Barak's decision on dismantling Settlements
prepared by: Hadeel Wahdan
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has recently
issued a decision to dismantle 15 settlement enclaves, as a show of his
good intentions and commitment to agreements signed with Palestinians.
However, settlement enclaves stated for dismantling were later reduced
to 12.
These are part of 42 enclaves, which were established
by settlers without the approval of the Israeli government and which were
aimed at creating new facts on the ground before achieving a final solution.
According to Barak’s decision, the enclaves
are divided into four categories:
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Legal sites.
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Sites to be converted into legal sites.
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Sites to be frozen.
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Sites to be evacuated.
The are seven settlement sites which are considered
legal by the Barak government and which are located on lands belonging
to the Arab villages and areas of: Jabal al-Mukaber / Jerusalem; Roujeeb,
Burin, Kufr Qalil / Nablus; Iskaka / Salfeet and al-Khader in Bethlehem
district. All of these sites contain barracks, containers, or used cars.
According to the decision, three of the
sites will be converted into legal settlement enclaves. They are:
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Nouf Hareem site which is established on lands of the village
of Qaryout in the Nablus area and which includes 41 housing units.
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Giv’at Hamish which is established on lands of the village
of Al-Khader in the Bethlehem area and which includes 7 units.
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Bat Ein, established on lands of the town of Beit Ommar in
the Hebron area and which includes 20 housing units.
However, the number of sites slated for a
freeze in activity are 16 settlement enclaves which were established on
lands of: Kufr Qalil / Nablus, Ein Yabroud / Ramallah, Qaryout / Nablus,
Kufr Qadoum / Qalqilya, Dahrieh / Hebron, Deir Estyah / Salfeet.
Nablus District: Kufr Kalil, Al-Janyah, Jaloud,
Kufr al-Deek, Awarta, Burin, Yanoun.
The biggest of these sites has less than 18
housing units.
As for the sites to be evacuated, they
were reduced to 12 after the original 15. They are:
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Matspeh Shunah – established on lands of as-Sawyah village
and consists of two containers.
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Shafout Rachel C – established on lands of Qaryout and Jaloud
and consists of 11 housing units.
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Matspeh Karmim – established on Kufur Malek lands and consists
of 7 units.
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Neveh Erez – established on Mikhmas lands and consists of
7 units.
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Matspeh Hajeet – established on lands belonging to the town
of Anata and consists of 7 units.
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Site 51 – established on Hebron lands adjacent to the Kiryat
Arba’ settlement.
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Site 52 – established on Hebron lands near the Kiryat Arab’
settlement.
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Hayovel Hill – established on lands of Qaryout village and
consists of 12 units.
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Ma’oun Farm – established on lands of the town of Yatta in
the Hebron area and consists of 6 units.
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Matspeh Harshah – established on Mazra’ah Qibliyah lands
and consists of 17 units.
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Hill 827 – established on lands of Jaloud and Qaryout villages
and consists of 15 units.
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Hill 804 – established on Jaloud al-Mughayer and consists
of 11 units.
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Giv’at Hahayal – established on Yanoun lands and consists
of 7 units.
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Matspeh Dani – established on Mukhmas land and includes 15
units.
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