Violation: Notices to stop work and construction

Location: Jubara village / south of Tulkarm

Date: February, 23^th , 2025

Perpetrator: The so- called Israeli civil administration

Victims: Several Farmers and citizens from the village

 Details:

On the morning of Sunday, February, 23, 2025, in Jubara village, located south of Tulkarm, witnessed an incursion by the so- called construction inspector of the Israeli civil administration, accompanied by a military patrol, they headed to the southern part of the village and targeted agricultural and residential facilities, on the pretext of building without license in Area C, which the occupation claims to control and administer.

The occupation authorities handed over to stop work and construction, in addition to another notice titled ‘’ Giving an Additionally Opportunity to Appeal the Previous to the Demolition Orders ‘’. In addition to a written decision where issued by the ‘’planning committee ‘’ affiliated with them, rejecting the permit application submitted by the citizens.

In the stop work notices, the occupation authorities demanded an immediate halt to construction activities and set March 19, 2025, as the date for the building and planning sessions, which is held at the Beit Eil settlement to discuss what they termed as the demolition of the construction or returning the area to its previous condition.  

The following table shows the details of the facilities that have been notified to stop construction according to the records of the village council: 

In the village of Jubara  we have been suffering for more than 20 years from significant targeting by the occupation. The village has a  target of the so -called Israeli Civil Administration and its affiliated committees. The Israeli occupation has repeatedly issued demolition order for a large number of agricultural structures, not to mention demolishing at least nine homes in the village. The attacks continue , and today , eviction notices have been issued for vast area of land under the pretext that they are ‘’state lands’’ . These notices are concentrated in the eastern part of the village.

Jubara village is considered one of the targeted villages by the occupation in Tulkarm governorate in terms of the scale of Israeli targeting . A large number of homes have been notified , and others have been issued demolition orders . For further details,   you can refer to the reports issued by the Land research center regarding what Jabara village has faced.

Jubara Village : 

7 km to the south of Tulkarem city , Jubara is border by Faro’un village (north), occupied territories of 1948 (west), Shofa village (east), Kafl Al-Jamal and Flamiy (south) . Its population mounts to 313 according to 2017 census.

Families of the town: Jubara, Mahmoud, Awad and Odeh. The town has a total area of 46,914 dunums , of which 73 dunums are the town’s built up area

Israeli settlements devoured 1068 dunums of the town’s land:

Sal’it settlement (1977)  devourd 921 dunums and populated 441 settlers.

Ya’arit devoured 147 dunums.

The segregation wall devoured 1531 dunums, and isolated 12,212 dunums.

Oslo conventions divided Jubara into B and C areas:

• B area : 29862 dunums.
• C area: 17052 dunums .  
• مشروع: حماية الحقوق البيئية الفلسطينية في مناطق "ج" SPERAC IV - FCDO
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