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Israel: 'Secret' Defense Ministry Database Reveals Full Settlement Construction GMP20090319738001 Israel ‐‐ OSC Summary in Hebrew 30 Jan 09 Left‐of‐center, independent daily of record Tel Aviv Haaretz.com in English on 30 January carried the referent item with a link to a 195‐page PDF file in Hebrew of a "secret Defense Ministry database on illegal construction in the territories" translated herein. Quotation marks as published; passages in italics appear in red in the original. Settlement Name: AVNEY HEFETZ [Precious Stones] Name source: Isaiah, 54:12 "And all your walls precious stones," as well as the name of the nearby Khirbat al‐Hafitza. Settlement type and organizational affiliation: Communal settlement, Amana Coordinate: 1575.1880 Number of residents: 1,254. District: Tulkarm. Municipality: Shomron Regional Council Cabinet Resolutions: 1. 861 (HT/70) ‐‐ 2 August 1984 ‐‐ Approving the construction of an urban neighborhood named Avney Hefetz, east of Tulkarm. "We hereby decide, based on the government settlement policy, to approve the construction of Avney Hefetz, an urban neighborhood: "1. The neighborhood will be built at coordinate 1575.1880, some 5 km east of Tulkarm. "2. Population: Planned, designated for 1,000 families. "3. The plot: Some 1,300 dunams of state lands of which 500 dunams are undisputed and some 400 dunams are private acquisitions in various stages. "4. Employment: Industry and services in the settlement and its vicinity. "5. Regional system: The settlement will belong to the Shomron Regional Council and will be part of the Eynav‐Shavey Shomron bloc. "6.(1) Initiator and localizing body: The Fund for Land Redemption ‐ Settlement Planning and Development Ltd. "(2) The plot shall be allocated to the fund, in a contract, by the officer in charge of government property, for planning and development ‐‐ free of charge. The lease will be signed with settlers who will be directed there by the Fund; payment will be 5% that will be considered as the customary 80%. "7. The Ministry of Construction and Housing [MCH] will reexamine the matter of assistance and infrastructures for the settlement." 2. KB/159 ‐‐ 2 May 1990 ‐‐ Avney Hefetz "We hereby decide to add the following Clause 1.8 to Cabinet Resolution 861 (HT/70) dated 2 August 1984: "1.8 The settlement will receive additional state lands that were located around the original site and next to it (the Sal'it expansions), which will allow the construction of a large urban settlement on the site." Year of establishment: 1989 Land Status: State lands. Adjacent illegal outposts: Dir Raban, "Hahar" [The Mountain] ‐‐ built in November 1998 on land managed by the officer in charge; the location has an agreement for planning permit issued to the Fund for Land Redemption (February 1998‐February 2005) within the boundaries of valid blueprint No. 158/2 ‐‐ the outpost plot for future planning; in addition, plan No. 158/6 for residence on the outpost plot was filed; it was rejected by the defense minister's assistant on settlement affairs; on site reside 8 families; contains: 24 trailers. Extent of realization of valid detailed plans: Detailed Plan No. 158/2 ‐‐ allows the construction of 1,835 housing units partly in condominiums; in practice, some 80% of the units have not been realized. The plan was examined by the Blue Line team on 21 December 1999. Construction in the absence of approved plans: 1. Detailed Plan No. 158/4 ­­ plan published for deposit on 22 April 1999; extensive construction work was carried out within the plan's boundaries, including the building of roads and houses: some 24 permanent structures, five mobile houses, and one public structure were built. The plan was examined by the Blue Line team on 21 December 1999. Settling body in charge: The Fund for Land Redemption. Validity of contract/ permit: Planning permit ‐‐ The Fund for Land Redemption ‐‐ 874 dunams for industry ‐‐ until February 2005. Planning permit ‐‐ The Fund for Land Redemption ‐‐ 1,700 dunams for the construction of the settlement ‐‐ until February 2005. Planning permit ‐‐ The Fund for Land Redemption ‐‐ 1,000 dunams for expanding the settlement ‐‐ until December 2005. Planning permit ‐‐ World Zionist Organization [WZO] ‐‐ 3,000 dunams ‐‐ until 30 November 2034. Building body: Amana, The Fund for Land Redemption. Note: A military base is adjacent to the settlement. Settlement name: ADORA Name source: Hints at Adoraim (Chronicles 2, 11:9) and identified with a site 3 km from the settlement. Settlement type and organizational affiliation: Communal settlement, Herut Coordinate: 1515.1065 Number of residents: 255. District: Hebron. Municipality: Har Hevron Regional Council Cabinet Resolutions: 1. 955 ‐ (HT/36) 21 September 1982 ‐‐ Approving the construction of Adora as a communal settlement in the Sothern Hebron Hills. "We hereby decide ‐‐ based on the cabinet policy on settlement affairs and subject to the legal opinion of the director of State Attorney's Office Civil Department [SAO‐CD] considering land ownership ‐‐ to approve the construction of a communal settlement within the framework and based on the Southern Hebron Hills development master plan: Adora (Mitzpe [observation spot] Amatzya), an existing Nahal pre‐settlement), a communal settlement for 250 families will be built at coordinates 150/103. "Responsibility for the construction of the said settlement is assigned to the WZO Settling Department [WZO‐SD]." 2. 1132 (M/1) ‐‐ 5 December 1982 ‐‐ Adora ‐‐ a resolution attached to the minutes of the cabinet resolutions and validated as a cabinet resolution on 5 December 1982. "We hereby decide: By the power of Resolution HT/35 of the cabinet and WZO joint settling committee, dated 5 September 1982, concerning the monitoring of the execution of the settling committee resolutions, the settling committee takes note of reports by the MCH and the Settlement Division of the WZO concerning the execution of the settling committee resolutions as follows: "1. Adora, a communal settlement, approved for construction based on Resolution HT/36 of the settling committee, dated 5 September 1982. "2. The resolution is executed. The center of the permanent settlement site will be ready for housing on 1 April 1983. The permanent settlement will be several kilometers east of a Nahal pre‐settlement that exists there. "3. The nucleus that prepares to settle the settlement belongs to the Herut‐Betar farms and comprises 30 families. "4. The settlement has problems with an access road and water supply; for a while, water will have to be brought in by tankers." 3. 1415 ‐‐ (M/18) ‐‐ 13 March 1983 ‐‐ Adora: "Based on the execution of Resolution HT/36, dated 5 September 1982, made by the cabinet and WZO joint settling committee concerning the construction of Adora: "1. A plot has been located for the settlement in the region of [Im Farm] at Elevation Point [EP] 894, north of the Arab village of Dura. "2. No site has been located yet for the temporary location of the settlement. The monitoring committee is asking the SAO‐CD to prioritize its search for the said location. "3. The settling committee drafted a plan that was inspected and approved. "4. The site has no access road. The cost of building the road is some 60 million shekels. The MCH does not have the budget for that. "5. A settling nucleus exists. "6. The water pipe for the settlement will have to run next to the Trans‐Judea Road." Year of establishment: 1981 Land Status: State and procured lands. Adjacent illegal outposts: None. Extent of realization of valid detailed plans: Detailed Plan No. 516 allows the construction of 90 housing units. The plan was almost fully executed. The plan was examined by the Blue Line team on 27 May 2003. Detailed Plan No. 516/2 allows the construction of 42 housing units. In practice, 30 units have not yet been built. Construction in the absence of approved plans: None. Settling body in charge: The WZO. Validity of contract/ permit: Permit agreement ‐‐ to the WZO ‐‐ some 2,000 dunams for the settlement construction ‐‐ until 2033. Permit agreement ‐‐ to the WZO ‐‐ some 200 dunams for the settlement construction ‐‐ until December 2037. Permit agreement ‐‐ to the WZO ‐‐ some 6,000 dunams for the settlement construction (addition) ‐‐ until December 2033. Some 383 dunams were set off for a quarry. Building body: Build Your Home [BYH], MCH's Rural Construction Administration [MCH‐RCA]. Note: 1. Detailed Plan No. 516 was approved though it probably exceeds state lands. 2. Within the framework of upgrading security elements for the settlement, Seizure Order T/05/67 was issued on 30 May 2005 (along with a closure order 01/05 and construction ban order 01/05) for an early‐warning perimeter fence and patrol road. Settlement Name: ORANIT Previous names: Oranit Tzamarot, Tzamarot. Settlement type and organizational affiliation: Urban settlement Coordinate: 1490.1717 Number of residents: 5,777. District: Qalqilyah. Municipality: Oranit Local Council Cabinet Resolutions: 1. (HT/52) ‐‐ 19 April 1983 ‐‐ Approving the construction of the settlement subject to the SAO's opinion. "We hereby decide, based on the cabinet policy on settlement affairs and subject to the legal opinion of the director of the SAO‐CD considering land ownership, to approve the construction of the settlement of Oranit‐Tzamarot, as follows: "1. The settlement will be built by private individuals. "2. It is located at main coordinate 149/171 ‐‐ north of the Trans‐Samaria Highway, east of Kibbutz Hahorshim, within the vicinity of Kafr [Sinayra], [Bara], and [Tulat]. "3. The entrepreneurs own 368 dunams. "4. Constructing company: Delta Investments and Trade (Qarney Shomron) Ltd. "5. In Stage A, 500 housing units will be sold privately. "6. Infrastructure and regional development ‐‐ at the entrepreneurs' expense." 2. 905 ‐‐ 2 June 1996 ‐‐ the status of Delta Ltd. as Oranit developer was cancelled. "It is hereby decided to correct Cabinet Resolution 1537 dated 19 May 1983 by nullifying the exclusive right to develop the settlement of Oranit given to Delta Investments and Trade (Qarney Shomron) Ltd." Year of establishment: 1985 Land Status: State lands, privately purchased (Delta, Yanay, and Milton), and Himanuta procurement.
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