28 Mar 2024
Sunday 24 April 2016 - 13:11
Story Code : 210923

Israel to seize 1,250 acres of Palestinian land in West Bank

The Israeli regime is set to expropriate more than a thousand acres of Palestinian land in the northern part of West Bank irrespective of the international outcry against theexpansion of illegal settlements in the occupied territories.

On Saturday, Israeli authorities sent notices to the residents of the Palestinian village of Jalud, situated approximately 30 kilometers (19miles) south ofNablus, alerting the locals that 1,250 acres of their land were to be seized, in what appeared to be the retroactive legalization of unlawful settlement expansion activities in the area.

Officials from Jaluds local council said Israeli officials have already built Adei Ad, Esh Kodesh, Ahiya, and Kidah settlements in the area, and their recent measure is in line with their policy of expropriation of Palestinian lands.

The Israeli regime has seized vast swathes ofland near the Palestinianvillage of Qaryout,located 28 kilometers (17miles) southeast ofNablus, over the past few decades to build at least 10 illegal settlements and two military bases, according to the Applied Research Institute Jerusalem (ARIJ).

On April 12, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed the urgent need for a UN resolution condemningIsraels illegal settlement expansion activities.



[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] A general view shows buildings under construction in the illegal Israeli settlement of Har Homa in occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem) on March 7, 2016. AFP[/caption]

The Security Council is a very important subject because it has now become urgent due to settlement activities and because Israel has not stopped these activities, Abbas said.

The top Palestinian politician said he hopes Washington would change its approach at the Security Council, and support resolutions that criticize Israels settlement expansion in the occupied lands instead of vetoing them.

More than half a million Israelis live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories in the West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

The presence and continued expansion of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine has created a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.

Palestinianswantthe West Bank as part of a future independent Palestinianstatewith East al-Qudsas its capital.

By Press TV
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