25 Bedouin Homes in Umm al-Hiran

What is affected
Housing private
Land Private
Communal
Electricity, Sewage
Type of violation Forced eviction
Demolition/destruction
Dispossession/confiscation

Environmental/climate event
Date 01 June 2007
Region MENA [ Middle East/North Africa ]
Country Palestine/Israel
Location Um al-Hiran, Atir

Affected persons

Total 125
Men 0
Women 0
Children 0
Indigenous
Proposed solution

See attachment

Details iopt0308sumandrecs.pdf
Development
Forced eviction
Costs
Demolition/destruction
Land losses

- Land area (square meters)

- Total value
Housing losses
- Number of homes 25
- Total value €

Duty holder(s) /responsible party(ies)

State
Israeli police, Israel Land Administration, Ministry of Justice
Brief narrative

In the unrecognized villages of Um al-Hieran and Atir, near the Yatir forest, the state filed lawsuits to evacuate and expel the approximately 1,500 residents in April 2004. In September 2006, the state obtained approximately 40 judicial demolition orders against almost all the houses in Um al-Hieran, and in June 2007 the ILA demolished 25 of those homes. Um al-Hieran dates from 1956, when the government moved the residents from their land in the western Negev, around today`s Kibbutz Shoval. Now the government wants the land of Um al-Hieran to construct a larger Jewish settlement, Hiran. The government never informed Um al-Hieran`s residents of its plans or invited them to be a part of the new community before attempting to displace them forcibly again.

Costs €   0


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