CPTnet
26 November 2007
AT-TUWANI: Demolition order issued for mosque
On 26 November at 2:30 p.m., an Israeli army jeep and a white pickup truck,
belonging to the Israeli District Coordination Office (DCO),* drove into the
village of at-Tuwani and left an order for the demolition of the village
mosque.
Israeli officials did not speak with anyone from the village. They placed
the written order under a stone near the mosque and then drove out of the
village. The demolition order gives the villagers five days either to
demolish the building themselves or obtain an Israeli court ruling to
suspend the order.
The villagers built a mosque in 1987, but the Israeli military demolished it
that same year. Although they were unable to obtain building permission
from the Israeli authorities, the villagers decided to rebuild their mosque
at the end of 2006. In May 2007, the Israeli authorities issued a 'stop
work order' for the mosque. This communication generally precedes a
demolition order.
As of this writing, the villagers have not decided on their response to the
demolition order.
The Israeli authorities have also recently issued demolition orders for two
homes in the village of Imneizil, close to the Green Line and the route of
the southern section of the Separation Barrier/Annexation Wall.
* The DCO is part of the Civil Administration, the section of the Israeli
army that deals with Palestinian civilian affairs in areas of the occupied
Palestinian territories under Israeli control.
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