih, 11 April 1983.
JIFTLIK
32 09N 35 30E 1-7 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 28 OCTOBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 85,370
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
JIFTLIK
32 09N 35 30E 1-7 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 21 FEBRUARY 1985
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 85,370
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: BANANAS AND MELONS
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL QUDS, 22 FEBRUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
The IDF reportedly gave Arab farmers three days to harvest the
bananas and melons that are planted on the land and then leave the area.
The produce needed two more months to ripen.
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32 11N 35 08E E-6 EAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 01 MARCH 1981*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 350
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,825
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'IMMANU'EL
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JINSAFUT
AL FAJR, 2-8 JULY 1982
AL FAJR, 28 MAY - 3 JUNE 1982
32 11N 35 08E E-6 EAST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 31 MAY 1982*
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 350
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,825
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'IMMANU'EL
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JPRS 81001, 8 JUNE 1982
Jinsafut villagers maintained a sitdown strike on their lands after
the lands were seized for settlement purposes.
The protest followed by one week the reported uprooting of some 2,500
olive trees by Israeli bulldozers.
See Jinsafut, 1 March 1981.
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32 11N 35 08E E-6 EAST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 01 JUNE 1982*
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 350
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,825
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'IMMANU'EL
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 18 MAY - 3 JUNE 1982
AL FAJR, 2-8 JULY 1982
Three Jinsafut residents appealed to the Israeli High Court in
Jerusalem demanding an end to the on-going confiscation of their land, an
end to the establishing of settlements around the villages, and an order
restraining 'Immanu'el and Game Shomeron settlers.
The three residents owned 350 dunams, which were confiscated in March
1981 for the 'Immanu'el settlement.
See Jinsafut, 1 March 1981.
JINSAFUT
32 11N 35 08E E-6 EAST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 28 FEBRUARY 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,825
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 28 FEBRUARY 1985
REMARKS:
Abdul Hamid Ayoub of Jinsafut village appealed to the military
government for permission to continue cultivating his land after a group of
(lame Shomeron settlers attempted to stop him from working on it. The
military government told Ayoub the plot was considered state land and that
he should stop working it. Ayoub then presented military government
officials with land deeds showing that the plot has been held by his family
for generations. Despite this, the military government postponed issuing
Ayoub a permit to continue cultivating the land.
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32 18N 35 07E E-5 EAST
DATE: 08
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000/3
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MARCH 1981
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
13,455
PURPOSE:
SETTLEMENT OF 'ENAV
LAND USE:
WHEAT, RYE, AND OLIVES
SOURCE:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE,
15
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See Bayt Lid, 8 March 1981.
KAFR AL LABAD
32 18N 35 07E E-5 EAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 17 MARCH 1981
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,455
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'ENAV
LAND USE: WHEAT, RYE, AND OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE 1 AARCH 1981
JPRS 77884, 21 APRIL 1984
See Bayt Lid, 17 March 1981.
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32 18N 35 07E E-5 EAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 18 MARCH 1981
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,455
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: ASHA'AB, 18 MARCH 1981
JERUSALEM 00752, 18 MARCH 1981
REMARKS:
See Bayt Lid, 18 March 1981.
KAFR AL LABAD
32 18N 35 07E E-5 EAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 27 APRIL 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,455
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 27 APRIL 1984
Twelve hundred dunams of farm land in Kafr al Labad, Shufah, and
Tulkarm were expropriated by the military government.
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32 18N 35 07E E-5 EAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 19 DECEMBER 1985
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,455
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL QUDS, 19 DECEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
Landowners were told they have 40 days to dispute the claim.
KAFR 'ACIAB
31 53N 35 14E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 AUGUST 1978
ACTION: FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,610
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: DAVAR, 1 AUGUST 1978
REMARKS:
An indictment was filed in the Jerusalem District Court concerning
forged documents used in the sale of 20 dunams of Kafr 'Aqab land owned by
the Afana family.
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KAFR MALIK
31 59N 35 19E G-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 100
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 54,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 18 SEPTEMBER 1981
Taken concurrently with 700 dunams from adjacent Mazra'ah ash
Sharqiyah.
KAFR MALIK
31 59N 35 19E G-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 04 JANUARY 1982
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 54,150
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 8 JANUARY 1982
The military government closed some 500 dunams of Kafr Malik land,
concurrently with 2,000 dunams in neighboring Al Mughayyir.
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KAFR NI'MAH
31 56N 35 06E E-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 07 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,000
PURPOSE: MILITARY, ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11 FEBRUARY 1983
JERUSALEM 10708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
See Baytuniya, 7 February 1983.
KAFR OADDUM
32 13N 35 09E E-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 19 AUGUST 1979
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,785
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF QEDUMIM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 19 AUGUST 1979
REMARKS:
Israeli settlers from the settlement of Qedumim broke through the
settlement's fence and seized a 4-dunam area of Kafr Qaddum land outside
it. They parked four trailers there, fenced off the seized area, and
erected a watchtower on it. The settlers are protesting the fact that they
have not received more land from the government. The settlers claim that
the status of the lands they seized is vague, but there are olive trees in
the vicinity. Nearby IDF troops from the adjacent army base did not
intervene in the settlers' seizure of the land.
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KAFR QADDUM
32 13N 35 09E E-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 20 AUGUST 1979
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,785
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF QEDUMIM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC RADIO SERV., 20 AUG. 1979
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 20 AUGUST 1979
Qedumim settlers voluntarily evacuated the area outside their
settlement in return for the promise of cabinet discussion of the shortage
of land in Gush Emunim settlements.
See Kafr Qaddum, 19 August 1979.
KAFR QADDUM
32 13N 35 09E E-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JUNE 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,785
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF QEDUMIM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 7-13 JUNE 1981
REMARKS:
Settlers from Qedumim fenced 200 dunams of Kafr Qaddum land.
Landowners sent protest cables to both the military commander of the West
Bank and the military governor of Tulkarm.
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32 12N 35 17E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 09 FEBRUARY 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,285
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 10 FEBRUARY 1982
REMARKS:
See Burin, 9 February 1982.
KAFR SUR
32 15N 35 04E D-6 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 01 MAY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,300 ?
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,000
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES, ALMOND, AND APRICOT TREES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 6 MAY 1983
Villagers claim the land, which is planted in olive, almond, and
apricot trees, is the only income for nearly 200 families.
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32 09N 35 03E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 24 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7,000/5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,350
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: GRAZING, ORCHARDS
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 24 DECEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Azzun, 24 February 1981.
KAFR THULTH
32 09N 35 03E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 06 JANUARY 1982
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,350
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ELQANA
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 6 JANUARY 1982
REMARKS:
A group of landowners from the Bayt Amin area petitioned the Israeli
High Court to issue an interim order banning construction in an area over
which they claim ownership. They contend that a conflict over ownership
has developed between them and nearby settlers.
The land is part of the 7,000 dunam plot recently seized for the
settlement of Elqana.
See Kafr ThuIth, 24 February 1981.
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32 09N 35 03E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALGILYAH
DATE: 25 SEPTEMBER 1984
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,350
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 26 SEPTEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
The High Court of Justice granted an interim injunction to nine
villagers from Kafr ThuIth, who are seeking a halt to development work on
land they claim is theirs.
The dispute goes back to January 1982, when a petition to the High
Court by some of the current applicants was dismissed, but only after the
attorney general's representative had promised that the military government
would not take sides in the question of the land's ownership and use.
Since then, workers on behalf of five companies and one individual
named in the petition, along with other unknown persons, have on many
occasions undertaken clearing and construction work on the land.
See Kafr ThuIth, 6 January 1982.
KAFR THULTH
32 09N 35 03E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 05 NOVEMBER 1984
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,350
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
Kafr ThuIth and Sanniriyah villagers appealed to the Israeli High
Court to show why settlers were not prevented from starting construction
work on their land. They reportedly proved that a land sale document bore
a forged signature.
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32 09N 35 03E 0-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 17 MAY 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,124
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 22,350
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02080, 22 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
The Israeli company, Delta Karmik, is working on the land.
KAWBAR
31 59N 35 10E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 12 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: PURCHASE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 411/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,240
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES, FIGS, GRAPES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 25 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
See Baytillu, 12 February 1983.
KAWBAR
31 59N 35 10E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 12 MARCH 1983
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 411/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,240
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 8 APRIL 1983
REMARKS:
See Baytillu, 12 March 1983.
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31 59N 35 10E E-9 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 24 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 411/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,240
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES, FIGS, GRAPES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 29 APRIL 1983
REMARKS:
See Baytillu, 24 April 1983.
KHARAS
32 37N 35 02E D-13 NORTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 30 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,600/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,720
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ZOREF
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 83116, 23 MARCH 1983
HA'ARETZ, 30 JANUARY 1983
REMARKS:
Israeli authorities seized some 1,600 dunams near the villages of
Surif and Kharas.
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32 37N 35 02E 0-13 NORTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 17 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,720
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 30 DECEMBER 1983
JERUSALEM 04038, 28 NOVEMBER 1983
The land is located along the pre-1967 border in the following
regions: Taraf Sheikh, Shaab Edwan, Khalet Beiah, Rasam, and Khalet Sarara.
More than 30 families own land in the area. Kharas village mukhtars were
not notified of the seizure until 24 November.
KHARBATA
31 57N 35 04E 0-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 26 OCTOBER 1982
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,500
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 26 OCTOBER 1982
REMARKS:
Land is adjacent to the village.
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31 57N 35 04E D-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 21 AUGUST 1985
ACTION: PURCHASE/FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 85
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,500
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: ASHA'AB, 21 AUGUST 1985
REMARKS:
Kharbata villagers reported a forged land sale of 85 dunams of village
land. They submitted a complaint and presented ownership documents to that
effect.
KIFL HARITH
32 07N 35 09E E-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 FEBRUARY 1978*
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,890
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: GRAIN AND OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:-
HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 24 MAY 1978
The Israeli Army closed off 500 dunams of land owned by the Kifl
Harith villagers. The villagers claim they have Tabu certificates
authenticating their claim to ownership. The closed land was partially
cultivated with grain and olive orchards. The olive orchard was reportedly
destroyed by the Israeli Army when construction of the settlement was
begun. The Military Governor of the Tulkarm district told the head of the
Kifl Harith village council that the land was to be confiscated for the
construction of an army base.
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32 07N 35 09E E-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
KUR
DATE: 01 MAY 1982*
ACTION: FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 80
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 28 MAY - 3 JUNE 1982
REMARKS:
Israeli police arrested four youths from the village of Kifl Harith
after receiving a complaint against them submitted by the Shamlawi family
of the same village. The family accused the four youths of breaking into
the house of Mohammad Abdel Kader Shamlawi, 80, who is blind, and forcing
him to sign a document selling 80 dunams of land. The case is under
investigation.
32 14N 35 06E E-6 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 03 MAY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 11,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,350
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 6 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 01624, 3 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
See Bayt Lid, 3 May 1983.
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31 48N 35 12E F-11 EAST JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1969*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,805
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land located between Mount Scopus and At Tur.
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ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,805
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973 25X1
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Land used for the expansion of the Ramat Eshkol neighborhood.
LIFTA
31 48N 35 12E F-11 EAST JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MARCH 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 50
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,805
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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32 04N 35 15E F-8 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 08 AUGUST 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 10,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,150
PURPOSE: FOREST
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11 NOVEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
Israeli authorities seized an estimated 10,000 dunams of Lubban ash
Sharqiyah for a forest. The notification did not specify the land plots
marked for confiscation.
The village mukhtar, Yunis Samara submitted an objection to the
measure on behalf of the 56 families involved. The objection, however, was
rejected on the grounds that it did not meet the legal requirements of an
official objection.
Villagers believe the land will be attached to the Eli settlement.
MAJDAL BANI FAD IL
32 05N 35 22E H-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1968*
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 25,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: CEREALS AND LENTILS
SOURCE:
? REMARKS:
HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
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32 07N 35 03E D-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 05 OCTOBER 1981
ACTION: PURCHASE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 700
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,915
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ELQANA
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02991, 6 OCTOBER 1981
REMARKS:
Land located between Mashah and the Israeli settlement of Elqana.
Land brokers reportedly acted on behalf of a firm known as Yehuda and
Shomron, which earlier purchased the land from its previous Arab owners.
MASHAH
32 07N 35 03E 0-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 24 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7,000/5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 7,915
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ELOANA
LAND USE: GRAZING, ORCHARDS
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 24 DECEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Azzun, 24 December 1981.
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31 52N 35 17E
G-10 SOUTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 31 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,045
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 4 FEBRUARY 1983
JPRS 83116, 23 MARCH 1983
HA'ARETZ, 30 JANUARY 1983
A new 9-kilometer road linking the AIIon Road and North Jerusalem
will be built on the land.
NABLUS
32 13N 35 16E G-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 MARCH 1983
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,695
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 1 MARCH 1983
REMARKS:
See 'Azmut, 1 March 1983.
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32 13N 35 16E G6 NABLUS
DATE: 01 MAY 1983*
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,695
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL QUDS, 20 MAY 1983
JPRS 83883, 14 JULY 1983
REMARKS:
The owners of this land located within the municipality limits
obtained an order from the Supreme Court preventing the authorities from
changing the postings of the land, or opening any roads through it, before
the case is concluded.
NABLUS
32 13N 35 16E G-6 NABLUS
DATE: 04 APRIL 1984
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,695
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 4 APRIL 1984
REMARKS:
Israeli bulldozers began work on a new road through the Asahlit Akdar
section of Nablus despite a work stoppage order obtained from the Israeli
Supreme Court by the Arab residents of the area. The court had ordered
work stopped while it considered the case. No judgment has yet been handed
down in the case. Residents claim 2,000 dunams, valued at 10 to 30 thousand
Jordanian dinars a dunam, will be expropriated for the road.
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31 41N 35 07E E-12 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 MARCH 1969*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,195
PURPOSE:
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land located near the hamlet of Khirbat Bayt Sakariyah.
NAHHALIN
31 41N 35 07E E-12 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 APRIL 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,195
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF KEFAR 'EZYON
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
NAHHALIN
31 41N 35 07E E-12 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 13 AUGUST 1980
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,195
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ROSH ZURIM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02611, 14 AUGUST 1980
REMARKS:
A Bethlehem man?lbrahaim Audeh?petitioned the Supreme Court for the
return of lands allegedly seized from him to enlarge the settlement of
Rosh Zurim. The Custodian of Absentee Property claimed that title to the
land was disputed by a Jewish family.
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31 41N 35 07E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1981*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
NAHHALIN
AL FAJR, 20 JULY 1984
AL QUDS, 15 JULY 1984
See Husan, 1 June 1981.
31 41N 35 07E E-12 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 31 DECEMBER 1981'
ACTION: PURCHASE/FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JPRS 77082, 31 DECEMBER 1980
REMARKS:
Residents of Khirbat Bayt Sakariyah, an Arab hamlet located between
the settlements of AIlon Shevut and Rosh Zurim (on Nahhalin village land)
claim that a certain parcel of their land was sold to settlers by an
illegitimate seller. The land is owned by Ibrahim Atallah, his three sons
and their families.
Settlers claim that the land cultivated by Ibrahim once to belonged
to Jews and as proof they show old maps and air photos dating back to the
pre-1948 era.
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31 41N 35 07E
E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE:
ACTION:
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
PURPOSE:
LAND USE:
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
See Husan, 5 June 1983.
NAHHALIN
05 JUNE 1983
INJUNCTION
4,000/3
16,195
N/A
N/A
AL FAJR, 10 JUNE 1983
31 41N 35 07E E-12
WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE:
ACTION:
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
PURPOSE:
LAND USE:
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
13 JULY 1984
BULLDOZING
4,000/3
16,195
ROAD
N/A
AL FAJR, 20 JULY 1984
AL QUDS, 15 JULY 1984
See Husan, 13 July 1984.
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31 41N 35 07E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 30 JANUARY 1986
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 800
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,195
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: OLIVE TREES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 7 FEBRUARY 1986
REMARKS:
One landowner reportedly was beaten by Israeli settlers as he
protested the action. The land reportedly was declared state land in 1982,
but owners have continued to cultivate it while awaiting the outcome of an
appeal to the Military Objections Committee.
Probably same land as reported seized in June 1981.
See Nahhalin, 1 June 1981.
31 57N 35 01E D-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 SEPTEMBER 1977*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,545
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MATTITYAHU
LAND USE: SCRUBLAND
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 15 FEBRUARY 1979
REMARKS:
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31 57N 35 01E 0-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 APRIL 1979*
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,545
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MATTITYAHU
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 11 JULY 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 25 JULY 1979
The Israeli High Court granted residents of Ni'lin village an interim
injunction against the seizure of their land. Meanwhile, the IDF's
coordinator of operations in the administered territories claimed that the
seized land makes an important contribution to the security of Ben Gurion
Airport and to the block of new settlements due to be built in the area.
31 57N 35 01E 0-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 24 APRIL 1979
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,545
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MATTITYAHU
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE, SCRUBLAND
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 25 APRIL 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 15 FEBRUARY 1979
See Ni'lin, 1 September 1977.
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31 57N 35 01E D-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 25 APRIL 1979
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,545
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MATTITYAHU
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 25 APRIL 1979
REMARKS:
Ten landowners from the village of Ni'lin obtained an order nisi
calling on the defense minister and the military commander of the West Bank
to show cause, within 30 days, why they should not order soldiers and
laborers to stop settlement activities on their land and leave the area.
See Ni'lin, 1 September 1977.
NULIN
31 57N 35 01E 0-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 24 JULY 1979
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,545
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MATTITYAHU
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
TEL AVIV 16108, 26 JULY 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 15 FEBRUARY 1979
The Israeli High Court overturned its previous injunction and gave the
go-ahead for construction of the Mattityahu settlement. The court based
its decision on the Bet El precedent which justified land seizures for
security reasons.
See Ni'lin, 1 September 1977.
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31 57N 35 01E D-9 WEST
DATE: 21
ACTION: SEIZURE
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SEPTEMBER 1981
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
12,545
PURPOSE:
SETTLEMENT OF SHILAT
LAND USE:
N/A
SOURCE:
JERUSALEM POST, 15 FEBRUARY 1979
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31 57N 35 01E D-9 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 21 JULY 1984
ACTION: PURCHASE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 440
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,545
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 02320, 23 JULY 1984
The land was transferred in a
through Arab intermediaries.
OALANDIYAH
31 52N 35 12E
number of consecutive transactions
F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE:
ACTION:
AMOUNT (DUNAMS):
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
PURPOSE:
LAND USE:
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
01 MAY 1971*
EXPROPRIATION
500
3,695
'ATAROT INDUSTRIAL ZONE
N/A
PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
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31 52N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 400
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,695
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
QALANDIYAH
31 52N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 NOVEMBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,695
PURPOSE: 'ATAROT INDUSTRIAL ZONE
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
QALANDIYAH
31 52N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MARCH 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 33
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,695
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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31 52N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,695
PURPOSE: 'ATAROT INDUSTRIAL ZONE
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized for factories south of Jerusalem Airport.
CIALOILYAH
32 11N 34 58E C-6 EAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 01 APRIL 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 59
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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32 11N 34 58E C-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 08 APRIL 1981
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS):
8,305
PURPOSE:
N/A
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LAND USE:
N/A
SOURCE:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 8 APRIL 1981
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_
Twelve Qalqilyah inhabitants submitted an appeal to the High Court of
Justice against the defense minister and the military government claiming
that their land had been expropriated. The appellants claim that they saw
a bulldozer working on their land two weeks ago, and they were told that the
land was expropriated for public needs.
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32 11N 34 58E C-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 29 APRIL 1982
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 34
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01333, 29 APRIL 1982
REMARKS:
GALQILYAH
32 11N 34 58E C-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 30 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,305
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: FRUIT TREES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 2 DECEMBER 1983
The Israeli Defense Forces uprooted 5 dunams of fruit trees belonging
to Arab farmers along the road leading from Kafr Saba to Qalqilvah.
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32 11N 34 58E C-6 EAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 14 FEBRUARY 1984
ACTION: FRAUD
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 466
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,305
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ZOFIM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 22 FEBRUARY 1984
REMARKS:
Two unidentified men reportedly assaulted an 84-year-old Qalqiliyah
man, Mohammed Saleh Nofal and forced him to sign documents. Nofal
claimed he did not know what the papers were for.
Nofal suspects that the paper he was made to sign is related to his
466-dunams plot of land that Israeli settlers have been trying to grab.
OARAWAT BANI HASAN
32 08N 35 06E E-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 1984
.ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,610
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 02918, 17 SEPTEMBER 1984
Landowner Marouf Abdullah Reyan filed a complaint against several
landbrokers, claiming that Israeli bulldozers had recently leveled his
land.
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31 50N 35 06E E-11 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 SEPTEMBER 1971*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 400
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,825
PURPOSE: FOREST
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized to be used for afforestation.
QATANNAH
31 50N 35 06E E-11 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 27 SEPTEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,825
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 27 SEPTEMBER - 3 OCTOBER 1981
Israeli settlers occupied a site on the hills of Qatannah village and
started work on a new settlement there.
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31 50N 35 06E E-11 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1983
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,825
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 13 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
Qatannah land, planted in olive trees, was surveyed by Israeli land
surveyors. The mukhtar of the village, Mohammad Shamasneh, was told to
forbid villagers from entering their land because of military maneuvers.
QATANNAH
31 50N 35 06E E-11 NORTHWEST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 11 JANUARY 1986
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,825
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVE TREES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 31 JANUARY 1986
JERUSALEM 00474, 4 FEBRUARY 1986
Some of the uprooted trees reportedly were replanted near the Martin
Luther King, Jr. memorial in West Jerusalem.
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32 14N 35 11E F-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 16 JUNE 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,740
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 28 JUNE 1985
JERUSALEM 02055, 19 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
Israeli authorities informed the Qusin village council of the decision
to confiscate between 1,200 and 1,700 dunams of land. The landowners were
given 45 days to appeal the decision.
The confiscated land is located to the northwest of the village, and
constitutes one-third of the village total area. Half of the land is
planted in olive trees and the rest in vegetables. The land is the
village's only source of income.
RABA
32 23N 35 23E H-4 SOUTHEAST OF JAN1N
DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 1984
ACTION: RESTRICTION/BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 20,850
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02918, 17 SEPTEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
Israeli bulldozers began opening a new road between the villages of
Raba and Talfit in the Janin district. The road will eventually connect
with the Jordan Valley Israeli settlements and will have a right of way 120
meters wide.
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31 52N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 02 MAY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3*0
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 6 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
The West Bank military governorate authorized the seizure of several
dozen dunams of land from the village of Rafat, and forbade its owners from
entering it.
FtAFAT
31 52N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 15 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 900
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 30 DECEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
Rafat Mukhtar Wajeh Abd al Mutaleb received an order grabbing the Bir
Dayr Gharbi and Baten Meghra hills from the village, an area of 900 dunams.
The land is located northeast of a military camp established on the
village's agricultural lands. That area is fenced and reaches right up to
houses in the village. In 1968 and 1982, the village reportedly lost more
than 2,000 dunams to the military camps and a part of the built-up area
itself, the village now has no land left
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31 52N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 16 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,150
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 04038, 28 NOVEMBER 1983
AL FAJR, 30 DECEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
See Baytuniya, 16 November 1983.
RAFAT
31 52N 35 12E F-10 SOUTHEAST OF OALGILYAH
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1984*
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 25 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
See Dayr Ballut, 1 January 1984.
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31 52N 35 12E F-10 SOUTHEAST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 22 JANUARY 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 22 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
See Dayr Ballut, 22 January 1985.
RAFIDIYAH
32 13N 35 14E F-6 WEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 16 SEPTEMBER 1981
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 2,370
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02795, 16 SEPTEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
The military government announced that no more construction will be
allowed on the An Najah University campus in Nablus.
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31 54N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1981
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 1 MAY 1981
REMARKS:
A group of Ram Allah residents who claim ownership of land at the
Giv'at Hadassa settlement staged a demonstration on this land, which
was recently declared state land. A civilian staff officer was called
to the scene, and after he explained to them about the existence of an
appeals board, the demonstrators dispersed voluntarily.
RAM ALLAH
31 54N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 16 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,890
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 04038, 28 NOVEMr E1131
AL FAJR, 30 DECEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
See Baytuniya, 16 November 1983.
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31 54N 35 12E F-10 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 02 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 16,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00671, 27 FEBRUARY 1985
JERUSALEM 03769, 1-3 DECEMBER 1984
Fourteen Ram Allah residents petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court to
stop the planned seizure of vast areas of land. In reponse to the court
suit, Israeli Central Command's General Amnon Shahk said the seizure's
purpose was not to limit the city's expansion, but "because it overlooks
an IDF camp and makes it vulnerable."
RAMIN
32 17N 35 09E E-5 EAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 08 MARCH 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,630
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'ENAV
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 15 MARCH 1981
JPRS 77884, 21 APRIL 1981
See Bayt Lid, 8 March 1981.
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32 17N 35 09E E-5 EAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 17 MARCH 1981
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,630
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'ENAV
LAND USE: WHEAT, RYE, AND OLIVES
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 15 MARCH 1981
JPRS 77884, 21 APRIL 1984
REMARKS:
See Bayt Lid, 17 March 1981.
FtAMIN
32 17N 35 09E E-5 EAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 18 MARCH 1981
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,630
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
ASHA'AB, 18 MARCH 1981
JERUSALEM 00752, 18 MARCH 1981
See Bayt Lid, 18 March 1981.
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31 56N 35 18E G-9 EAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 25 AUGUST 1980
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 850
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 28,545
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: UNCULTIVATED
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 26 AUGUST 1980
The West Bank military government seized 850 dunams of land near
the village of Ramin.
Villagers who claim ownership of the land said that they had been
informed of the military government's decision a few days before and that
they would contest the decision in the High Court of Justice.
The army declared the area closed as a training site five years ago.
Military government sources emphasized that the land has been seized and
not expropriated.
RANTIS
32 02N 35 01E D-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 11 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,380/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,000
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: WHEAT AND OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 14 DECEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
See 'Abud, 11 December 1984.
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32 02N 35 01E 0-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 12 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,380/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,000
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: WHEAT AND OLIVES
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
RANTIS
AL FAJR, 12 DECEMBER 1984
AL FAJR, 14 DECEMBER 1984
JERUSALEM 03875, 12 DECEMBER 1984
See 'Abud, 12 December 1984.
32 02N 35 01E 0-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 16 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,380/3
' VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,000
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: WHEAT AND OLIVES
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 21 DECEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
See 'Abud, 16 December 1984.
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32 02N 35 01E D-8 NORTHWEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 30 DECEMBER 1985
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 230
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,000
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 3 JANUARY 1986
REMARKS:
The Israeli military objections committee in Jerusalem revoked a
decision by the military authorities to confiscate land belonging to the
village of Rantis. The committee decided to return 230 out of 307 dunams
confiscated by the authorities to their owners: Jaber Zaidan, Muhammad
Hussein Balout, Hussein Naddaf, Ismail Ibrahim Ismail and Abdel Latif.
RUJAYB
32 11N 35 18E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 03 JUNE 1979
ACTION: REQUISITION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 800
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,305
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
HA'ARETZ, 13 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM 1969, 17 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 18 JUNE 1979
FBIS-MEA-79-118
TEL AVIV 13225, 20 JUNE 1979
Taken by the military government for the establishment of the
settlement of Elon More. Military authorities later estimated the seizure
to be only 600 dunams, while residents of Rujayb and 'Awarta claimed a
combined requisition of 1,300 dunams.
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32 11N 35 18E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 07 JUNE 1979
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 800
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,305
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
HA'ARETZ, 13 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM 1969, 17 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 18 JUNE 1979
FBIS-MEA-79-118
TEL AVIV 13225, 20 JUNE 1979
Tractors began preparing the area for settlement by bulldozing a new
dirt road near small scattered cultivated plots. The bulldozers reportedly
knocked down three or four Arab-owned almond trees.
The bulldozers also cleared ground for prefabricated structures that
had been delivered to the site yesterday. The prefabs and other structures
had been earmarked for other Gush Emunim settlements, but were sent to Elon
More before the High Court considered the Arab landowners' plea against the
military government's requisition order.
See Rujayb, 3 June 1979.
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32 11N 35 18E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 17 JUNE 1979
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,305
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
HA'ARETZ, 13 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM 1979, 17 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 18 JUNE 1979
FBIS-MEA-79-118
TEL AVIV 13225, 20 JUNE 1979
On behalf of some 17 landowners lawyer Elias Koury has appealed to the
Israeli Supreme Court to challenge requisition of land for Elon More. In
response, the court reportedly has referred the matter to a three-judge
panel, but--in the meantime--work will be allowed to progress.
See Rujayb, 3 June 1979.
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32 11N 35 18E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 20 JUNE 1979
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,305
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
HA'ARETZ, 13 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM 1969, 17 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 18 JUNE 1979
FBIS-MEA-79-118
TEL AVIV 13225, 20 JUNE 1979
The Israeli Supreme Court issued an order nisi requiring the state to
explain within one month why it will not evacuate the Elon More
settlement. The radio later announced that the court subsequently issued a
temporary restraining order "forbidding the entry of more citizens into
the Elon More settlement and forbidding further construction and digging
work at the settlement." Regardless of this restraining order, work
continued on the settlement at least through August.
See Rujayb, 3 June 1979.
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32 11N 35 18E G-6 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 22 OCTOBER 1979
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,305
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
HA'ARETZ, 13 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM 1969, 17 JUNE 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 18 JUNE 1979
FBIS-MEA-79-118
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE,
13 SEPTEMBER 1979
TEL AVIV 22570, 22 OCTOBER 1979
TEL AVIV 13225, 20 JUNE 1979
The High Court of Justice published its decision in the Elon More
case; it has ordered the removal of the settlement within 30 days, and the
repeal of the order seizing 300 dunams of land belonging to the nearby
Rujayb village. The special five-judge panel voted unanimously to grant
the appeal of the landowners against the seizure and to accept the
arguments of their attorneys that there was neither a military nor a
security need for the settlement.
See Rujayb, 3 June 1979.
RUJAYB
32 11N 35 18E G-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 MARCH 1983
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,305
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 1 MARCH 1983
REMARKS:
See 'Azmut, 1 March 1983.
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32 17N 35 12E F-5 NORTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 12 AUGUST 1978
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 120
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,785
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AS-SABAH, 12 AUGUST 1974
REMARKS:
SAFFA
31 54N 35 04E D-10 WEST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 MAY 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 350
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,370
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
SAFFARIN
32 16N 35 07E E-5 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 03 MAY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 11,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,020
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 6 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 01624, 3 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
See Bayt Lid, 3 May 1983.
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32 16N 35 07E E-5 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 26 APRIL 1984
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 9,020
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL TALIAH, 26 APRIL 1984
REMARKS:
See Bayt Lid, 26 April 1984,
SALFIT
32 05N 35 11E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 26 MARCH 1979
ACTION: REQUISITION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,020
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ARI'EL
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE, UNCULTIVATED
SOURCE: HA'ARETZ, 5 JULY 1979
REMARKS:
The military government announced the requisitioning of 3,500 dunams
of land. Military government officials believe these lands are not
registered with the lands registry office, although a part of them are
registered in the tax books. The land is intended for expansion of the
Ari'el settlement.
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32 05N 35 11E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 04 JULY 1979
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,020
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ARI'EL
LAND USE: OLIVES, GRAPES, AND FIGS
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 5 JULY 1979
HA'ARETZ, 5 JULY 1979
Salfit landowners protested to UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and
to Defense Minister Ezer Weizman that government workers began fencing some
1,000 dunams (of 3,500 dunams seized) of Salfit's land to enlarge the
Jewish settlement at Ari'el.
SALFIT
32 05N 35 11E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 05 JULY 1979
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,020
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ARI'EL
LAND USE: OLIVES, GRAPES, AND FIGS
SOURCE: HA'ARETZ, 5 JULY 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 6 JULY 1979
REMARKS:
Thirteen residents of Salfit appealed to the Israeli High Court of
Justice, seeking an interim injunction against the defense minister and the
military governor of Tulkarm, preventing them from seizing their land and
working it.
See Salfit, 26 March 1979.
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32 05N 35 11E
F-7 SOUTHWEST OF -NABLUS
DATE: 12 JULY 1979
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,020
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ARI'EL
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 2297, 17 JULY 1979
TEL AVIV 15089, 13 JULY 1979
WASHINGTON POST, 26
HA'ARETZ, 5 JULY 1979
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The High Court of Justice handed down an interim injunction halting
the fencing off of a 3,200-dunam area that had been seized for the
expansion of Ari'el. The injunction was issued in response to an appeal by
29 Arab residents of Salfit who claimed that 1,000 out of the 3,200 dunams
taken had not been seized legally. The court ordered the appellants to
prepare a report within two weeks accurately defining their land claims.
See Salfit, 26 March 1979.
SALFIT
32 05N 35 11E . F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 17 JULY 1979
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,020
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ARI'EL
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 2297, 17 JULY
HA'ARETZ, 5 JULY 1979
REMARKS:
1979
Three petitions representing claims of 47 Salfit villages were filed
with Supreme Court.
See Salfit, 26 March 1979.
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32 05N 35 11E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 19 JULY 1979
ACTION: SURVEY
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,020
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ARI'EL
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC TV SERVICE, 19 JULY 1979
HA'ARETZ, 5 JULY 1979
Military government authorities surveyed the 3,500-dunam area seized
from the Salfit villages. For the first time, the representatives of the
military authorities handed Salfit's Mayor, Hasan az Zir, a seizure order
for the 3,500 dunams. The order includes a map giving details of the
seized area extending from the settlement of Ari'el and the township of
Salfit.
The first seizure order issued by the military authorities was amended
and most of the cultivated and private lands were deleted. There is
reportedly no legal proof of ownership of lands in the area itself, the
only proof being the tax books.
See Salfit, 26 March 1979.
SALFIT
32 05N 35 11E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 13 JULY 1981
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,020
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ARI'EL
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02087, 13 JULY 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Anabta, 13 July 1981.
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32 05N 35 11E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 27 JANUARY 1984
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 25
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 23,020
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: WHEAT
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00346, 27 JANUARY 1984
REMARKS:
SALIM
32 13N 35 20E H-6 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 19 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 28,000/5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
The residents have refused financial compensation and are instead
taking the matter to court.
See 'Askar, 19 January 1983.
SANNIRIYAH
32 07N 35 03E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 24 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7,000/5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,260
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ELQANA
LAND USE: GRAZING, ORCHARDS
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 24 DECEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Azzun, 24 December 1981.
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32 07N 35 03E D-7 SOUTHWEST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 26 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,260
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
' AL FAJR, 26 DECEMBER 1981 - 7 JANUARY 1982
Residents of Sartah, Zawiyah, and Sanniriyah, protested the military
government against their land being taken for settlements.
SANNIRIYAH
32 07N 35 03E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 05 NOVEMBER 1984
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,260
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00261, 22 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
See Kafr ThuIth, 5 November 1984.
SANNIRIYAH
32 07N 35 03E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 01 MAY 1985*
ACTION: PURCHASE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 44
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,260
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 02216, 3 JULY 1985
Forty-four dunams of land in Sanniriyah's Parcel Number 4 were sold to
the Mantir, Ahdar, and Dafca Development Companies through a land broker.
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- 32 07N 35 03E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 02 MAY 1985*
ACTION: SURVEY/BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,260
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02216, 3 JULY 1985
REMARKS:
Immediately after the selling of 44 dunams to various settlement
companies, the Israeli companies reportedly surveyed 440 dunams nearby
and leveled another 760 dunams.
See Sanniriyah, 1 May 1985.
SANUR
32 21N 35 15E F-4 NORTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 FEBRUARY 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 70
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,565
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land taken is located north of Sanur. It is to be used for building a
military camp.
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32 21N 35 15E F-4 SOUTH OF JANIN
DATE: 01 JUNE 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 12,565
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land belongs to absentee landlords from Janin.
SARTAH
32 06N 35 05E E-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALGILYAH
DATE: 26 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,415
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 26 DECEMBER 1981 - 7 JANUARY 1982
REMARKS:
See Sannirivah; 26 December 1981.
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31 45N 35 11E F-12 SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 23 MARCH 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,350
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 1,520
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 8 APRIL 1983
Israeli officials seized the last 1,350 dunams of agricultural land
from the village of Sharafat to expand the urban neighborhood of Gilo.
Sharafat residents noticed in early March that land on the southern
edge of the village was being marked off by an Israeli land surveyor. They
were told that the land had been sold. A second surveyor said the land had
been confiscated. The residents insist they have had no land confiscation
papers from any Israeli party nor has the land been sold.
SHARAFAT
31 45N 35 11E F-12 SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 27 FEBRUARY 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 11
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 1,520
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 7 MARCH 1984
Land belongs to Issa Mousa Abd An Nabi. Bulldozers have already begun
constructing a road to the Gilo neighborhood.
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31 45N 35 11E F-12 SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 13 DECEMBER 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 8
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 1,520
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 13 DECEMBER 1985
AL FAJR, 16 DECEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
Land owned by Musa Hussein Ayyad.
SHUFAH
32 17N 35 05E D-5 SOUTHEAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 03 MAY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 11,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 6 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 01624, 3 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
See Bayt Lid, 3 May 1983.
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32 17N 35 05E D-5 EAST OF TULICARM
DATE: 27 APRIL 1984
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 27 APRIL 1984
REMARKS:
See Kafr al Labad, 27 April 1984.
SHU'FAT
31 49N 35 14E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1968*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,345
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,720
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
Land expropriated in the following areas: Arda al Joz, al Sammar,
and Sawafa. Six hundred housing units for Jews were later erected here.
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31 49N 35 14E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MARCH 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,720
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land located in the Shaykh Jarrah area.
SHU'FAT
31 49N 35 14E F-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,720
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
See 'Anata, 1 May 1970.
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31 49N 35 14E F-11 NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,720
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
See An Nabi Samu'il, 1 June 1970.
SHU'FAT
31 49N 35 14E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 400
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,720
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized reportedly for building a sports complex, which was never
built.
SHU'FAT
31 49N 35 14E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 02 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,720
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
Land is located near the Jerusalem Electricity Company generator.
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31 49N 35 14E F-11 NORTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 25 JUNE 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,720
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 28 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
The municipality of Jerusalem recently confiscated the Abu Zreik lands
in Shu'fat for a new road linking Jewish settlements around Jerusalem. The
municipality informed landowners of their intention one month before the
confiscation.
Sl'IR
31 35N 35 09E E-13 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 30 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 122,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JPRS 83116, 23 MARCH 1983
HA'ARETZ, 30 JANUARY 1983
Land will be transferred to the Hebron Mount Regional Council.
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31 35N 35 09E E-13 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 28 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 6,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 122,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 05795, 28 APRIL 1983
REMARKS:
Sl'IR
31 35N 35 09E E-13 SOUTH OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 09 MAY 1983
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 122,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01774, 9 MAY 1984
REMARKS:
See Bayt Immar, 9 May 1983.
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31 35N 35 09E E-13 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 14 JUNE 1985
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 122,150
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF MEZAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02022, 14 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
Two hundred dunams of Si'ir land were taken from the ShaleIda tribe as
a military closed area. The land was subsequently designated as state
property and Mezad settlement prefabs were placed at the site.
Sl'IR
31 35N 35 09E E-13 NORTHEAST OF HEBRON
DATE: 30 MARCH 1986
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 490/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 122,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 01259, 31 MARCH 1986
WEST BANK ARABIC NEWSPAPERS, 30 MARCH 1986
See Al Jab'ah, 30 March 1986, and Si'ir, 14 June 1985.
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32 31N 35 14E F-2 WEST OF JANIN
DATE: 05 NOVEMBER 1979
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 22,000/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,585
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
SILWAD
AMMAN 07045, 8 NOVEMBER 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 5 NOVEMBER 19719
TEL AVIV 24384, 15 NOVEMBER 1979
See Anin, 5 November 1979.
31 59N 35 16E 0-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 MARCH 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,285
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
SIL WAD
31 59N 35 16E 0-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 24 OCTOBER 1978
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,285
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 24 OCTOBER 1978
REMARKS:
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31 59N 35 16E G-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 07 JANUARY 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,285
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: ORCHARDS
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00037, 7 JANUARY 1981
JPRS 77196, 19 JANUARY 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Ayn Yabrud, 7 January 1981.
SIL WAD
31 59N 35 16E G-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 01 FEBRUARY 1981*
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,285
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: ORCHARDS
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 16-22 AUGUST 1986
JPRS 79087, 29 SEPTEMBER 1981
See 'Ayn Yabrud, 1 February 1981.
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31 59N 35 16E G-9 NORTHEAST OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 09 JULY 1984
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 17,285
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'OFRA
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 02174, 9 JULY 1984
Israeli authorities canceled a confiscation order of 500 dunams of
Silwad village land. Leveling of the land began three months ago.
SILWAN
31 46N 35 14E F-11 EAST JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 MAY 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,915
PURPOSE: PARK
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized for public parks and garden.
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31 46N 35 14E F-11 EAST JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1982*
ACTION: PURCHASE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,915
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00220, 22 JANUARY 1982
REMARKS:
An Israeli court fined Zuhaira Sulaymeh IS60,000 (US$3,750) and
ordered her to demolish her house, which the court ruled was built without
a permit. The house is reportedly located on a 7-dunam plot which the
Tomer Company, an Israeli contractor, claims to have purchased from a Jew
who owned it during the Mandate Period.
SUR BAHIR
31 44N 35 14E F-12 SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 OCTOBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 300
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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31 44N 35 14E F-12 SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 01 NOVEMBER 1971*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,305
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized for East Talpiyot construction.
SUR BAHIR
31 44N 35 14E F-12 SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 12 NOVEMBER 1985
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,305
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL QUDS, 12 NOVEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
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31 44N 35 14E F-12 SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 25 NOVEMBER 1985
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,305
PURPOSE: FOREST
LAND USE: OLIVES, FRUIT, GRAIN
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 22 NOVEMBER 1985
AL FAJR, 25 NOVEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
Israeli bulldozers uprooted fruit and olive trees and flattened grain
fields to prepare for a 1,600 reforestation project near Sur Bahir village.
Israeli authorities claim that the land is in a "green belt" confiscated
in 1970.
SUR BAHIR
31 44N 35 ME F-12 SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
DATE: 18 DECEMBER 1985
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 8,305
PURPOSE: URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: ASHA'AB, 18 DECEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
The Israeli Supreme Court prohibited the Jerusalem municipality, the
Israeli Land Fund, and the Jewish Agency from developing some 500 dunams in
Sur Bahir. Israeli officials had hoped to construct new housing units on
the site in southeastern Jerusalem.
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31 39N 35 04E D-13 SOUTHWEST
DATE: 17
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
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PURPOSE:
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LAND USE:
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SOURCE:
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The Israeli Supreme Court issued an interim injunction forbidding the
military government to carry out digging foundations and building on plots
of land that had been seized around the village of Surif. The injunction
was issued at the request of some villagers. Attorney Ilyas Khouri argued
that Israelis have been bulldozing and chopping down trees on land
belonging to the villagers.
The land was seized for the purpose of establishing a Nahal settlement.
SURIF
31 39N 35 04E D-13 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 30 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,600/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 30,720
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ZOREF
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 4 FEBRUARY 1983
JPRS 83116, 23 MARCH 1983
HA'ARETZ, 30 JANUARY 1983
See Kharas, 30 January 1983.
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31 39N 35 04E D-13 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 27 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,600/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 30,720
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
See Al Jab'ah, 27 April 1983.
SURIF
31 39N 35 04E D-13 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 18 JULY 1983
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 30,720
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02581, 18 JULY 1983
REMARKS:
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31 39N 35 04E 0-13 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 18 AUGUST 1985
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 30,720
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: OLIVES, FRUIT, AND WHEAT
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 6 SEPTEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
See Al Jab'ah, 18 August 1985.
SURIF
31 39N 35 04E D-13 SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 DECEMBER 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 30,720
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 6 DECEMBER 1985
REMARKS:
Landowners from Surif village appealed to Israeli military objections
committee against the military authorities' intention to confiscate a
1,000-dunam plot belonging to the village as state owned property. The
villagers say they possess documents proving their ownership of the land.
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31 39N 35 04E 0-13 SOUTHWEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 30 MARCH 1986
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 490/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 30,720
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE s
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
TAFFUH
JERUSALEM 01259, 31 MARCH 1986
WEST BANK ARABIC NEWSPAPERS, 30 MARCH 1986
JERUSALEM 01635, 1 MAY 1986
See Al Jab'ah, 30 March 1986, and Surif, 18 August 1985.
31 32N 35 03E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 31 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
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31 32N 35 03E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 09 MARCH 1983
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 18 MARCH 1983
AL FAJR, 4 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
The military appeals committee heard an appeal by the children of the
late Abd Assad al Khamisa of Tuffah against the seizure of some 500 dunams
of their land.
See Taffuh, 31 January 1983.
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31 32N 35 03E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 21 FEBRUARY 1984
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 29 FEBRUARY 1984
REMARKS:
A Hebron civil court restored 200 dunams of Taffuh village to their
owners after the judge arranged a compromise in the 1982 land fraud case.
An order nisi issued by the court 16 months ago barring registration of the
disputed land was put into effect. However, the compromise arrangement
ordered three landowners who sold 16 to 25 dunams to land broker Saleh Zabarqa
to pay US$33,000 in court expenses.
Saleh Zabarqa, a Bedouin from Beersheba, purchased land from three
brothers (Jaber, Yousef, and Mahmoud Dayakeh) for a chicken farm. Based on
this sale, Zabarqa then cooperated with another group of brokers from
Tarqumiyah village who forged sale documents for 217 dunams in Ashayet
Lozeh and Wadi Sheqaq. The 217-dunam plot, located near the Dayakeh
lands, was owned by Mukhtar Mahmoud Zriqat and 13 others from Taffuh and
the Hebron area. In October 1982 Israeli surveyors claimed that the land
was owned by 'Yoush, an Israeli company whom they refused to name.
Later it was learned that Zabarqa sold the plot to an Israeli construction
firm called "Yoush Company" for a housing project.
TAFFUH
31 32N 35 03E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 28 JUNE 1985
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 11,195
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 28 JUNE 1985
REMARKS:
Villagers petitioned the Israeli Military Objections Committee asking
it to cancel an order declaring 1,000 dunams of Taffuh land to be state
land.
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32 12N 35 13E F-6 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 04 FEBRUARY 1986
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 400/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 13,325
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00486, 4 FEBRUARY 1986
ASHA'AB, 4 FEBRUARY 1986
REMARKS:
See Burin, 4 February 1986.
TALLUZA
32 16N 35 18E G-5 NORTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 02 DECEMBER 1976
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 53,370
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 1660, 2 DECEMBER 1976
REMARKS:
TAMMUN
32 17N 35 23E H-5 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 02 JUNE 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 10,000/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,520
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
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32 17N 35 23E H-5 NORTHEAST OF NABLUS -
DATE: 01 MAY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20,000/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,520
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENTS
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
Land seized is located in Tubas and Tammun and is to be used for
settlements.
TAMMUN
32 17N 35 23E H-5 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JULY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 770
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,520
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ARGAMAN
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land had been worked by villagers from Makhrouk, which was razed in
1967.
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32 17N 35 23E H-5 NORTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 19 JULY 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 250
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 91,520
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 19-25 JULY 1981
REMARKS:
The land is owned by 10 Arab families.
TARQUMIYAH
31 35N 35 01E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 22 JANUARY 1981
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 18,890
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF TELEM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 5-11 APRIL 1981
JERUSALEM 00458, 19 FEBRUARY 1981
Israeli military offiicals declared 2,000 to 4,000 dunams of
Tarqumiyah land to be state land.
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31 35N 35 01E D-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 19 FEBRUARY 1981
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 18,890
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF TELEM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 5-11 APRIL 1981
REMARKS:
The Israeli High Court issued an interim injunction ordering a stop of
work on the land. The all encompassing order forbids the landowners from
working on the land too.
See Tarqumiyah, 22 January 1981.
TARQUMIYAH
31 35N 35 01E D-14 WEST OF HEBRON
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ACTION: APPEAL -
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 18,890
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF TELEM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 13 APRIL 1981
REMARKS:
The lawyers representing the residents of the village of Tarqumiyah
walked out of the hearings being conducted by the military appeals
board. The board is discussing the expropriation of village land.
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31 35N 35 01E - D-14 NORTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 13 JULY 1981
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 18,890
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF TELEM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02087, 13 JULY 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Anabta, 13 July 1981.
TARQUMIYAH
31 35N 35 01E 0-14 NORTHWEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 21 JULY 1981
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 18,890
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF TELEM
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 78711, 10 AUGUST 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Ajjul, 21 July 1981.
TARQUMIYAH
31 35N 35 01E 0-14 WEST OF HEBRON
DATE: 09 MARCH 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 18,890
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 18 MARCH 1983
REMARKS:
The owners of the confiscated land intend to try to get the
confiscation order rescinded, claiming they have legal documents proving
their ownership.
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32 24-N 35 21E H-4 SOUTHEAST OF JANIN
DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 1984
ACTION: RESTRICTION/BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 480
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 6,435
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 02918, 17 SEPTEMBER 1984
REMARKS:
See Raba, 17 September 1984.
TUBAS
32 19N 35 22E H-5 NORTHEAST OF JANIN
DATE: 01 JUNE 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 3,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 284,130
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
The land is south of the village.
TUBAS
32 19N 35 22E H-5 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 02 JUNE 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 10,000/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 284,130
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
See Tammun, 2 June 1970.
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32 19N 35 22E H-5 NORTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JULY 1971*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 284,130
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
TUBAS
32 19N 35 22E H-5 NORTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 MAY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 20,000/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 284,130
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENTS
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
See Tammun, 1 May 1972.
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32 19N 35 22E H-5 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1975*
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 284,130
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF RO'I
LAND USE: WHEAT
SOURCE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
REMARKS:
Land owned by some 40 families closed in 1975. The settlement of
Ro'i was established on part of this confiscated land in March 1976.
The villagers were given verbal permission to continue cultivating most
of the confiscated land on a yearly basis.
TUBAS
32 19N 35 22E H-5 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1977*
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 284,130
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF RO'I
LAND USE: WHEAT
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JORDAN TIMES, 23 MAY 1979
HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS,
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
Tubas village wheatfields were bulldozed in 1977, then again in
February 1978.
The land is now cultivated by Ro'i settlers.
See Tubas, 1 January 1975.
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32 19N 35 22E H-5 EAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 09 OCTOBER 1978
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 284,130
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF RO'I
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM POST, 9 OCTOBER 1978
HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
BY PAUL QUIRING, 7 JULY 1978
The land was seized in 1975 in accordance with an administrative order
issued by the West Bank commander. In 1977 this order was changed to a
formal military expropriation order.
Tubas villagers appealed the expropriation order when Ro'i, a Nahal
settlement put up on the expropriated land, was turned into a civilian
settlement and the settlers wanted to cultivate part of the expropriated
land around their homes.
Lawyers presenting the state argument against the landowners' request
for a High Court injunction, said the army must hold onto the land since it
is on the path of one of the main infiltration trails from the Jordan
River. He added that the army has put up electronic devices in the area to
catch infiltrators and terrorists.
See Tubas, 1 January 1975.
TUBAS
32 19N 35 22E H-5 NORTHEAST OF NABLUS
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1981*
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 284,130
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM 00458, 19 FEBRUARY 1981
Between 7,000 and 7,500 dunams were seized near Jabal Ash Shahr, west of
the Nablus-Tubas Road.
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32 19N 35 02E D-5 SOUTHWEST OF TULKARM
DATE: 06 APRIL 1984
ACTION: RESTRICTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 900/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,020
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 6 APRIL 1984
REMARKS:
See Irtah, 6 April 1984.
TULKARM
32 19N 35 02E D-5 EAST OF TULKARM
DATE: 27 APRIL 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,200/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,020
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL ANBA, 24 APRIL 1984
AL FAJR, 27 APRIL 1984
JERUSALEM 01378, 24 APRIL 1984
See Kafr al Labad, 27 April 1984.
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32 19N 35 02E 0-5 NORTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 18 MARCH 1985
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 5,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,020
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 18 MARCH 1983
REMARKS:
Seventy Tulkarm area families contested a military order declaring
5,000 dunams near their villages state land. A decision in the case is
expected next month.
Seized area probably includes land of neighboring villages.
TURMUS 'AYYA
32 02N 35 17E G-8 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 02 SEPTEMBER 1976
ACTION: ? CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 15,650
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 2 SEPT. 1976
REMARKS:
The mukhtars of six villages in the Turmus 'Ayya region called on the
Nablus municipality to help them cancel the order fencing off some 1,000
dunams of their land.
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32 01N 35 10E E-8 NORTH OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 21 JULY 1981
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,370
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF HALLAMISH
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JPRS 78711, 10 AUGUST 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Ajjul, 21 July 1981.
UMM SAFA'
32 01N 35 10E E-8 NORTH OF RAM ALLAH
DATE: 10 APRIL 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 4,370
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
'URIF
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
AL FAJR, 15 APRIL 1983
See An Nabi Salih, 10 April 1983.
32 10N 35 13E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 11 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 600/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,955
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF YIZHAR
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11-17 DECEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Asirah al Qibliya, 11 December 1981.
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31 42N 35 06E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1970*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 120
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,650
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land taken for construction of a large military camp.
WADI FUKIN
31 42N 35 06E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 01 JUNE 1981*
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,650
PURPOSE:
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 20 JULY 1984
AL QUDS, 15 JULY 1984
REMARKS:
See Husan, 1 June 1981.
WADI FUKIN
31 42N 35 06E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 05 JUNE 1983
ACTION: INJUNCTION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,650
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 10 JUNE 1983
REMARKS:
See Husan, 5 June 1983.
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31 42N 35 06E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 24 FEBRUARY 1984
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,650
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
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seize 1,000 dunams of their land. They have begun extensive clearing and
planting work on the disputed land.
WADI FUKIN
31 42N 35 06E E-12 WEST OF BETHLEHEM
DATE: 13 JULY 1984
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000/3
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 3,650
PURPOSE: ROAD
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 20 JULY 1984
REMARKS:
See Husan, 13 July 1984.
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32 27N 35 10E E-8 WEST OF JANIN
DATE: 05 NOVEMBER 1979
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 22,000/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 37,130
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: AMMAN 07045, 8 NOVEMBER 1979
REMARKS:
YANUN
JERUSALEM 03618, 10 NOVEMBER 1979
TEL AVIV 24384, 15 NOVEMBER 1979
See Anin, 5 November 1979.
32 09N 35 21E H-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 03 NOVEMBER 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,600
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 15,175
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11 NOVEMBER 1983
REMARKS:
YASUF
32 07N 35 14E F-7 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 19 FEBRUARY 1985
ACTION: BULLDOZING
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 100
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00661, 26 FEBRUARY 1985
REMARKS:
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32 07N 35 14E F-7 SOUTH OF NABLUS
DATE: 26 FEBRUARY 1985
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 100
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 5,150
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 00661, 26 FEBRUARY 1985
REMARKS:
Villagers from Yasuf and Khirbat Za'tarah continued a "sit-in" on
their land to protest Israeli bulldozing of a 100-dunam tract. The
landowners filed protests but are sitting in to prevent the bulldozing of
their land while their legal protests are under review.
YATTAH
31 27N 35 05E E-15 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 01 MAY 1972*
ACTION: EXPROPRIATION
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 35
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 120,915
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: PEILEOT, 16 JULY 1973
REMARKS:
Land seized for shooting range.
Located near Khirbat Bayt 'Amrah village, west of Yattah.
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31 27N 35 05E E-15 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 10 MAY 1981
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 10,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 120,915
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 10 MAY 1981
The military governor informed Yattah village mukhtars that 10,000
dunams of land are involved.
YATTAH
31 27N 35 05E E-15 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 02 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 23,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 120,915
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 4 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
YATTAH
31 27N 35 05E
JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
JERUSALEM 0346, 2 FEBRUARY 1983
E-15 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 04 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 60,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 120,915 '
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01708, 7 MAY 1983
REMARKS:
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31 27N 35 05E E-15 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 19 FEBRUARY 1984
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,500
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 120,915
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 29 FEBRUARY 1984
Arab Ka'abneh Beduin are preparing to fight in court the confiscation
of 1,500 to 2,000 dunams of their land in Yattah.
In late January 1984, settlers from Karmel erected fences around the
Arab Ka'abneh houses and lands, and claimed that the confiscated land is
?state property. When the owners complained to the military governor in
Hebron last week they were told that the land had been confiscated
in 1982. The landowners say they were never notified of any such
confiscation, nor were they provided with maps. Landowners have until
March 10 to prepare their land deeds to protest the confiscation in the
military objections committee.
YATTAH
31 27N 35 05E E-15 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 03 OCTOBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 2,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 120,915
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 5 OCTOBER 1984
AL QUDS, 5 OCTOBER 1984
REMARKS:
Israeli military authorities expropriated 2,000 dunams of Yattah
village land in the regions of Susya, Wadi al Rakhim, al Farsh, and Khilal
al Hums. These vast areas belong to the Abu'id and Al Huwayzat families.
The authorities demanded that all those concerned with those lands refrain
from farming them or benefiting from them.
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31 27N 35 05E E-15 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 05 OCTOBER 1984
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 120,915
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: TEL AVIV 02312, 12 FEBRUARY 1985
REMARKS:
Israel argued that part of the land in question is registered in the
Beersheba registry office and hence is actually part of pre-1967 Israel.
Arabs demanded a new survey based on UN maps showing the pre-1967 Armistice
Lines.
YATTAH
31 27N 35 05E E-15 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 08 DECEMBER 1984
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 120,915
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 14 DECEMBER 1984
TEL AVIV 02312, 12 FEBRUARY 1985
REMARKS:
See Yattah, 5 October 1984.
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31 27N 35 05E E-15 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 17 JUNE 1985
ACTION: BULLDOZING/PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 400
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 120,915
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
AL FAJR, 21 JUNE 1985
ASHA'AB, 19 JUNE 1985
Israeli military authorities blocked Yattah landowners from attempting
to stop Israeli bulldozers working on their land. The land, about 400
dunams, belongs to the Abu Sabha clan. The owners are planning to file an
objection with the Israeli Military Objections Committee.
YATTAH
31 27N 35 05E E-15 SOUTH OF HEBRON
DATE: 20 APRIL 1986
ACTION: RETURN
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 200
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 120,915
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF SUSYA
LAND USE: FIELD CROPS
SOURCE: JERUSALEM 01521, 20 APRIL 1986
REMARKS:
Since 1982, Israeli settlers from Susya had gradually and
"unofficially" encroached upon "several hundred" dunams of Yattah land.
Through nonviolent resistance, then later with the assistance of the
Israeli military government, residents were able to regain their land.
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32 23N 35 14E 0-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 24 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 7,000/5
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,695
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF ELQANA
LAND USE: GRAZING, ORCHARDS
SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST, 24 DECEMBER 1981
REMARKS:
See 'Azzun, 24 December 1981.
ZAWIYAH
32 23N 35 14E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF QALQILYAH
DATE: 26 DECEMBER 1981
ACTION: PROTEST
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): N/A
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,695
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 26 DECEMBER 1981 - 7 JANUARY 1982
REMARKS:
See Sanninriyah, 26 December 1981.
ZAWIYAH
32 23N 35 14E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 01 JANUARY 1984*
ACTION: DECLARATION AS STATE LAND
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,695
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 25 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
See Dayr Ballut, 1 January 1984.
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32 23N 35 14E D-7 SOUTHEAST OF OALQILYAH
DATE: 22 JANUARY 1985
ACTION: APPEAL
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000/4
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,695
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 22 JANUARY 1985
REMARKS:
See Dayr Ballut, 22 January 1985.
ZAYTA
32 08N 35 11E F-7 SOUTHWEST OF NABLUS
DATE: 30 JANUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 4,000/2
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 14,980
PURPOSE: SETTLEMENT OF 'IMMANU'EL
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
JPRS 83116, 23 MARCH 1983
HA'ARETZ, 30 JANUARY 1983
See Dayr Istiya, 30 January 1983.
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32 27N 35 08E E-3 WEST OF JANIN
DATE: 05 NOVEMBER 1979
ACTION: CLOSURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 22,000/6
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,220
PURPOSE: MILITARY
LAND USE: AGRICULTURE
SOURCE:
REMARKS:
ZIBDAH
AMMAN 07045, 8 NOVEMBER 1979
JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE, 6 NOVEMBER 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 5 NOVEMBER 1979
JERUSALEM POST, 5 NOVEMBER 1979
See Anin, 5 November 1979.
32 27N 35 08E E-3 WEST OF JANIN
DATE: 02 FEBRUARY 1983
ACTION: SEIZURE
AMOUNT (DUNAMS): 1,000
VILLAGE LAND (DUNAMS): 10,220
PURPOSE: N/A
LAND USE: N/A
SOURCE: AL FAJR, 11 FEBRUARY 1983
REMARKS:
Lawyer Felicia Langer appealed to the Israeli High Court on behalf of
35 Zibdah residents for an injunction preventing Israeli authorities from
confiscating 1,000 dunams of village land.
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