On April 19, 2004, the Israeli Occupation forces – IOF – began implementing
more of their plan for the Bethlehem district by handing the residents of the
town of Beit Jala land seizure orders. Military order n0 04/32/T will result in
the seizure of 175.6 dunums of land from Beit Jala and Al Walaja residents upon
which the Segregation Wall will be built to continue the construction of a
ghetto composed of the built-up sections of Bethlehem city and its surrounding
urban neighborhoods which includes Beit Jala.
In Bethlehem & Beit Jala, some of the owners of confiscated lands are :
OWNERS
(Bethlehem)
Anton Jeries Anostas/Saleh Elias
Ali Ahmad Shakhtor Mo’ti
Rougina Handal
Said Murad Al-Siriani
Islamic Waqef
Anton Anostas/ Shokri Nasser
Mayor Hanna Nasser & his brothers
Victoria Elias Freij
Sa’dy Barakat
Armenian Monastery
OWNERS
(Beit Jala)
Roujina Elias Tabkha
Bishara Musa Al Matari
Yacoub Elias Tabkha
Saliba KHalil Al Tareh
Yousef Nicola Tabkha
Jamil Khalilia
Walid Nai'm Salman
Jodeh Al 'Araj
Ni'ma Al Sima'n
Nabeh Rabee'
Shukri Yousef Abu Muhur
Jabra Yousef Abu Muhur
Jadallah Farah Zayed Rabee'
Mariam Khalil Zayed Rabee'
Farah Jeries Makhlouf
Michael Suliaman Abu MuhurOWNERS
(Beit Jala)
Zakhariya Elias Zreneh
Saba Andrea Al Hadwa
Butrus Fransis Lolas
Iskander Al Khouri Jeries Yacoub
Hilwa Jeries Elias An NajjarNicola Yacoub An Najjar
Ibrahim Sa'eed A Shatle
Jeries Al Hseen
Elias Jadallah Musleh
Saliba Hanna Qusta
Issa Khamis
Hanna Abdullah Al Hseen
Farid Ibrahim Al Mukarker
Fuad Ibrahim Al Mukarker
Murqus Ibrahim Al Mukarker
Roman Orthodox Patriarchate LandSource : ARIJ : Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem
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LAND CONFISCATION IN BEIT JALA

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