Impact of Apartheid Separation Wall on Palestinian villages:
Location: the village of Jayyus is located 8 km to the east of the city of Qalqiliya.
Population: the population of Jayyus is estimated at 3200 people, comprised of 550 nucleus families who mostly depend on agriculture, particularly irrigated agriculture. There are 3 artisan wells which were exclusively used by the village farmers, and 3 others jointly used with the neighboring village of Falamiya and Qalqiliay city.
Village area: the village total area is 12500 dunum.
The village and the Wall:
In the middle of September, 2002, the Israeli so- called civil administration distributed military orders informing the village people of the intension to establish the Wall on their land. Actual works started ten days later, and exactly on September 25th, 2002, giving land owners no enough time for legal objection.
The Wall body was established on the following sites of Jayyus land: Al Muntar, Al Wadat, Al Khalail and Al Firihat. The total area of land destroyed by the erection of the body of the Wall is estimated at 550 dunum of land. At the same time, an additional 8600 dunum of land were separated from the village.
Number of trees uprooted by the erection of the body of the wall:
400 olive trees and 1000 almond trees.
Location of village from the Wall: the village is located only 200 meters from the village homes. The Wall travels 5.5 km in the village land with a width of 100 meter.
Distance of Wall from the green line: the Wall is about 6 km away from the green line.
The separated zone: the Wall separated the following sites: Bubak, Al Moruj and Al Sutuh. All the village land located between the village and Wall in the aforementioned sites was separated from its owners. The total area of land separated is estimated at 8600 dunum, according to the village local council, the land is divided as follows:
1. 3000 dunum cultivated with about 21000 olive tree;
2. 1500 dunum cultivated with about 3000 citrus and fruit tree;
3. 500 dunums of irrigated land cultivated with vegetable.
4. 6 artisan wells are located inside the separated land, three of which are jointly owned with the neighboring village of Falamiya and the city of Qalqiliya.
5. The rest of land has been used as grazing land.
Economic and social effects of Wall erection on local inhabitants:
According to the village local council, the village inhabitants inflicted the following economic losses:
A- The devastation of 550 dunums of land for the erection of the body of the wall. During this process about 400 olive tree and 1000 almond tree were uprooted.
The 400 olive tree produce about 6 tons of pure oil per year.
B- In the separated land, the following losses were inflicted:
1. Irrigated vegs: 5000 tons per year;
1. Olives: 330 tons of pure olive oil per year;
2. Citrus and fruits: 300 tons per year.
C- 550 family lost their land or part of their land under the body of the wall
D- 300 family lost their land in the separated zone.
E- 180 family heads have lost their jobs inside Israeli due to the closure and erection of Wall.
F- The above mentioned losses and constraints create far reaching psychological and social effects on local inhabitants and contribute to the aggravation of poverty and misery.
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